We are now publishing our weekly #Covid risk assessment for England and #Buckinghamshire on #mastodon.

The risk of meeting a Covid-infected person in your everyday life this week remains about the same as it was last week. The risk is still Very High. Around 1 in every 71 people in Bucks and England have Covid.

As an example of the risk of catching Covid, a typical busy supermarket will have between 4 and 6 infected people breathing out virus which you could catch.

https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-3-july-2023/

I sometimes see Mandarin Ducks at Beaconsfield motorway services. None there yesterday. But I reckon Pyramidal Orchid makes up for that. Not bad for what's basically the space between a kid's play area and the place where smokers can sit while they eat. #WildflowerHour #Buckinghamshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

I called in the #Beaconsfield motorway services yesterday and went to the wildlife area. OK, it's a drainage balancing pond with some ducks, but they've done wonders with the vegetation around it, especially these Ox-eye Daisies. #PondPlants #WildflowerHour #Buckinghamshire #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

Always nice to find something I've not seen before, although frustrating trying to get a decent photo. Few-flowered Garlic on a road verge in #Buckinghamshire, shaded by beech trees as are many of the road verges around there. #WildflowerHour #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

A bluebell in #WeondoverWoods, #Wendover, #Buckinghamshire this morning. There were rather a lot of bluebells but this one wanted its portrait taken. #WildflowerHour #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

It seems it's that time of year when I can stop struggling to identify tiny white-flowered weeds in cracks in the pavement and can turn my attention to struggling to identify the many relatives of the dandelion. This is my first of the year, in #Buckinghamshire; I think it's Common Cat's-ear but I'm always open to correction on these things. They all look very much alike...#WildflowerHour #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

#CoombeHill monument #Buckinghamshire #fomapan400 developed in a #monobath solution. #35mmfilm taken on an old #Soviet #Fed50 scanned using #pixl-latr and #DSLR #photo #photography #analogue #filmisnotdead

I struggled to find anything for #WildflowerHour this week. Not that the weather was bad, just my car's unwell and I can't get to the various places I want to go. But here's some Winter Aconite from a rail trip to #Buckinghamshire today. #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

The latest #Covid wave in #Buckinghamshire looks like its reached its lowest point. But the risk remains very high, with 4 infected people in a busy supermarket breathing out virus to catch. Look out for higher levels soon as the next wave kicks off.

https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-27-january-2023/

A classic churchyard Yew tree for #WildflowerHour, there not being many actual flowers this weekend due to the frost. This one is at St Mary's in #Slough, which was in #Buckinghamshire when the tree was young but got a transfer to #Berkshire a few decades ago. #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

ADOPTABLE ADORABLE ENDLESS VOID ALERT #caturday #AdoptDontShop

RT @MNashCatRescue@twitter.com

Unbelievably 6 month old Rosie is still looking for her forever home this #Caturday. How could anyone resist this bundle of happiness?! Please #AdoptDontShop this sweet girl today. #Buckinghamshire

This graph says it all: an estimated 32,162 #Covid cases in #Buckinghamshire this week, with 1 in 17 residents infected. And we expect the rate to go up further now schools and colleges are back. #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask

More at https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-6-january-2023/

There'll be SEVENTEEN #Covid-infected people in every busy #Buckinghamshire supermarket this week, all breathing out virus for you to catch. Don't say we didn't warn you. #WearAMask

https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-6-january-2023/

#Buckinghamshire is facing a huge #Covid wave, as infections surged over Christmas and New Year. With an astonishing 1 in 17 people in the County now infected, and 17 infected people in a typical busy supermarket, we’ve raised the risk level to CRITICALLY HIGH.

https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-6-january-2023/

The only plant I've seen in flower this week when I've had a camera is gorse. So here's a gorse flower, from my drive home after Christmas on Tuesday. #Beaconsfield services on the M40 have a duck/wildlife pond round the back. I'd love to claim that's dew on the flower, but I don't really do early mornings - it was drizzle. #WildflowerHour #Buckinghamshire #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

#Buckinghamshire hospitals have declared another critical incident as #NHS services cannot meet demand

https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/blog/2022/12/30/critical-incident-declared-at-buckinghamshire-healthcare-nhs-trust/

Day 3 of #12DaysWild. Took an alternative route home to call at Beaconsfield motorway services where there's a nice wildlife pond. I've seen Mandarin here in the past, but today no ducks at all. Not one. But there were red kites overhead which made up for the lack of ducks. #Buckinghamshire #wildlife

#Buckinghamshire includes the official 'least deprived' area of #England. But even there, many are in poverty and #disabled people are hit hardest. #CostOfLivingCrisis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63978499

Does it still count for #Defaidodon if the sheep are English? This was in #Buckinghamshire today, sheep grazing on the stubble left after a crop was harvested.

Day 2 of #12DaysWild. A nice walk around a rural bit of #Buckinghamshire. This was one of the largest clumps of mistletoe I think I've ever seen. #botany #plants