Snow happy

I was looking forward to taking a mountainbike leader assessment this weekend but it was cancelled because the snow made the venue inaccessible. So I took my bins and camera for a walk round the local woods.

Everyone was cheerful, saying how beautiful the trees were in the snow. Which they were.

I'm always pleased if I see Nuthatch, Treecreeper and Great Spotted Woodpecker at Northcliffe. I did, so it was hard to stay disappointed. I also had a single Lesser Redpoll which I've not seen here before. It's an amber list species so that makes it quite special.

Later in the day I tied to visit my BTO BBS patch (see Patchwork guilt below) but this was cut off too. However, BOG's watchpoint at Thornton Moor Reservoir and the reserve at Stockbridge were both accessible so I spent some time there enjoying the sunshine and snow.