Delighted to see an immature green woodpecker in our garden this morning. We haven’t seen one for a while in the garden (the great spotted is a much more frequent visitor) Some pictures of our visitor below. I do remember being thrilled when I first moved to Stroud seeing this bird regularly on a nearby school field. I had meant to put out a sign in the garden for them saying “Plenty of delicious ants here for yaffles!”

I have just finished reading Circe by Madeline Miller. An interesting and certainly different  viewpoint on the Greek hero  Odysseus . Not quite as good as her Song of Achilles but a good read and I was gripped reading it!