Well it transpires that the sore throats, aches and pains that myself, Dawn and David have been experiencing over the past few days, is Covid-19. So much for a particular lateral Flow Test we all took, which came back negative. In the end we tried two other makes and sadly they came back positive.
So it's a case of staying at home for a week or so, with the occasional walk whilst keeping the obligatory 2 metre social distancing.
Well it looks very much like the back garden is going to be my safe haven at the moment and today there were a few interesting things of note, with at least 3 very hungry Great Tit juveniles in their Pizza Oven nest, a Slow-worm and a Yellow-necked Mouse under the corrugated sheet, and at least 3
Mammals Recorded:
Yellow-necked Mouse
Birds Recorded:
Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Great Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Buzzard
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
Great Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
Goldfinch
Reptiles Recorded:
Slow-worm
Slow-worm
Toad
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded:
Blue-tailed Damselfly
A male Blue-tailed Damselfly
And a female Blue-tailed Damselfly form infuscans
Large White
Peacock
Moths Recorded:
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Silver Y
Bees Recorded:
Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
miridae sp.
miridae sp.