Silence

There's a point about half way on the walk from our house to the village where the path emerges from the forestry to give open views across this field. We called it Roe Corner because, last winter, it wasn't uncommon to see one of more roe deer feeding in the field. So far, this winter, we haven't seen any but what we particularly noticed today was the silence. We stood for some minutes listening and the only birds we could hear were the rooks in their very noisy rookery above Back Road in the village. In contrast.....

....our garden bird feeders are, after a slow start to the winter season, busy. Goldfinches, along with.... 

....coal tits, are almost constantly on the sunflower kernel feeders while everything they drop is welcomed by....

....the local chaffinch gang. Other birds we've seen in the garden today include blue tits, great tits, five blackbirds, a dunnock, a wren, a rook, and....

....our resident robin.