Moss has been delighting in this weather and the intensity of the colour is extraordinary. The daffodils are up under the Oak tree. The hazel catkins make us realise Spring is getting clser. And last of all.... even in the rain the birds are singing.

I visited a David Nash exhibition in Wales and was blown away by his understanding of trees and wood. Of great interest was his "Ash Dome", a living art installation created by him. He planted 22 ash saplings in a ring in a secret location in Snowdonia, Wales, in 1977. Nash used techniques from British hedge-making to bend and train the trees as they grew, shaping them into a dome or vortex-like structure over decades. The artwork is intended to be a long-lived, ever-evolving

Even though the weather forecast was not optimistic we were very keen to sort out the bird hide. Mary had been very keen to get this done for some months but it always seemed to slip down the list. Luckily this time we had Jack Hiller who volunteered with us on Wednesday. We had to dodge the hailstorms.,...running back to the yurt to get dry and warm. We rapidly realised Jack must have been a boy scout and he still the skills he had learnt. Our daughter Lauren wanted photos s

While we can longer sleep in the yurt, It totally demonstrates its valuable and essential use on day like this. It has been agreed with the Broads Authority that while we will not longer sleep in the yurt, it stays on site and can be used for storage, shelter and research. Sadly it means we can no longer record night species. like the many moths we have identified. Too wet to do any work but it is wonderful to see how well our native dead hedge has grown over the years. We