Hold on tight

This week saw a big event in my life. A huge change that will have many personal ramifications.

Can you guess?

Yep, the first day back at the office for almost two years. Not many people there but still a few friendly faces to have a conversation and catch up with. Despite generally preferring my own company it was rather nice to be back there and whilst I don't think going back full time will happen, I will definitely try and be there a couple of days a week.

Apart from interacting with fellow humans, the Lodge also has the attractions of a lunchtime spent in the office grounds and the wider nature reserve. A rather nicer walk and experience that the flat arable fields around my village.

I spent a quick 15 minutes looking through and sieving a couple of wood chip piles that have been created from some of the tree work that has been happened whilst I've been away.

The piles were a bit dry and past their best but I did find a few of the usual suspects in there.

Calathus cinctus

Syntomus foveatus

Lithocharis nigriceps

Tachyporus hypnorum

Quedius picipes

Philonthus cognatus

Habrocerus capillaricornis

plus a couple of different aleoch species.

I have another day there this coming week so will see if I can get further than 100 metres from my desk. Would be nice to have a poke around under bark, in dead wood and any fungi that might still be out there. 

Spring starts here....

The post title comes from Sheep on Drugs, an industrial techno band that I was rather fond of in the early 90s. I still have all their early output on vinyl which along with YouTube seems to be the only place I can still listen to them as streaming services only appear to carry remixes. Enjoy.