Rain!

In a country famed for its damp weather, we've at last had some badly needed rain, with 40mm falling in one 24-hour period, though you would never know it if, as we did, you had....

....walked through the woods this morning where the soil has quickly soaked up the desperately needed water.

Some things have really struggled in the recent dry weather. A case in point is the fungi, where early indications were that we might be heading for a good year. This morning supported that, with....

....this 'posy' of fungi which I initially identified as pinewood gingertail on the basis that (a) they were found in a pinewood, and (b) they look like Mrs MW's ginger biscuits, but now admit that they're more likely to be sulphur tufts.

For some, this is miserable weather. This is one of three wood pigeons which have grown fat on the seed dropped by the small birds from their feeders. As is fairly obvious from their amorous behaviour, two of them are males and one female - and the female isn't too keen on either of her suitors.