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I sincerely hope that wherever you are reading my Blog, and thank you, you are keeping safe and making the most of this challenging and strange time. Apart from noticing that there are very few people out and about, compared to normal, I have noticed another quite remarkable aspect to thie lockdown. The outdoors smells different, when I noticed this a few days ago I thought no, too much time indoors, so I never mentioned it then out of the blue a colleague said, "don't you think the air smells different", and it certainly does, cleaner maybe I can't quite say why it's different, but it is. On the wildlife front the summer migrants are arriving fast, with numbers of Whimbrel increasing daily, and the woods full of the song of Blackcaps, Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, of course own own local birds are in full song also follow the link for a short burst of Even-Song I spotted some Cowslips yesterday looking magnificent. As sunset appro