I was out and about again this morning, even if I returned to my desk this afternoon.
It was a glorious morning, with me taking on the role of volunteer bird guide for some of it - and showing a cuckoo to some people for whom that was a lifetime first - which was fun.
As to pictures, I was looking at things in a different way, by and large. Start with some other members of the flying community:
Then there was a different perspective on a natural fractal, in the form of an elderflower in close up:
And then seek echoes in the foreground and background:
Before taking a lesson in getting your goslings in a row:
It's not a great photo, but twenty-one* Canada goslings with some parents in attendance was just too good to ignore. Like all geese, they share parenting communally, but I am not sure I have ever seen that many obediently following in line before.
* I counted twenty one when watching them - I now realise there are more.
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My wife was watching something on YouTube with what looked like a snake but it was a mother with her baby mice all in line.
I think that they were holding the tail off the mouse in front
I love this and I think you might like my biodiversity posts on Xtwitter. I hope the link works.
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Very good
Do you ever visit Wicken Fen? I spent many an hour there enjoying the peace and wildlife as a lad when I lived in Fordham.
Much less
It is very busy much off the time and the birding not so good, hen harriers and hobby’s apart
And the cafes are in different leagues….
Fab photos! I love the close ups and I love those little goslings too – what an amazing sight….certainly lifts the spirits.
I’ve been working in a garden all day, it’s so lush and the greens so intense….it’s one of the few things that keeps me sane in these crazy times.
Nature is at its very best right now