Branches were down, strewn across the woodland paths. The moss lining of the cup of an old nest had sprouted to turn it into a green bauble.
One of the trunks of an old elm had been blown over alongside the path. This particular variety of elm has, in the past, been used, unusually, as a hedging plant. This row alongside the bridle path began to suffer from Dutch Elm Disease over twenty years ago.
Over open fields, the bouncing flight of a flock of Linnets.
Plastic bags in tatters have been blown into the canal-side trees and the river bank branches.
Richard Bell,
wildlife illustrator
E-mail;'richard@daelnet.co.uk'