Can't believe I was awake at 3.30am. I do love this time of year when the sun never really sets, the sky never darkens and life is buzzing everywhere. I once watched otters feeding off the sea at 11.30pm on the Isle of Skye, apart from being cannibalised by the midge, that was a glorious piece of wildlife watching.
Back to this morning though, I tried, and completely failed to record the dawn chorus. That glorious warbling birdsong became an asthmatic cough and grunt. Note to self, buy a parabolic microphone...that attempt was absolute rubbish, so not on the blog.
So in the absence of anything to photo, I spent an hour messing about with images, and uploaded this "dead centre of Town" image. This is Bradpole Churchyard, and what a wonderful setting. Why is this on a wildlife Blog? Partly I like churchyards, and this photo in particular. But also they are a wonderful refuge for wildlife, whilst the headstones are a botanists playground, if one is into lichens.
I may well write more about this in a later posting, particularly Puxton Church in Somerset. Now what shall I have for breakfast... well it is 5am?!?!
Whilst 3.30 a.m. is extremely early (!) there is something magical about early mornings in spring/summer; especially that feeling of the newness of a day and that you've got the (wild) world to yourself :
ReplyDeleteThe lichens do add shape to old stone too.
I can relate to your early morning. I'm usually up by 4:30am and love that time of day. As tricia says, you have the world to yourself. On walking outside there's a feeling of oneness with all. The old grave stones are marvelous.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tricia and Oldcrow... I've never understood why some people prefer to be up late. Early mornings, for me, make life worth living. Peace and stillness. Watch out for more postings on churchyards and their value for wildlife.
ReplyDeleteBeing a 'morning person' I love the early moring...it's tempting at this time of year to get up at 4 am and turn in at 10.30pm when it gets dark. Doesn't work in winter though.....I'd only be up for 7 hours! BW Goosey
ReplyDeleteGoosey. I think if we all rose with the light and went to bed with the dark, we'd possibly be more content people.. after all our ancestors did before artificial light.
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