Frosty!

Two days in a row of -5C and freezing fog today which hopefully will clear. 

Checked out the otter prints and as expected the water levels had gone showing a number of tracks and where the otter had gone back into the water.

Otter prints 2016

It was great to see our local otter is still around this morning.  I checked the area where I have previously found prints and under about an inch of water the prints were clearly the right size and type with 5 distinct toes and claws.

The morning was cold.  The first hoar frost of the winter with minus 5 Celsius.  Cool! A beautiful walk and views of Naunton Court. The stone mullion bay is Elizabethan and the building Grade 2 listed.

Highlights of 2015 In Pictures

2015 was a good year for me with lots of opportunities to get out with my camera but the weather wasn't always obliging.

Here are some of my favourites pictures from this year.

Tree Sparrow

Starling nesting in a timber frame building - at least two babies fledged

Bee on Lavender

A friendly robin

Long Tailed Tit - Just fledged!

Red Darter

Migrant Hawker Dragonfly

Large Male Bullfinch

Gatekeeper

Pair of Bullfinches eating seeds

Painted Lady

Migrant Hawker - normally hangs down like this when resting

Holly Blue on a ....holly.

A beautiful toad

Bees loving our the lavender