With Zosia recovering well from her knee surgery, we’re walking in and around #PapworthWood again. Today, treated to the sight of an unexpected visitor at the pond.
Morning walk near #PapworthWood in January 2026 ☀️❄️🧊
Even Zosia is wrapped up on this beautiful frosty morning. The pond is completely frozen over
More Christmas #PapworthWood
#JoinIn
Kite or kestrel? Can experts out there help?
And Zosia eating her winter veg
Beautifully crisp day in #PapworthWood
Merry #JoinIn Christmas from Zosia and me
Child 1 cooking
Child 2 and Mrs M watching a Christmas heist movie
Lots of birdsong walker near to #PapworthWood on this mild December morning: wren, blue tit, crow, jackdaw, thrush, water rail, dove, blackcap, and of course, many robins 🪶
22nd December, so day 16 #ChristmasTies
Pre-work walk around #PapworthWood
Similar but subtly different to 16th December’s tie
18th December, so day 14 #ChristmasTies
Prework walk around a muddy #PapworthWood
15th December, so day 11 #ChristmasTies
This subtle one reminiscent of a dark winter wood, perhaps even #PapworthWood
Dawn over the fields near #PapworthWood
11th December, day 9 #ChristmasTies
Off to Nottingham today for a school talk, but still time for a dawn walk around #PapworthWood with Zosia 🦮 and a couple of Zoom meetings before heading off
9th December, day 7 #ChristmasTies
Pre-interview walk around #PapworthWood. Looking forward to meeting another dozen medical applicants for @stcatharines.bsky.social
A prework walk in #PapworthWood is quite the luxury. Have a good day everyone and, if possible, find a quiet moment to enjoy.
Zosia in and around #PapworthWood
Walk near #PapworthWood
The barley in the field nearest to the pond has been harvested. I could hear the combine from my garden late into the evening yesterday. Beautiful day !
Pre-work walk near #PapworthWood
Pre-punting walk near #PapworthWood. Sadly Zosia has too busy a schedule to join us this time on the picnic
Prework walk near #PapworthWood
🔉 [sound on] Crazed-sounding reed warbler and a wren as soundtrack
In #PapworthWood itself, sounds of blackbirds, chiffchaff, wood pigeons and hot Labrador
Photo of a corn bunting (unless I’m mistaken) with lunch in his beak. #Papworthwood
Walking near #PapworthWood
🔉 you can hear skylarks and just about, in the background, corn bunting. There’s a propeller plane too
Prework walk near #PapworthWood
Sound track = reed warbler, sedge warbler, wren, chiffchaff, greater whitethroat
The common reed warbler at the pond near #PapworthWood might not be very tuneful but sounds quite passionate about something!
🔉 Sound on
Skylarks, a magpie and this very loud corn bunting on my walk in and around #PapworthWood
Earlier today. Easter walk near #PapworthWood
Blue sky
Happy Sunday from near #PapworthWood