snow – My London+

Finally, snow worth taking photos of! I ventured out while it was snowing to do some shopping and came back via a local park where a brief blizzard ensued. With freezing temperatures I have also been taking care of the birds. Each morning I break the ice on the water bowl and throw out handfuls of seed, top up the peanuts and suet. The squirrel is rather partial to the nuts, of course, but it has encouraged a pair of robins, a great tit, pigeons, wood pigeons and starlings. In fact, the robins seem to have moved into the variegated bush and I am hopeful that in the future there will be a whole family of little robins.

At the end of last month I took part in the Birdcount run each year by the RSBP. We didn’t have many visitors in the hour I did my count. They all came in flurry towards the end. When I say all, I mean a wood pigeon and a starling! The pair of robins showed up at the beginning, so there was a lot of staring out of the window watching lots of birds fly over, but they had to land to be included in the count.

Now the weather is colder, the birds are more frequent and they are getting through mounds of seed. It gives me a good excuse to get out my camera and take a few photos. Enjoy!

London finally had snow yesterday. Which means everyone goes mad. Having been locked indoor families went out tobogganing and building snowmen. Me? I just ventured into the garden a took a few photos before it all melted. By today most of the snow had gone. It’s been a few years since snow stayed longer than a couple of days. The rest of the UK has had snow a few times already, but being so far south, and down in a valley, London gets a day of snow a year, if we are lucky.

I love snow, but I am happy for it to go the next day. I hate it when it freezes over and gets all slippery. At my age the bones don’t mend so fast or well, so I’d rather sit it out at home than venture onto icy pavements.

So, while I was excited as everyone else yesterday, I’m not too sad that it’s gone.