The female Black Bird above was having a hard time trying to perch on the washing line. Looks like she was trying her hand at Tightrope walking. My friend Elizabeth loves birds in action shots so this one is for her. 
The woodpeckers looked lovely as they hung on the snow covered branches. The sheep where finding it hard to reach the grass below to snow, I hope the farmer has been with extra food for them. 
I had a walk in the garden today and noticed the wildlife tracks in the snow. It reminded me of a fantastic book I had as a child which had pages of snow tracks to help learn what animal made what. I thought I would do something similar and grabbed my camera. In the book they had Deer, Rabbits and Stoats. I couldn't find tracks quite so exciting and ended up with......A Sheep
A Cat
and finally A Jay.
The Black Birds were still struggling in the deep snow. 
To help I have been putting lots of food under the garden table and the bench which is working as the other food gets completely covered up within half an hour by the falling snow. The only problem with the food under cover is it tends to get taken by one Male Black Bird who then refuses to let any other birds apart from his Mrs anywhere near.
The Stray cat is back, he had been missing for 2 days but turned up at 7.30am yesterday morning crying his heart out at the front door. We've now named him 'cheeky'. Before his disappearence he had moved in with us and appeared at tea time each day and came in to have some dinner and spend the night. Then at 7.30am he goes again and spends all day in the garden. He is ever so well camoflaged for this weather as I can barely make him out in this photo. 
He hasn't caught any birds that I have seen, which I am so happy about. Finally, isn't it amazing how much snow can form on such long thin things like this bramble. .JPG)
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