Country diary: all thoughts turn to birds in flight

Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: Flight gives birds something more than mobility; it gives them an enhanced way of beingThere are wild energies in the air: wraiths of Atlantic weathers twisting and unthreading the sky, warping through trees, poking into thickets.Galvanised and illuminated by these energies are birds. A parcel of linnets unwraps into a field, a blue tit pole dances on a briar, blackbirds and redwings scuffle into hawthorns, long-tailed tits flick around high boughs. A covey of partridge