The woods are calling

Billingshurst, West Sussex Tawny owls have a wide range of vocalisations, but this is clearly a male making its territorial call

Soft black clouds chase each other across the face of the white moon. I climb over the stile and walk along one edge of a field that backs on to the wood.

Bullfinches are calling softly from the dark hedgerows, but I don't bother looking for them - there's not enough light yet to see the elusive birds, even if they decide to show themselves.

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