Forests and NNRs have captured my attention for the last few days - and they aren't going to go away.

But there are other things too - and tomorrow's blog - or at least the first one - will be about peat.

I also want to talk about signs of spring and signs of winter, the Sussex Ornithological Society meeting I attended last weekend, the Natural Environment White Paper and a range of other things.

Oh yes, and there's Songbird Survival.

And have you remembered to send us your Big Garden Birdwatch data?  I'm just about to enter mine, that's why I feel entitled to remind you.  Please remember - you are a real part of Big Society if you do.

A love of the natural world demonstrates that a person is a cultured inhabitant of planet Earth.