Eclipse

So the sun shone after all, and we were able to get our binoculars working as image projectors and see it eaten away by the moon's shadow.

Of course, it never really got dark, but for a few minutes the light intensity had faded away quite substantially, leaving a strange and slightly creepy feeling, and making most of our local birds shut up for a bit. Had it been cloudy I suppose it would have got darker still.

Our garden today, and the trees behind, have been full of chaffinches. The pleasant spring weather has set insects on the wing, and the birds were clearly having quite a feast. At ground level, so were the robins, as I had weeded and forked through our beds. It doesn't take them long to spot their chance!