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. This was originally posted on 10th of the month, but I’ve retagged it as New Year’s Eve 2020.
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
