Continued absence

I have been absent from Canterbury for over one month. I am staying in Oxford. I have seen one unusual sighting, unfortunately not a live one, but nonetheless a beautiful female Blackcap on the bike route (51) next to the Cutteslowe area.

Notable news from the Stour Valley: lots of Yellow Wagtail seen. Water rails are about; Spotted Crake (www.kentos.org.uk/recentsigntings/recentsightings.htm).

Time now: 23.24, 26 August 2006.