Spring – Dragon goes Wild

Almost Spring…. in the snow?!

Dragon — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 10:00:50 +0000

The “Beast from the East” made its presence known again today, with more snow! It certainly confused the finches, and gave the daffodils a bit of a shock too.

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More snow?!

Dragon — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 20:00:54 +0000

We had more snow overnight, and although it stopped during the morning, the forecast was for snow from about lunchtime.

Instead of steps in the garden, it looks like we have a very steep slope heading up to the grass!

More finches and blackbirds have been flocking to the nearby feeders again – there was some food scattered on the ground, plus the seeds that have been knocked out of the feeders by the pigeons.

“Blackbirds don’t visit bird tables or seed feeders”…. unless it’s very, very, very cold (-1C today, but it’s meant to feel like -7C with the windchill).

I’m not sure how much seed he managed to get out, but at least one Blackbird spotted the walnut cake that was in the garden and decided that made a tastier (and easier) meal.

The snow might have been unexpected for the wildlife, but it did make some unusual patterns on the rooftops as it was blown about in the high winds.

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Happy Meteorological Spring!

Dragon — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:00:46 +0000

Today is the start of Meteorological Spring…. so of course we have some perfectly spring-like weather here today. Yes, that’s right, it was snowing most of the day!

The strong winds blew the snow off the road at this point, even creating a mini snow drift on the junction.

Ignore the reflection of the street light (I wasn’t going to open the window to take the photo without looking through the glass!), but this was the snow this evening.

The birds have been flocking to the feeders, so hopefully they are tucked up somewhere warm and dry for the night!

#staywild