Adrian discovered a dead thrush in the garden. He found it a bit icky. My first thought was “I must get the camera”.

I’ve seen dead birds before; they’ve all looked very clean, soft and lovely – quite the opposite of icky. I often wish I could touch them, but with all the diseases they can spread, I’m going to follow recommendations and use gloves to put it in a plastic bag for disposal.

I didn’t see any flies around the bird, but wasps seemed to like it.