Day 22. It's more than tuppence a bag.

I can barely keep up with the demand for bird seed, peanuts and fat feasts in the garden at the moment. This jay is a regular visitor and looks all set to survive the cold snap given its size!

It was estimated that during The Great Freeze of 1963, half of Britain's bird population perished in the cold. So although no longer tuppence a bag I'm happy to keep replenishing the feeders; not only can we experience the satisfaction of helping them through the Winter but it's always a pleasure to look out of the window and see so many different birds in the garden.

Today's bird species

Green Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Chaffinch
Blue Tit
Magpie
Sparow
Jay
Pigeon
Pheasant
Partidge
Blackbird

Day 17. Jack Frost.

Today has produced one long film reel of pics that could all quite easily have been my photo of the day. Starting with the most breathtaking scenes of sunshine and snow, then later in the day a stampede (or should that be flypede) of birds at the bird table, finishing with a truly lovely walk down to the river with Bea after school.

However the snowy frost on the railings of the bridge over the Great Ouse Cut Off Channel was so stunning, so featherlike and delicate, that this just had to be the one. It may be cold but the current weather is definitely the camera's friend.