I admit I think I am lucky to live in Ely.
I went to the river this morning before it was too hot, and too many people came out. It was beautiful. A barn owl was still out hunting; it must have young. And the air was alive with birdsong - if only I was better on warbler identification I would have been sure of what.
But for those who think I spend my life wedded to a computer, I don't....not all the time
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You should install “birdNET” on your phone, it is excellent in identifying individual bird calls. Recommended it.
Oh….thank you….
That is going to happen…..
+1 for birdNET app, https://birdnet.cornell.edu
Also, I used to go fishing from that spot when I was a boy
Richard
I’m extremely lucky in that I have an allotment I can still work on. I have cultivated a patch of wildflowers and other beneficial plants to attract bees and butterflies etc. My friend in the next plot has some phacelia growing and its an absolute magnet for bumblebees/honeybees. Nothing better than having a rest, drinking some coffee and watch nature at work.
I have always had a feeling that we all need a ‘lung’ – a space in which we can breathe
I am lucky to have one
A peaceful scene – but for me, it’s got to be mountains!
Check out the Dyfi Osprey Project YouTube site – some lovely views of the Cader Idris foothills, as well as 2 beautiful ospreys (with occasional intruders!)
Get the appeal of mountains….and ospreys but within minutes of that spot there are owls, marsh harriers, kingfishers, lapwing and much else to give delight (blackcap, chiff chaff, reed bunting and warblers galore, yesterday)
And this is now my home. Will it be forever? I don’t know. But for now it is