One Year On - some photos from the past two days

Well it is one year on since the first lockdown started or some such.

Obviously this has been a TERRIBLE event with so much loss of life and suffering and has wrought great changes in our lives. 

Talk of positives seems a bit crass perhaps but from my perspective it has made me explore my local area and I have found 72 species of birds for instance which the me from a year ago would have laughed at. 

It was a lovely day yesterday there was blue skies and hints of warmth. I saw 3 butterflies one of which looked comma like but 2 of them were so fleeting all I could tell was they weren't brimstones or whites ;)

I had a prescription to drop off so after I went for a walk in the local woods. After 11 months of this birding locally like I FINALLY saw a Nuthatch! Actually I saw 2. Always the way. There was a Chiffchaff singing as well.

I headed off to the New Hall pond. There was a Chiffchaff singing close by

I wandered back

A good day.

So to today.

Bramble the foal

Mum

I decided that the ground had dried for me to try another walk. This one down the side of the M11 and my reward for this decision?

AH CUTE

So Cute!

I then took the underpass into Harlow Park wood.

Naff pic but these were peering out

How close to the M11?

My map (OS app) suggested another path home. I was sceptical since the gate I assumed it led to looks padlocked but it actually took me slightly further along. So I popped over to say hi to Bramble

Nuzzling for food?

A good few days, lets hope the next year will be better!