The Guardian · uk

Country diary: Goldfinches and grasses, together in an explosion of movement | Mark Cocker

Priestcliffe Lees, Derbyshire: What a sight – and sound – it was, this huge flock of juveniles, feeding as the wind thrashed the vegetation Stands of tufted hair-grass, some over a metre tall, burned beige by the summer…

If you want the whole piece, that’s at the paper. We only keep the nut graf.