December brought us a White Christmas and New Year with snow falling in the week before Christmas. Whilst looking beautiful this brought it's drawbacks with us being restricted from leaving the farm via our main access for about 9 days! Luckily I have a big freezer!
On a couple of days we dare not let the hens out for fear of them becoming stuck in the snow but then as the frost set in it became more solid for them to walk on.
The bird feeding station, outside my front door, has constantly needed to be replenished during this cold spell. Great spotted woodpecker, Nuthatch, Robin and all varieties of Tits have been visiting including a Pheasant which decided to balance on my B&B 'A' board to reach the fat balls and also sat on top to feed off the little tray. This has changed my opinion on how bright a bird they actually are!
On Christmas Eve, from my kitchen window I saw 4 beautiful stags with quite big antlers jump over the fence in our paddock. Against the background of the snow it was a magnificent winter scene.
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Nature diary of daily events around farmland adjacent to Leighton Moss RSPB.
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