Slim Pickings

 Carole King was almost right:

The weather here has been as grey as it can be,
Although it doesn't really matter much to me;
For all the wildlife seen while the sun is rarely there, 
It might as well rain until September.

The Easterly winds have made getting out and walking a bit of a chore over the last week or so. Add to that a week's worth of hassle with bedroom fitters and the sum total is not much to write home about.

On several days when it rained and/or was really dark and overcast I didn't even take the camera out with me, which wasn't a loss at all as I didn't see anything worth capturing anyway.

This is really dispriting as I can usually find something worth photographing be it a flower, fungus, anything catching the light, even grass! I'm having difficulty even finding buds to look at. Give it a few more days and things will pick up I'm sure so there is always something to look forward to.

Meanwhile the Great Spotted Woodpeckers carry on drumming, the Barnacle Geese keep on goosing one another and the frost has seemingly gone away (for now) 😂😂

Frosty phragmites

Long-tailed Duck at the Mere

Great Spotted Woodpecker in very poor light

 

 

Had it been sunny I could have taken a photo in much better light...

GSW, same wood, different light, different year 😉

The Barnacle Geese were in second field on Thursday which is the first time I've seen them in there. I was able to get close enough to read a few of the leg rings to confirm they are the  birds from Scorton in North Yorkshire.

Barnacle Geese

J41

J43

J72

Things will get better through this week and the blog will be more interesting (I hope).