Judging by the increased number of people I have noticed out on Chat Moss in this current crisis I would say that it has been an uplifting lifeline and one I now believe that many will continue to enjoy long after this pandemic has been written into history. ...BUT

Well I'm sorry to introduce some questioning into this third day of 30 Days Wild but I do find there are some low points to be addressed when out and about in the wild.

Today, it was the smoke billowing from the still-burning peat within one of the few woodlands on the moss. I must admit the sight of the ground cover burnt and the knowledge that a lot of birds’ nests have been lost did create a less positive train of thought which was not the intended outcome day three.

Then a couple of willow warblers filled the air with their song, of a summer hidden today by cloud. A song which drove away their personal cloud of nest loss and mine of sorrow at their loss. They were saying that they will rebuild their attempt to raise a nest of young within the undamaged area nearby. These young raised after a winter in Africa will hopefully return to raise their own young in this then hopefully recovered woodland.

 
My steps picked up the positive mood with as a blackcap, whose nest would also have been lost in this fire, sang out his powerful message that this blackcap pair will also restart and rebuild. A bit like us humans of late as we all slowly move to hopefully rebuilding our world...but now perhaps with a touch more wildlife in it,