A day of freezing temperatures and snow showers with no sign of a thaw.
Late afternoon and getting ready for my daily birding fix when the snow started coming down in flakes the size of half crowns quickly covering the roads and putting a stop to me driving anywhere. Plan " B " was harness up the team and walk through the snow covered fields to Old Guy Road although I had to carry the pup most of the way as the snow was deeper than him.
It was getting near last light and the fog was now creeping in so most of the gulls had left the fields and headed to roost leaving just a few Commons and Black Headeds which soon followed suit and moved on.
All quiet down Old Guy Rd and on the cricket field other than a few Corvids and 1 Pied Wagtail but as I got lower down the road 6 Snipe flew low over me and dropped down into DWs Partridge field not to be seen again. Obviously a roosting area for them.
If the forecasters are right about tomorrow, which will be unusual for them, its not looking good for the morning session but we,ll see what happens when we open the curtains in the morning but I,ll be up early and raring to go if at all possible. As my old Grandmother used to say,
" Thas plenty time for liggin i bed when thas deard ".
BS