Not a Good Start To My New Year

 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...

Wassand woodland walk - first photo of 2026

Redwing

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.

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.

The Wolf Moon over the Mere

Mere cafe and St Nicholas church

South side fields

Wassand pines

Wassand pines again

A frozen Mere from the hide

Wassand woodland walk in the snow

Reed Bunting

A much-needed hot drink during my morning walk

Coal Tit with a sunflower seed

I am hopeful that my camera can be repaired - buying another RX10 MkIV is not only expensive it is also next to impossible to get a new one. There are plenty of used ones for sale on the web but you never know what they've been through before it comes to you.