UPDATE: The news kept getting better and while things are not quite back to normal and never will be, all of those involved are in a much better place than they were at the beginning of October.
It has been a traumatic week an emotional rollercoaster to coin a cliche, you might say. There is a more positive outlook this week than there was this time last week, so I am now doing a little bit of a celebration of life with some of the interesting and intriguing species Mrs Sciencebase and I have seen this year on our rather lockdown-limited excursions.
Short-eared Owl, NT Burwell Fen – January 2020Pipistrelle Bat day-flying along the edge of Rampton Spinney, February 2020
Female Goosander on The River Tyne near Ryton, March 2020
Emperor Moth, Cottenham – April 2020Longhorn Moths, Rampton Spinney – April 2020Wren, Cottenham – April 2020Kingfisher, Wilburton – April 2020Common Frogs, Cottenham – May 2020Mimulus, Cottenham – May 2020Figure of Eighty moth, Cottenham – May 2020Curlew, Cley, Norfolk – May 2020Red Kite, Snettisham – June 2020Ringlet, Snettisham, Norfolk – June 2020Brassy Longhorn, Cottenham Lode – June 2020Corncockle, Cottenham – June 2020Female Red-footed Falcon, RSPB Fen Drayton – June 2020Pyramidal Orchid, Les King Wood, Cottenham – June 2020Sandwich Tern, Hunstanton – July 2020Fulmar, Hunstanton – July 2020Spreading Hedge Parsley, Cottenham – July 2020Silver-washed Fritillary, Hayley Woods, Cambridgeshire – July 2020Rather blurry shot of a Clouded Yellow at Hayley Woods – August 2020Bittern, RSPB Ouse Fen – August 2020Hare, Cottenham Allotments – August 2020Hobby, Wilburton – August 2020Dark Crimson Underwing, Cottenham – August 2020Osprey, Rutland Water – August 2020Gypsy Moth, Cottenham – August 2020Little Owl, Les King Wood, Cottenham – August 2020Clifden Nonpareil, Cottenham – September 2020Grounded Kestrel, Rampton Spinney – October 2020First Merveille du Jour of the year – October 2020
Female Goosander on The River Tyne near Ryton, March 2020
