15th century goldfinch! https://online-service.nuernberg.de/viewer/image/5d64f831-7a9d-47b4-9a01-d6a28f29ad99/202/LOG_0202/ I don't know the other birds unless some of the ones on the top right are swallows maybe? Not like the swallows we get hereabouts but dunno what varieties Europe has. Also cannot figure out *how* on earth this guy is catching birds with what looks like a pair of oversized chopsticks. @npub17ncs...9dam

Uh oh while I was sick the raspberries (of which there are upwards of a myriad) started to do a ripen. Just pulled two off and nommed them - slightly tart but not much and I couldn't risk the birds noticing them! I *really* need to get them covered with netting pronto, guess that'll be the job for this weekend!

Well both today's and 2-days-ago's RATs were both negative so maybe it is flu or random-bug after all. After further temperature monitoring, what I'd originally taken as a "high end of normal" reading on Monday probably was actually a slight fever for me. Anyway the 18ish hours of sleep on Monday made an excellent dent in it and I got some appetite back yesterday. Still can't eat a lot at once so snacking through the day. Have done bits of work-from-home today with rests in between and will keep wfh for the rest of the week to a) avoid spreading whatever it is to the team and b) avoid the long commute while I'm still refueling my energy reserves.