I woke up this morning at 04:41 to the sound of a black bird singing merrily in the beech tree outside my house. Funny I thought, it's not day light? I looked out of the window and saw the sky was dark, a howling gail, heavy rain, orange light from the street and this little bird singing it's little heart out. Do we confuse the birds with all our street lighting or have they always done this at this time of year and I'm too tired to notice?

Sal