Afternoon Light

A bright afternoon at this time of year is a temptation even for confirmed morning birds. Bracken straw fascinates more especially as those who would exterminate it have never satisfactorily explained to me what they want it replaced with. It's a control freak thing anyway on the part of both organisms, the plant and its human enemy. Would heather look any better? The fern at least changes as the year moves on and looks transformed in summer. It's noticeable that the birch as you get close to it reduces the dominance of bracken and where many birch get together it almost disappears. Nature has its own way with these things as my auntie used to say. As for replacing it with grass that is for the conservation grazing idealogues. Let things be.

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