The Eastern Osprey often live on cliff tops , building very ambitious nests on rocks and high structures. Their nesting sites require no disturbance, a complete peace, for the survival of their chicks. I watch from afar in my mind and draw a score of Benediction.

Janet Ayliffe wishes to thank Graham Gower for permission to work from the photo of the Osprey nest, taken by his late father , Peter Gower.

Also Thank you to Sir Karl Jenkins, for permission to use a quote from his score of ‘Benedictus’. Courtesy of Boosey and Hawkes publishers, Aldwych, London