Tuesday 5 June REH grounds.

A wet and soggy morning today and everything was damp and wet.  Took an early morning walk through the grounds of the REH which has lovely wooded grounds with lots of mixed mature trees and an abundance of wildlife!  Plenty of birds singing this morning and lots of rabbits and squirrels out and about but the highlight was a fleeting glimpse of a badger which disappeared into some bushes and then went through a hole in the boundary wall next to the adjacent rail line!  A very unexpected bonus as we did not expect to see one of them this morning although we had heard that you get them here.  This is such an oasis of peace and tranquility that its sometimes hard to believe that you are surrounded by housing, roads and traffic nearby.