Friday 3rd December - Ice and Snow still

Travel chaos meant all todays meetings were held by phone - Yesterday's snow had frozen and it was -3C all day getting to at least -9C after dark. At first light this morning a Peregrine flew over the house and again at 11.30 - my first record here in 12 years, bring the garden list up to 89, not bad for an inland site. Birds in the garden were as per yesterday with up to 12 Blackbirds, several more Redwings, 3 flyover Lapwings and the 2 Yelowhammers but it seemed fewer numbers of Chaffinches and tits. In between calls I wandered to the Trout Farm again where a Mute Swan, 2 Coot and 3 Moorhen had joined the Mallards. A Bullfinch in the hedgerow and again lots more Redwings in the Holly, plenty of Long-tailed Tits and a couple of Goldcrest.