Not an ounce of snow at 0600 hrs this morning then it came with avengeance and continued heavy throughout the day. By 0800 hrs the job was stopped with all roads impassable and everything at a standstill. The roads are still bad this evening with nothing moving and now the fog is piling in. I managed to get the dogs out walking this morning before it got too bad but this afternoon I had to dig out the garden for them as the snow is too deep for them to walk in.
I,ve spent half the day keeping the bird feeders and water clear whilst the local Sparrowhawk is making regular fly pasts.
I,ve put a blog on for Fly Flatts after a visit a few days ago when I was up there getting some seed down. Looks like it will be a while before I,m up there again unless this snow goes super quick like the last lot.
Previous visit to Fly Flatts a few days ago.
A bright clear morning with blue skies and sunshine at 0 degrees on a N>3. Black ice on the top roads and partial freezing of the reservoir.
Despite the excellent conditions birding was poor with the ideal looking goose skies remaining empty other than a few gulls over and a Snipe flushed by walkers high over the west ridge.
Just a single Canada on the water with all the Mallards down the valley on Dean Head reservoir. 4 noisy Red Grouse were mobile on the moor and that was about it.
Fly Flatts
2 Herring gull................>NE
3 BH gull......................>NE
1 Common gull............>S
4 Red Grouse
1 Canada goose
1 Snipe.
BS