Four ducks

After a morning visit to Waitrose, and a cup of herb tea with Ben and Sarah, I settled down to get on with my very overdue accounts. Every year I promise myself that I'll submit them early, and every year I fail!

By the time I decided to get out for a walk the sun was setting, but this at least provided a splash of colour in the sky after a uniformly grey day. This shot was taken at 5 p.m. - the days are noticeably lengthening....

Sadly I can't share the very evocative sound of at least a hundred Wigeon flying overhead in variously sized groups from their feeding areas in the flood meadows to their night roost on the lakes - I just love their gentle whistling contact calls.