Snowy Catch Up

These are a few photos from the last Friday in December when we finally had a decent amount of snow, even though it had all been rained off by the evening.

It started off beautifully when I spent a good half hour or so watching one of the Foxes in the garden as it got daylight, it's rare they come in during the day so this was a real treat.

This Blackbird flew in several times and each time the Fox chased it out of the garden!

We saw a few birds in the garden through the day

Snow is not something that happens too often in winter anymore (don't anybody try telling me global warming isn't happening!) so I went out and made the most of it, I had a walk around town and Dartmouth Park.

The park had plenty of birds around, Blackbirds, Robins, Sparrows, Magpies, Woodpigeons...

I wonder if this Rose survived the snow?

Maybe we'll get a little more snow before winter is out but half a day is better than none at all I think!

Winter arrives

We finally had our first (and maybe our last?!) snow of season on Saturday evening, I couldn't help but take a short walk out in it, everything looks so much prettier at night when it's covered in snow!

Sunday morning I was up early and out for a walk in hope that I could enjoy the snow without too many people about. There's something peaceful about a snowy walk!

The local park was looking quite beautiful and there were just a few dog walkers about as usual for a Sunday morning.

In fact the dog walkers and their dogs were having a snowball fight, lots of fun!

The Blackbirds were out in abundance and looked quite striking against the snow.

I spotted a couple of Mistle Thrush, a few Sparrows and a couple of Great Tits but bird wise it was very quiet.

Back home and the snow was already starting to fall off the trees but the garden still looked good and our resident Robin, who pretty much lives in the tree next to the bird feeder was very obliging and posed for a few photos.

Snow falling on a weekend when I don't have to go anywhere and then being gone for the Monday morning commute to work is the kind of snow I love best!