hornets and a heron

The RSPB reserve at Fowlmere on a sunny September morning – a heron stalks the reeds – a kingfisher darts across the water – teal fly in – a cetti's warbler gives a sudden burst of song –

wild clematis – old man's beard – in the shade

Roger Deakin once said that hornets should be credited with the invention of paper – further along the path – above the chalk stream where water dropwort grows – a hornet's nest – made of regurgitated dead wood – a swollen papier-maché type object under the bark of a dead tree - 

– teeming with hornets – buzzing busily – a rare sight – 

Our life, like a bird, has escaped the snare of the fowler
Psalm 123