Sitting in a hide for an hour or so allows time to contemplate many things. How comfortable the bench starts to rise up the list of things that are important the longer you stay there. Today I spent sometime in a hide at Calke Abbey and apart from the bench becoming more uncomfortable I had an enjoyable time.
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Some good shots. We were also at Calke today. When a woodpecker occasionally comes to our feeder the goldfinches disappear.
I don’t think much effects these birds…a sparrowhawk attacked the feeder twice whilst I was there yet the birds were back within a minute or so…