North Cliffe Wood...

In an effort to explore some of the local nature reserves, I ended up this afternoon at North Cliffe Wood. The air was warm, the woodland floor was tinder-dry and I sat, watched, listened and waited to see what would turn up. I heard my first cuckoo of the summer and a couple of green woodpeckers with their laughing call. Two kestrels hovered overhead and a buzzard described lazy circles in the sky. It was so good to be outside… and to be reminded that the rest of the natural world is entirely unconcerned by our battle with coronavirus…