It's hard, wet and slippery! Damn this ice!

With so many Waxwings in the County I will, I think, make a go at getting them one of these days. But in the mean time it was a couple of hours in the hide which was surprisingly quite warm at only -2c mind you it was a nice fuggy -1 by the time I had finished.

Well what on earth was I doing in here (crappy phone picture) on a cold and decidedly damp morning?

The object of the exercise was to get one or two pictures of the garden birds on or around the feeders, of course the normal feeder stuff  like House Sparrow and Robin, looking cute on a holly sprig and in the snow.

But there was one other winter visitor that was tempting me out on this particular morning.

Male Blackcap

It was in the first instance not the feeders that brought this Blackcap male into the garden but the fresh water that was put out he spent sometime sipping the nice warm water!

Observing the action going around the feeders

It took him some while before he felt either comfortable enough or hungry enough to venture onto the meal worms, when the Robin was not looking!



Digestion time after several worms



And now for a few more perhaps, where's that stroppy Robin?

And of course the Female House Sparrow

Ahhh! Cute just in time for Xmas cards!

Get out of the way!

A quick trip to Priorslee to tick of the 1st Winter Med Gull, was interrupted by the innovative top gun landing gear,, I know the ice was slippery but!!!

Guess which one forgot the arrestor bungee?

cheers Paul