Wednesday 01 December

Bitter wind coming in from the east, my first sight from the window this morning was of the horses tucking into piles of food, I was delighted to see them fed.
And the next thing was seeing Bobblehead alive and well...he obviously has a quieter spot to feed and arrived here after the flock had moved on.

Spotted this bird in the rose bush and cannot identify it exactly from the books I have, I think it is  redwing from the stripes over its eyes, but none of the books mention the blushed breast.

I didn't get out for a walk so apologies if it is a little dull today, the snow and ice meant that I spent 1hr preparing for a 30 mile round trip, clearing and gritting the drive. After that there was very little daylight left. I hope to get out tomorrow.

I fed the birds three times today and still there was a queue for the nuts.