Sounds I love to hear.

How true, both of you are quite right and so poetically put. Some of the things you mention we haven't got locally, unfortunately. We have the aircraft, Vinny, which always make us stop and stare. The buzzards too, kee ing to their friends and babies. I particularly like the sound of a robin murmuring in the hedge alongside my workspace and the blackbird telling everyone it's time for bed. Heard a partridge calling for a mate from the top of next door's shed which puzzled me for a minute or two, until I figured out what it was.