Where has all the wildlife gone.

When I moved into my present home several years ago I looked forward to having loads of wildlife close by with  lots of photography to do. It started well with plenty of bird life and animals coming into the garden I thought I was in my element. Two years ago I noticed a decline, the village pond the herons vanished, the cormorants went and the swans there now are artificial in an effort to keep the canada's away. Of the 40 odd swallows that nested every summer in the local houses this year just one pair were seen with no record of a nest. The feeders in my garden are rarely touched and I often throw the seed away before it rots. I paid a visit to the RSPB at Pulborough Brooks which is just 3 miles away at the week-end and in one hour I saw just 2 rabbits and a crow. I spoke to a photographer who was just leaving and asked what kind of day he had and all I got in reply was a shrug of the shoulders. The ponds had dried up, the feeders had gone. I have been a visitor there for more than 30 years and it has been high up on my photography sites list and a large proportion of my 40,000plus photo's have been taken there and to see the area like this hurts. This has nothing to do with the virus, I am sure it is air polution.

Finally

With all the computer problems I've had over the past few weeks I think I have reached some sort of  result after spending loads of time and loads of money.

Just because the computer had given up on me it did not mean that I had to call a halt to my photography. The wildlife seems in my garden seems to be on holiday, nothing much has been appearing on camera except Mum and Junior who rarely miss a night.  As for the kingfisher below  I know its not real but I haven't done colour for such a long time and as this was an early birthday present I thought it might brighten up the post a bit.