Day five followed a similar theme to all the previous days; Heavy drizzle and wind. I watched the foxcubs and walked around the perimeter of the farm (that's 700 acres, and quite a long walk). I watched hares in the recently harvested fields and saw footprints of muntjack and roe deer, caught glimpses of sparrowhawk and even what might have been quail! Then it was back to the little owl oak for a longer session. The drizzle kept both birds relatively quiet but, combined with the wind, made sketching conditions often 'challenging'.
I spent some of the day painting (Hares) and helping my daughter, Beth, to paint a deer. More tea drinking, fishing, badminton, snooker, table tennis, crosswords, sleeping, eating and laughing. This is what life's all about!
Woody