ASs some regulars may know I sometimes have a few health problems that at times restricts my access to the countryside so many of the restrictions that we have endured, and are still enduring, do not feel strange to Chris and myself. My immune system is pretty shot up at times so I'm quite good at avoiding numbers of people, I'm maybe not as anti social as it seems, and I've never been a lover of shopping unless its books. When we were recommended to shield in our own homes we actually realised we could walk the riverside fields with permission from the owners and had little chance of meeting anyone so we felt quite happy there. When restrictions eased we have four small nature reserves within a couple of miles of home with plenty of space to avoid close contact but still both watch birds and talk about birds with others doing the same, quite a little anti social bird club we are. There has been good birds aplenty and as winter has drawn closer the wintering Thrushes arrived we have been doing counts on them. One of our local reserves has got a wonderful Starling murmuration,60,000 birds at least, which we managed to social distance the grandsons to. We have found by visiting the busiest of the reserves late afternoon most birders have gone home and we enjoy the spectacle of birds going to roost. We do miss visiting our local moorland but they are outside the 3 mile radius we put on ourselves, they will still be there when all this is over and we settle down to our new normal. Because I am in that at risk category we seem to be swimming in hand sanitiser but Chris keeps an eye on what I get up to. I just hope other folk are coping as well as us and getting the support we have been getting, take care out there we will beat this lot somehow.
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
SunnyKate2 said:Like Ann, I had the chills flu like symptoms,but soon passed,was reading,( as you do ), that any symptoms is our Immune system, showing the jab is working. building up the immunity to vaccine.
Yes, the doctor said it was possible to have slight fever the next day; Mike just had a heavy feeling in his arm but otherwise absolutely fine. I'm using this as an excuse to leave the household chores for two days LOL Although I'll probably be baking muffins again later; I did make pancakes last night !!! I just long for getting out to a nature reserve for a good long walk and work off some lockdown calories ! Can't believe it's been over 15 months since I visited Leighton Moss so let's get some herd immunity going so we can get back to some form of normal life again.
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Regards, Hazel
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
It was on the news today that they are recruiting 90 volunteers to be deliberately inoculated with the Covid-19 virus. They would all be in the 18-30 age range and fit and healthy. Very courageous young people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56097088
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Tony
My Flickr Photostream
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Glad you've got that sorted Clare, shame it has taken so long. They do keep impressing on me the importance of shielding, so much so that it is just a way of life in our house. It does not stop going out for exercised, such as lifting binoculars, but it does mean Chris does not have to queue at the chemist for my meds as they are delivered. She could if she wanted get a priority spot at supermarket as she is shopping for a person on the shielding list but she has not bothered as she just picks quiet times. I was pigged off yesterday when I got an email saying they were extending shielding, not law only a recommendation but there must be reasoning behind it so I'll be a good boy !!
I'm hoping for a nice wee lass of a nurse for my jab, when the day comes.....
We can all dream, the nurses at my surgery are not much younger than me!
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler