149 Days Later

 
Back in June, the trees were green, the grass in the meadows was long and there were a multitude of pyramidal orchids and lots of butterflies to lift the spirits:

In the river, it was possible to spot the occassional water vole:

Now the seasons have changed, the trees are loosing their leaves, the grass has been cut and the orchids have been replaced by fungal fruiting bodies.

And there are very few signs of water vole activity.

Yet somethings don't seem to change, the Prime Minister has announced that there will be another national lockdown from the 5th November to 2nd December.

Return to the Bloggersphere

 On the 23^rd March 2020, in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the British Prime Minster  announced to the House of Commons that the UK government would be informing people that they must stay at home and that certain businesses should close.

Throughout spring there were many things to distract from the on-going crisis:

• Great Tit's nesting in the garden
• Sparrow's nesting in next door's cavity
• Multitude of low flying red kites
• A rewilded garden, with cinnabar moth caterpillars on the garden.
• Solitary bees - leaf cutter, mason & sweat bees
• Swifts and house martins flying overhead
• And of course water voles in the nearby river.

But those days are gone, winter is coming, a second virus wave is occuring and future lockdowns seem invitable.

So this blog is being resurrected, in order to give me a project through the dark winter nights, I intend to do one update per week - maybe searching for signs of otters, reviewing photos of the past summer and maybe even my favourite you-tube channels.

Even if no-one else reads this, it will help to keep me sane in a very strange world.