Had a days fishing on the River swale in Yorkshire on Wednesday. Was a joy to be on the riverbank, after all the floods over the winter. Always plenty of wildlife. I arrived at 6am just as it was getting light, there was a heavy mist shrouding the river and the surrounding fields. As I walked the river, I put up two deer in the field to me right, which in turn startled a couple of Hares, there were pheasants all over the place, also a few grey partridges, which were nice to see as there in serious decline. Once on the river bank I was treated to the Dawn chorus. Gangs of long tailed tits flitted from willow to willow, a shrill peeeeep!! made my ears prick up. and with a flash of electric blue, the best angler on the river flew past and settled in a small bush upstream. Directly opposite at the top of an old oak I could just about see a large bird on the trunk of the tree, as I looked through my binoculars, I could see it was a green woodpecker. It really is a wonder I get any fishing done, watching all these wonderful creatures on the river. As for the fishing? I really didn`t care, its, as always more a case of just being there. !!!