Monoculture.

This image really calls for blue sky, but it was raining today when I walked across one of my favourite fields to the lone beech tree.

Despite the monoculture of acres and acres of oilseed rape and the poor weather, the air was filled with the sound of many skylarks and there were swifts skimming the field catching insects on the wing.

The dog and I were rather yellow by the time we got home (pollen in the rain is rather sticky!)