Black Redstart, Idle Valley, Notts

 

Skulking in the wood pile, almost invisible. Some good fungus here that I would have liked to have got closer to !

A Saturday afternoon drive over to the Idle Valley Nature Reserve for this lovely black redstart which showed the whole time we were there, but boy, was it flighty ! 

I used to work at this place when it was an active quarry, 45 years ago.  Back then it was called North Notts Sand and Gravel and if you ever rang you will have heard my posh Retford accent ! 45 years.....where has life gone to eh ?!