The Eel coils elegantly in the shape of a lower case letter “E”. Lurking at the bottom of the pond the eel looks as if it has just seen a tasty morsel and is getting ready to strike while the gently rippling water weed and bubbles bring the watery depths to life.

I recently read about an interesting link between Lapwings, a popular fenland bird, and Easter eggs.

The melody brought out a flowing movement in my brush strokes and the glass eels themselves were now moving purposefully across the page

Leave the last apple on the tree for the apple tree man.

Our modern relationship with hedgerows is largely positive with the popularity of foraging growing as people strive to reconnect with nature and the past. However I was surprised to find that hedgerows were often feared in the past as they symbolised boundaries between the safe, ordered fields and the wild world beyond.

You knew he was near because you heard the sound of rushing water and the cry of the Lapwing.

“In the pond that lay by the Alder trees lived a long, strange creature, greenish brown in colour, with a sharp snout and large eyes. It was a big Eel, wise and much travelled”

Swans were forbidden. Nobody knew why. There were rumours of sinister ancient magic.