Quintessentially English

A bluebell wood in full bloom this weekend on the Isle of Wight.

And of course a blackbird update, they're definately nesting in the clematis. The female is egg sitting and the male hangs about and defends his territory. He gets most upset with any pigeons who come into the garden looking for food and squares up to them, fluffing up his feathers to look big and aggressive. He doesn't seem to have realised that being a third of the size of most of the pigeons, they don't care!