The Woodpecker

As I walked today I could again hear a woodpecker - before it had been quite far away but this time it was very near and so I was able to work out which tree it was in. I stood and listened and looked and to my delight was able to make the bird out high up on a branch. I took a photo and although it is a small image in a large tree it's definitely visible!! It was a good walk as far as birds were concerned. I saw a motionless heron sitting on the far side of the field just occasionally stretching out its neck, whilst high above a pair of buzzards soared lazily on the thermals - beautiful and silent (in contrast to the succession of small planes making their way noisily overhead). A jogger ran by me plugged into his music and I thought how much he was missing as spring sung out all around us.