For the last two days, despite a total of over 4" of relatively fresh snow on the ground, we've been able to enjoy it while still feeling that conditions were safe enough underfoot for us to walk down to the village to buy a paper and a few essentials. However, last night's -3C temperatures, on top of a thaw yesterday afternoon, turned the going lethal so we took a short, careful walk this morning up one of the estate tracks, passing....
....the local farmer's cattle which enjoy an enviable view from their dining room.
It was once again very noticeable that, as we approached the houses on our way home....
....more and more small birds started to appear, including some, like the blackbirds, which we haven't seen in any numbers since the end of the nesting season, and others....
....like the siskins, which we haven't seen at all since the summer.
This has been an early, and not very pleasant reminder of winter, so we're quite pleased to see that the forecast is for a return to more normal weather.
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