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I miss the snow but now it feels as though spring is on the way. That probably just means more snow. 😉

We have a lot of snow at the moment and it's quite cold, -10 Celsius. 2 new ones and an old one today.

3 re-processed pictures from the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 today. New pictures next time though. We had a light snowfall on Christmas Eve and a lot more snow fell yesterday.

We've had a lot of sunshine recently and I've been taking a lot of pictures through the open window of the guestroom. It's getting more and more difficult to get a clear view as the leaves on the trees open more and more but they do provide a lovely setting.

2 archive shots today. We've had some very dull weather here recently and I haven't had a lot of spare time.

I think this is my favourite Hawfinch picture so far this year but that may be because it would make a decent-sized print.

From having a little snow a couple of days ago we now have a lot of snow. I've had some fun photographing birds in falling snow. Most of the shots got binned but I got a few atmospheric keepers. At the moment it's not snowing and is quite sunny.

Stands no nonsense from the Greenfinches at any rate. :-)

Off to Lake Tkern for a couple of days tomorrow morning. Last year at this time we got a lot of pictures of Reed Warblers and Bearded Tits so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The weather forecast isn't great but it's been hard to predict the weather this summer.

Not quite as striking as the male.