This pathway leads from Dunwich towards Eastbridge, into a network of open access walks across Dunwich and Westleton heaths: on this walk in late November, leaf-fall was late, the temperature mild, and reclining on a fallen pine tree as I took a break in the silver birch woods I listened to goldcrests and watched a treecreeper.
What need to write of the low light, the late autumn colours? Bracken and silver birch create a special beauty. As I walked home, a single curlew flew over my head, low, surprisingly bulky of body with its downcurved beak, and lapwings called from a field where they had congregated with starlings and gulls, feeding before nightfall.
Endless forms most beautiful
Charles Darwin
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