I've been exploring new habitat recently on the sand dunes etc at Merthyr Mawr which is great for tracking and for different types of plants. However it's a bit harsh in this heat and my old dog doesn't do too well in it. So today sent a few hours in the woods near my house which is my usual playground.
Very heavy leaf cover, lots of saplings and shrubs meant that the paths and my sit spot were suffused in a wonderful cool green light, had to take the sunglassess off to really appreciate it. What a pleasure my sit spot was since a family group of wrens were making their presence felt, lots of yougsters flitting about and peeping loudly. Seemed to be a good number of young blackbirds too and the Song Thrush had obviously been busy feeding since his anvil was covered in snail shells. Squirrels were very noisy moving about the tree-tops, maybe youngsters.. and a young Great Spotted Woodpecker also seemed a bit clumsy on the branches.
Best discovery of the day was that, at last, my dog seemed to appreciate me wanting to sit quietly. Usually he would be crashing about, huffing and puffing, then resort to barking at me to get moving. Maybe he's learning, or, more likely he's just finding it too hot...
Worst discovery... the patch of currants I've been watching ripen have all gone, so either there's someone else who follows the badger paths in the middle of the woods or the local wildlife have been watching even more closely than me.
For the rest of today my aim is to sit out in the sun and try and make some cordage from the Lime which I had retted down earlier in the year and then split and left to dry. Still stinks even after drying for a month. Drink of the day will be home-made elder-flower cordial, I've got a lot to get though.
What did you get up to today?
Very heavy leaf cover, lots of saplings and shrubs meant that the paths and my sit spot were suffused in a wonderful cool green light, had to take the sunglassess off to really appreciate it. What a pleasure my sit spot was since a family group of wrens were making their presence felt, lots of yougsters flitting about and peeping loudly. Seemed to be a good number of young blackbirds too and the Song Thrush had obviously been busy feeding since his anvil was covered in snail shells. Squirrels were very noisy moving about the tree-tops, maybe youngsters.. and a young Great Spotted Woodpecker also seemed a bit clumsy on the branches.
Best discovery of the day was that, at last, my dog seemed to appreciate me wanting to sit quietly. Usually he would be crashing about, huffing and puffing, then resort to barking at me to get moving. Maybe he's learning, or, more likely he's just finding it too hot...
Worst discovery... the patch of currants I've been watching ripen have all gone, so either there's someone else who follows the badger paths in the middle of the woods or the local wildlife have been watching even more closely than me.
For the rest of today my aim is to sit out in the sun and try and make some cordage from the Lime which I had retted down earlier in the year and then split and left to dry. Still stinks even after drying for a month. Drink of the day will be home-made elder-flower cordial, I've got a lot to get though.
What did you get up to today?
