During the first several weeks of the Coronavirus lockdown I wasn’t able to go out with my camera. As I live in a flat and therefore don’t have a garden I couldn’t even go out into the garden and take pictures there. Still, I did have my windows (including the door of my “fake balcony”) and I managed to take a few pictures from there. Here are some of the better ones:
Fluffy Blue Tit 
Great Tit above some fresh leaves 
Sparrow balancing on a vertical branch 
Sparrow among fresh shoots on a tree 
Heron in (and behind) distant trees 
Insect on some tree buds (1) 
Insect on some tree buds (2) 
Beautiful Moon in the afternoon light
Nothing spectacular, Blue Tits, Great Tits and Sparrows are what I mainly see from my window. But also a distant Heron at the top of some trees around a nearby pond. Also some insects collecting pollen. And a beautiful clear Moon in the afternoon light.
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Having only taken pictures from my windows for a few weeks I ventured out along the Kennet and Avon Canal when the lockdown restrictions were eased a bit. I stopped near Frouds Lane to try to take a few pictures of birds crossing the canal. That wasn’t very successful. I was just about to leave when I got lucky, although not with a bird. I noticed some motion on the other side of the canal and suddenly a Grass Snake swimming across the canal came into view:
(1) Grass Snake approaching(2) Grass Snake swimming(3) Head of a swimming Grass Snake reflecting on the water(4) Swimming Grass Snake with the tongue out(5) Swimming Grass Snake turning around(6) Grass Snake swimming back past a twigA Grass Snake swimming across the Kennet and Avon Canal. Click the pictures for the larger versionsI must admit I didn’t know that snakes can swim until I saw this one doing it. This snake had to cross the canal twice (and did it quite easily it seems): It came across only to realise that on the other side was a retaining wall about 2 ft high, so it couldn’t get out. It had a brief look, then turned around and swam back where it disappeared into the undergrowth (no wall on that side). The tongue was nicely visible several times and the head nicely reflected/mirrored on the water. I hope you like and enjoy these pictures. I certainly enjoyed the moment and watching the snake.
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