The most extraordinary honour.
Thank you to Their Majesties for allowing me a front row seat to witness history being made.
Receiving this beautiful invitation today has made it both physical and surreal at the same time.
God save The King.
Hollyhocks in the garden are currently playing host to a Vapourer Moth caterpillar, Holly Blue Butterly, Oak Bush-cricket nymph and a rather delightful infestation of Hollyhock Weevils.
Rewatching the whole of Life on Earth - I wasn’t alive when this epic series first broadcast, and I cannot imagine the impact it would have had on me.
Attenborough at his extraordinary, groundbreaking best.
50 years later, it remains the benchmark.
Birding in bed.
Last evening in fading light, I watched a Tawny Owl flitting from rooftop to rooftop, from the comfort of my bed.
Doesn’t get much better than that.
#lazybirding