The snow hasn't brought anything exciting to the garden. For the last couple of days we have had starlings, blue tits, robins and blackbirds and one brief glimpse of a wren at the bottom of the garden.
Out walking yesterday it was cold and foggy. Just the usual woodland birds but in Cowcroft Wood a fox trotted out into the ride in front of me. It was a handsome beast and, in the still air, hadn't caught my scent. After a couple of seconds he became aware of me and loped off without much obvious concern.
There were lots of signs of activity in the snow, particularly creatures digging down to get at the earth underneath. I assumed that it was foxes after beetles. There were also footprints of deer and rabbits had occupied a badger set, the droppings standing out clearly in the snow. What was also clear was that a some of out human neighbours regard farmland as a glorified theme park as there were several toboggan tracks going out into a sloping arable field where new crops were growing under the snow.
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