This was just a quick lunchtime loop after a horrible morning. But luckily enough it cleared up around 11:30 and it was actually quite sunny by the time we were ready to go.

As we were late, it was the shorter loop again. Amazingly the holly is still in berry which by far the latest I have ever seen it.

I wonder if it is something to do with the tree felling work that was going on a few months back. I had noticed that the forest was uncannily quiet this winter with no birdsong at all. So perhaps the work scared a lot of the birds away.

But at least they are coming back now. We’re almost into dawn chorus territory but not quite yet.

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