Monday 28 January 2013

Winter Roosting


This evening, I took Molly for her walk just as light was fading.  Suddenly, the sky overhead was filled with a raucous, cacophonous, swirling mass of crows preparing for their nightly roost.  For several minutes I stood, watching order arise out of chaos as birds flew in from all points of the compass, drawn to the trees lining the River Eden. I can’t say that I’ve ever really listened to the chattering of the highly social birds before, but tonight, it felt as if I’d stumbled into a dormitory of highly excited children on their first night away from home

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