Finally we are back! Still in a third lockdown. This is one of my absolute favourite SLR pictures I've taken over recent months. It is a friendly Pied Wagtail that Arthur loves watching out of the window. Here it is standing on a chair back in the rain. Not even bad weather will stop birds! This year was our best garden birdwatch on record. Not only did Isaac's count towards a naturalist cubs badge and Arthur's assist towards him learning to count with a tally...we also used extra birdfeeders and gained more species to view. This year we had a pair of Greater Spotted Woodpeckers in the oak tree at the front of the house too. I have recently finished "The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wollenbaum which certainly gives food for thought. Written by a german forester, it goes into the details of slow root and chemical communication between trees, which trees adapt to where and the ecology of a mixed forest. I would like to see 100 birds over lockdown but haven't made a list of the first ones yet! Also to follow are nostalgic pictures of seal watching from last half term in October.