Ants in the Woods

We sat in silence among the trees, hoping to spot an elusive red squirrel. There were traces of their presence all around – fresh gnawed pine cones – but the squirrels were hiding from us. We did see a sika deer, a young stag who ventured close, rising up on his hind legs to browse the newly bursting spring foliage. And further on we found the wood ants. 
We came across a number of wood ants’ nests in the woods that day, but this one was particularly impressive.

The surface of t...