Not necessarily rare if you are in the right parts of Britain, but one bird species that eluded me while living in London was the dipper.

‘You only start seeing when you’ve stopped looking….’

‘You only start living when you become aware of your end…’

‘Don’t resist changes because they have already taken place therefore resisting is futile.’

Welcome and embrace your metamorphoses.

On a hot day in June I’m sat in the middle of a grassy field surrounded by an orchestra of insects forever tuning their instruments. Perhaps encouraged by such cacophony, a complete novice seems to be joining in occasionally.