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
Cin J
Kind regards, Ann
Unknown said:Sorry to hear about your niece, C. I thought such journeys are allowed--best of luck with that.
Thank you, yes as I understand I will be allowed to travel and CI travellers don't have to isolate on arrival, we are very restricted on flights and people requiring medical attention take priority, which is as it should be
Germain said:Oh Mike, I do hope you are feeling better.
Not nice, and so young, my sympathies to you and the family.
I hope you manage to make the funeral, keep a daily check on the travel situation, it is evolving at an accelerating rate at again....
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Thank you all for the good wishes and I feel I'm on the right road, once again. Mrs PR is nagging me to take things easy, but I'm raring to go!
I am on apixaban, which is a fairly new anticoag, and have been since early 2017. Though at the moment, I'm having clexane injections, which I'm doing myself.
I've been here before, though the last admission was almost 3½ years ago, though I have been wondering, if because I'm not as physically active as I would normally be post-accident, if that wasn't part of the catalyst.
I do as many of you will know, spend time in the garden, often with camera in hand, keeping up some form of mobility.
Once those reserves open up again, I'll be there, but not flouting Covid19 regulations at the time in force.
Germaine, I've my fingers crossed for you.
Now here's an interesting article....
Calling the plan a "mistake", Mrs Merkel said she took "ultimate responsibility" for the U-turn."
Still alarming on the news front over a possible third wave in the UK!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56529712
A para from the article is definitely concerning: "But if infection levels rise high enough the virus "will find those" who are unvaccinated and those for whom the vaccine hasn't worked, he says."
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Clare Bailey said:Are there people for whom the vaccine hasn't worked? I would have thought it would be a bit early to tell.
I agree, but a third wave could (my word) seek them out, and then we'll find out. Also, even though a good level of protection is supposed to be present from the first dose, there's still a lot not had their second dose, because its not due on the time plan.
There's more yet to come out the woodwork on Covid19.
Fingers crossed the vaccine has worked on all and its thwarted on the first dose.