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Sunday, December 20, 2009

A Winter's Tale...

Through the night the temperature at home was -4 rising to -2 at daybreak, but scarcely moving above zero all day. Yesterday's snow froze into a crunchy hard icing over the landscape. Below is a trip with me on my circular walk of about a mile and a half from home...



Just about the only noteworthy thing on an eerily quiet day was a hard weather movement along the coast, with the following all going south -

Meadow Pipit 90
Skylark 136
Redwing 6
Grey Wagtail 1
Pink footed Goose 90+

On the walk through the Village wood and back by the Heugh were 9 Snipe (3 and 6) dropping into the running streams, 2+ Song Thrush, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Buzzard, 5 Siskin, 12 Grey Partridge, 1 male Stonechat and 5 Lapwings.

I couldn't even rumour a grey Gyr let alone a white one...
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8 comments:

  1. Warren Baker8:00 pm

    spectacular lanscape there Stewart

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  2. Wilma8:10 pm

    Warren is right, Stewart. The scenes you photographed are "picture perfect". I love the blue sky with the white snow.

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  3. Unknown9:25 pm

    Top shots of the buzzard Stew. Love seeing raptors underlit by snow. All the best to you and Jane for Christmas.

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  4. Anonymous5:26 am

    An cracking set of photos, Stewart.
    As for the skylarks, there`s been a big movement of em over the last few days. 400+ reported past Spurn, yesterday.

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  5. Emma Anderson7:25 pm

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  6. Emma Anderson7:27 pm

    Lovely winter pictures, Stuart. just catching up after a break. Merry Christmas.

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  7. Anonymous3:35 pm

    Cor looks bloomin' cold (but very beautiful)I'm surprised you saw anything !

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  8. Stewart7:52 pm

    Aye it will be a few degrees cooler than StIves I imagine :) I remember being down there one winter and eating outside at the restaurant on the harbour front in positively spring like conditions.

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