Not a particularly good start to the new year for me I'm afraid - I slipped on the snow and damaged my camera. It is now in the hands of the manufacturers and I'm hoping it is fixable.
Before the incident...
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| Wassand woodland walk - first photo of 2026 |
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| Redwing |
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| Wren |
The first full moon of the year is called a Wolf Moon, it's thought to be because wolves howled more at this time of year, as there was less food.
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| Wolf Moon |
The snow arrived on 4 January in some style - we had 4 or 5 inches in just a few hours. Weirdly only a narrow strip along the coast was lucky enough to get it! This photo from a NASA satellite shows the Yorkshire coast covered in snow, with Spurn in the bottom right and Flamborough Head just to the north of Spurn.
The snow was very picturesque but it was damn cold, and slippery as my camera can confirm.
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| The Wolf Moon over the Mere |
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| Mere cafe and St Nicholas church |
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| South side fields |
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| Wassand pines |
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| Wassand pines again |
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| A frozen Mere from the hide |
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| Wassand woodland walk in the snow |
