Up at 4 am and down to the field for 6:30am before properly light.
The overhanging willows are trimmed back a touch along the bypass hedge to the north of the field. Hopefully enough room now to get in and clear a neglected drainage ditch.
Owls were hooting before daybreak and the sound of a buzzard coincided with small mammals scurrying through the undergrowth along the old trackway.
It looks like the sheep netting from last month has done its job keeping neighbouring sheep out. Traces of human activity are random small lumps of limestone hurled into the bottom quarter of the field from the track (now removed before they compromise the next time the tractor and mower come out. One random golf ball at the west of the field and minor extra graffiti on the inside of the west underpass - surprisingly the east trackway underpass remains clear since I repainted it late summertime.
The trees have lost their leaves or those remaining have autumn colours - apart from the quince, which are still quite deep green.
A fair amount of mole-hill activity while I've been away and the ground noticeably softer after a couple of weeks with rain.
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