Sitting in the morning sun, it was a misty start to the day with no frost, and the sheep were up and about early. Fieldfares landed in the paddock and stayed for a while before flying west. The crows are noisy, sitting in the tops of the ash trees and calling to each other; the rookery is in the field across the lane near the pond and late afternoon they swoop and fly in a noisy murmaration. The donkeys spent the day in Laneside, grazing the hedge. A warm and sunny Autumn day with light winds
