Monthly Archives: January 2021

Slightly better weather today, though the light was poor. A few birds put in an appearance, though not many. In the hour allocated I saw at least one robin, coal tit, blue tit, great tit, goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch and wood … Continue reading →

It’s been snowing steadily all day, though it hasn’t settled. Not good for the Garden Birdwatch – apart from a couple of pigeons, I have only seen a goldfinch, chaffinch, great tit and blue tit (only one of each at … Continue reading →

Well, slightly more successful than yesterday, but only a few goldfinches, a chaffinch and a robin. Oh, and of course a few pigeons, but they don’t count!

I spent the day looking out for birds in preparation for this weekend. Absolutely NONE came! I hope I will do better over the next 3 days.

Today was 127 day (27th January), but unfortunately all the snow of the last week had melted, so finding something to photograph was a problem. On top of that, the camera I had planned to use has developed a fault … Continue reading →

A dull day and more depressing news, so I chose this for today’s photograph to cheer me up!

Still some work to do on the landscape. The snow has been thawing quite rapidly today, so unfortunately I don’t think there will be any left to photograph on Wednesday, 127 day.

After yesterday’s light fall, there was a much heavier one this morning. It started to thaw in the afternoon, but there is still quite a covering this evening.  Preparations for the next 127 day (January 27th) continued today with one … Continue reading →

We don’t get much round here, but this hung around all day, and more is forecast for tomorrow. I was feeling a bit better when I got up this morning, but the attempts to photograph the snow, and the extreme … Continue reading →

The winter clematis has been out for a while, nut today is the first time the flowers have opened (helped by sunshine this morning). After the Covid jab yesterday, by the evening I has suffering side effects – all usual … Continue reading →