I have previously advertised in the Dumfries & Galloway Life magazine and the latest issue (#50 for January 2012) has a wonderful poem in it about the Jay and I just wanted to share it with you over the festive season. ‚   ‚  These 4 verses are ‚  titled The Nutter and it has been written by Jack Wren.

I watch with delight the noisy jay

Planting acorns like a boy at play

On a patch of woodland spread

Marking each in his bright head,

Beneath the earth in tidy rows

One by one his account grows

Until by stealth they all amount

To make a healthy bank account,

The wood and him reap dividends

As Spring arrives and Winter ends

When new Oaks sprout in gratitude

From acorns that are un-rescued,

I take my hat off to this bird

Who is arrogant and absurd

Full of colour in a loud way

A complete nutter I say.