Turdus merula

Not the nicest of names... This daddy blackbird and his other half live at the bottom of my garden and I'm becoming quite attached to them.

Took the dogs for an early walk this morning and it was lovely in the woods. At one point I stood still for a moment waiting for Basil to catch up and I could hear the following:

- various small birds
- pheasants
- a cuckoo
- pigeons
- a woodpecker
- the dogs panting
- flies
- no traffic!!

In other news, I had a text from Mr DawnC to say that they had had an "interesting evening :(" last night in Germany and are "going to a theme park today :(". I await further details...