Country diary: London park heron

Clissold Park, London Folded in on itself, the grey heron is still, only slightly moving its head to watch the water for an eel or frogOld Spear-Face crouches in the rushes. The great grey heron has folded itself, all beak and eye, wing and leg, invisibly for such a large bird, into the watery edge of bulrushes in a park busy with people. Perhaps the people pretend not to notice the heron so the heron believes it really is invisible; they may steal a glance at each other from different realities