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Drawing the pigmy goats at Blacker Hall Farm reminds me of the two-minute pose warm-up drawing at the start of a life-drawing class.
The only poses that do last marginally longer are when the goats are feeding on hay but unfortunately that means their heads are hidden in the feeder. Eventually one or two of them settle down, but they’re easily distracted.
There’s a bit more enthusiasm in birdsong now. The strident see-saw of the great tit, the varied riffs of the song thrush and more substance to the song of the robin. At Brodsworth this morning we heard the laughing call of a green woodpecker – but didn’t spot the bird itself.
A wood pigeon poddles along, following a potential mate. She’s not impressed. She kee...