Fog, frost and sunshine.
A fairly dismal day today. Very cold and icy on my walk about the lanes today. Plenty of crows and jackdaws flying hither and thither, they obviously knew where they were going. Woodpigeons were much in evidence today, too. They all seemed to be on express trips as they were intent on getting to their destinations in a bit of a hurry.
The local orchard only revealed about a dozen blackbirds today with two fieldfares filling their bellies in attendance. Several chaffinches and a collared dove accompanied them today.
There were a few longtailed tits in the garden today with several blue tits and two great tits. Two coal tits also appeared today, the first I had seen for some time. A lonesome song thrush flew out of the hedge as I went to the bottom of the garden.
A party of goldfinches were feeding in the garden before visiting the thistles on the Forestry land opposite. Three greenfinches were busy calling to one another with wrens, robins and hedge sparrows all busying themselves amongst the shrubs.
A buzzard came visiting and perched in a large oak tree opposite home. I took a couple of pictures from the window then went outside to see if I could get some better shots. As soon as I went round the corner of the house it took off for distant places. Another photographic masterpiece missed. The pictures from in the house weren't up to much either.
Three goldcrests were about in a large whitebeam tree at the top of the garden. They were busily feeding for some time before heading away towards the Forest. Three blackheaded gulls lazily overflew the house, apparently heading nowhere in particular.
All in all a pretty uneventful day.