It is hard not to take sides with prey and predators; we enjoy the woodpecker visits
but are less appreciative when it tries to drill into a tit nest box.
But we can’t but be sorry to find one woodpecker dead on the ground – sparrow hawk presumably but must have been disturbed.
So we offer it up on the Tower of Silence
together with a window-strike siskin. Will probably be taken by magpies – ironically our most heated predator (not counting the wild cat)
More cheerfully today…
this wisteria bestows exquisite perfume on the air outside the door
Lucky keeps an eye on things
we re-discovered the blue rose when clearing the verdant growth
Lane verge flowers:
The cordoned cherry in polytunnel Zenith seems to be producing… cherries
Gribin Isaf 