25-29 January

Greater cold - Ice thickens on streams
Birds emerge after snow


Primrose in flower
Blackbirds carrying nesting material
Great tits in song



(Based on 'Light Rains Sometimes Fall' by Lev Parikian. Used with permission - thank you)

20-24 Jan

Greater cold - Butterburs bud
Snow sometimes falls


Ice covering small ponds
Black headed gulls huddled under the jetty
Goat willow in bud


(Based on 'Light Rains Sometimes Fall' by Lev Parikian. Used with permission - thank you)

15-19 Jan

Lesser cold - Pheasants start to call
Snowdrops poke through soil


Frost pictures on the grass
Early shoots poke through the soil
Sparrowhawk eyeing up the blue tits



(Based on 'Light Rains Sometimes Fall' by Lev Parikian. Used with permission - thank you)

10-14 Jan

Lesser cold - Springs thaw
Rain revives mosses


Hail on the hills
Blackbirds singing
Daffodil shoots emerging


(Based on 'Light Rains Sometimes Fall' by Lev Parikian. Used with permission - thank you)

5-9 January

Lesser cold - Parsley flourishes
Hellebores flower


(moved house - scarcely saw a thing)


(Based on 'Light Rains Sometimes Fall' by Lev Parikian. Used with permission - thank you)

1-4 January

Winter solstice - Wheat sprouts under snow
Christmas trees are released into the wild


Beech shoots beginning to bud.
Deer running in the fields
Pheasant shoot in full flow


(Based on 'Light Rains Sometimes Fall' by Lev Parikian. Used with permission - thank you)

We weren't birding today but went for a long walk over the moors. As most moorland birds are migratory here the tally was relatively low:

Jackdaw (Happy New Year!)
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Blackbird
Black-headed gull.

Some way to go to beat 2022 total of 197…