Today everything seems very green & fresh, thanks no doubt to yesterday’s rainfall! Today it’s sunny & humid. Thunderstorms are forecast.

Sometimes it’s good to walk with your head in the clouds, the view can be amazing if you look up. Now for me at a smidge under the five foot mark, looking up can be quite challenging, but today I spotted something that people around me seemed totally unaware of.

Lacock village is a favourite haunt of ours & there were crowds of people visiting. Above our heads birds flit around, criss crossing the street. The cottages are old, ideally designed for birds to make their homes in the eaves. This little chap is nesting along the roof line, just above the National Trust shop! Parent birds flit in & out feeding their young, so fast it’s hard to capture the moment with a camera. How I wished I had my trusty binoculars with me! The camera’s zoom lens is just powerful enough to let me see the detail. It’s lovely to see this bird lying across the nest, but it’s the nest that fascinates me. The shape & design; somehow this work of art simply clings to the cottage wall. The birds fidget & I’m half expecting the nest to move, fall. It’s constructed from mud into a cup shape. Why do we use the expression “bird brained”? Each species designs the perfect home, something ideally suited to their own lifestyles.

Having watched the free air show I look back to the families & tourists trailing round the narrow streets. Most remain oblivious to this amazing show. Some are engrossed in reading their phone screens. Sadly they remain unconnected with the natural world.