After 2 days of relentless wind and rain it was almost relief that today dawned without the precipitation. I am lucky here that we do not have an obvious flood risk and it would seem that the luck extended to missing the worst of what Christoph has delivered eslewhere, it just remains very damp underfoot. Even though the winds gusted up to c40mph they were not as strong as the named Winter storms before xmas and last Winter, the combination of high wind and very wet ground has the potential for uprooting large trees around here so I'm pleased this hasn't happened.
During the worst of the rain yesterday I had some trouble looking out of the wet windows, but as far as I could tell the finch numbers feeding had increased again, with 2 Lesser Redpolls being new and 3 Brambling with 30+ Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch and 3 Siskin. The Blackcaps mad no appearance as far as I could tell although I couldn't really see down to the chicken pen where the apples they favour are positioned. The foxes were making some awful noises last night, probably in fox world these were sweet songs but it sounds like excruciating pain is being inflicted on the local wildlife, but thankfully no signs of any carnage this morning. It seemed as if a few of the birds may have thinned out with a bt of clear weather overnight. A Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard and 2 Raven flew over, still no sign of the Blackcaps and visibly less Chaffinch with a single Brambling and single Lesser Redpoll and a group of 15 Redwing flying around. Expecting a colder spell for a couple of days from tomorrow.
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