Big Freeze

It's been so cold here this week, ending with snow, that nothing in the garden has moved at all. It's been striking how many fewer garden birds there have been though as I've had the feeders full and there have been occasional visitors rather than the flocks of greedy feeders we've had in previous years. The Long-Tailed tits turned up to enjoy the fat balls this morning, but as always a camera is a LTT deterent of the first order and no sooner had I got my Canon than they disappeared. The Robin has been around of course, as have the usual few great tits and chaffinches. 

The pond wasn't frozen solid today, as the temperature had gone up a lot after the snow last night - though all is still dormant fortunately. One assumes the frogs and toads are hibernating safely under rocks and stones nearby, and the snails have retreated to the deeper water.