How exciting!  We had a visitor to the lower site earlier in the week.  This slow worm was sun bathing when we were packing away at the end of the day.  It was a real reminder what a special area we have and how we really do share the forest with lots of wildlife.  A slow worm is not a worm or a snake.  It is actually a legless lizard.  They enjoy sunbathing and like other reptiles usually hibernate from October to March.  We have also been listening to lots of different birds – Eurasian Blue Tit, Song Thrush, Eurasion Blackbird, Eurasian Wren, House Sparrow and European Robin!  What a lot of beautiful bird song our children are lucky to hear outside.