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There's always a path through...

A few years back I decided to learn my way around a digital SLR, needing subjects to practice on, I started to explore the little patch of woodland and farmland near to where I live. To say I was surprised at the variety of birds, insect life and flora would be an understatement. The exercise has re-awakened an interest in birdwatching and nature from when I was much younger, however now, I seem to see and appreciate the natural world far more, observing and wondering at how, from the soil upwards, through plants and insects to birds, reptiles and mammals, they all in some way have a place in the huge Nature Jigsaw. I've never been one for notebooks, so the camera has helped me keep a pictorial nature diary of much of what I...