Saturday was almost a white out, with snow falling all morning giving up to an inch or more by lunchtime. Fortunately it didn't last long and by evening most had thawed. During the morning a Grey Heron landed on the rooftop on the house behind, before heading off into the raging blizzard. Personally it it were me, I would have gone in the opposite direction and sought sanctuary at Nythe Pool.
Raging Blizzard
Grey Heron
Overnight there was a chilling frost and the pond froze over again. There's still no sign of any frogspawn, even though there have been up to 3 frogs around the pond.
Sunday was bitterly cold again and the two resident Common Gulls were scavenging behind the shops. Locally the murmeration of Starlings is still on-going with up to 10,000 birds in central Swindon.
Today a Red Kite somehow got lost and flew over the house at 10:45am, and was being hurried along by a couple of Herring Gulls. My first Kite of the year so a good tick.
