On Friday morning I woke up to this....
Lots of snow falling
I then spent Saturday in Taunton, being amazed at how much snow there actually was! Little did I know what was around the corner...
This morning, within two hours (between 06:30-08:30) a colossal amount of snow fell. All the main roads have been impassable, at work we haven't have any deliveries all day, no post, etc...so proper snow!
I've lived here 19 years and I've not seen it like this before....
Proper deep snow!
Had one garden tick today - a bit of a good one too! At 9am five Woodlark flew north west over the back garden. I was quite surprised by this as there didn't seem to be as many Skylarks on the move as there had been the previous couple of days. A few Snipe and stacks of thrushes were also noted going over.
In the actual garden, well it has been mayhem!!!
Have had five species of the thrush, the highlight being the Mistle Thrush that landed on the front lawn for all of three seconds before flying away - so no pics of him. There's plenty of Redwing pics though...
There were always 10-20 in the garden, but birds were continually flying off and being replaced by 'new' ones
At least six Song Thrushes also seen...
Song Thrush and Redwing
And a few Fieldfare...
These always stayed high in the berry trees though
Other non-thrush bird included up to four Blackcap...
Three of them looking like this one
Four Bullfinch....
Three of them looking like this
Two Pied Wags, a heap of Long-tailed Tits and a female-type Black Redstart.
Just outside the garden, there were bucket loads of thrushes....thousands of them! Most thawed bits of road/verge had a Meadow Pipit or two, and a few houses down a male Black Redstart sat up proud...
And then began feeding on the berry's of some ornamental palm tree like thing...
Check out the ice on his feet!
But, although the birding has been just incredible, I feel sooooo sorry for them all. I just hope this doesn't last long. In the mean time - please keep feeding your garden birds!
Lots of snow fallingI then spent Saturday in Taunton, being amazed at how much snow there actually was! Little did I know what was around the corner...
This morning, within two hours (between 06:30-08:30) a colossal amount of snow fell. All the main roads have been impassable, at work we haven't have any deliveries all day, no post, etc...so proper snow!
I've lived here 19 years and I've not seen it like this before....
Proper deep snow!Today wasn't going to be a birding day, but the action in and over the garden has kept me glued!
Had one garden tick today - a bit of a good one too! At 9am five Woodlark flew north west over the back garden. I was quite surprised by this as there didn't seem to be as many Skylarks on the move as there had been the previous couple of days. A few Snipe and stacks of thrushes were also noted going over.
In the actual garden, well it has been mayhem!!!
Have had five species of the thrush, the highlight being the Mistle Thrush that landed on the front lawn for all of three seconds before flying away - so no pics of him. There's plenty of Redwing pics though...
There were always 10-20 in the garden, but birds were continually flying off and being replaced by 'new' onesAt least six Song Thrushes also seen...
Song Thrush and RedwingAnd a few Fieldfare...
These always stayed high in the berry trees thoughOther non-thrush bird included up to four Blackcap...
Three of them looking like this oneFour Bullfinch....
Three of them looking like thisTwo Pied Wags, a heap of Long-tailed Tits and a female-type Black Redstart.
Just outside the garden, there were bucket loads of thrushes....thousands of them! Most thawed bits of road/verge had a Meadow Pipit or two, and a few houses down a male Black Redstart sat up proud...
And then began feeding on the berry's of some ornamental palm tree like thing...
Check out the ice on his feet!But, although the birding has been just incredible, I feel sooooo sorry for them all. I just hope this doesn't last long. In the mean time - please keep feeding your garden birds!
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