Sometimes my job doesn't feel like proper work, and today was one of those brilliant days when I simply had to go for a half-hour walk after lunch. It was cool but sunny, and before long I had a pair of buzzards for company, circling effortlessly to gain height. Further up in the forest at least 3 capercaillie were crashing around in the tree-tops, and as I returned to the office I crept up on a dipper checking out his part of the stream, then posing on a rock in just the right place to stop me getting a clear photo. Brilliant.