Monday 2 May - very relaxing weekend

It has been a very relaxing weekend. 

These pictures are from Waresley Wood, a short distance from our house accessed from the road between Great Gransden and Waresley.  It is a Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve and has the most wonderful show of bluebells at this time of year.

Not only is the sight amazing, a purplish-blue haze that at times is so intense it seems to shimmer, but the smell is intoxicating as well.  Added to that, it is always quiet in the woods no matter how many people are there or how full the car park is.

We have had an entertaining time watching the birds in the garden over the weekend.  I was lucky enough to catch this sparrowhawk resting on our fence yesterday morning - not another bird in sight at this point of course.  Other amusements have been fighting pigeons and the family of jackdaws that think that the fat ball feeder is for them and either try and swing on it or cling upside down to it while frantically trying to peck at the fat balls.  I haven't managed to catch them on camera yet.  The other sight we saw but couldn't photograph was the young squirrels being encouraged along the top of our hedge and fence by their parents.  The young can't quite manage the graceful leaps of the adult squirrels so a great deal of scrabbling or hanging on by one paw and a tail was observed.  Priceless.