Lovely morning ....

22nd November 2024 (Friday)    08.45 .... There's only a light breeze this morning and,

Redshank.
although frosty, there's little wind chill, so  it feels warmer.  "Sunny with a gentle breeze" is our weather for today;  it will be cool in the light breeze but, compared to the past few days, it will feel like 'summer'.    Well... maybe not quite.

I'm vertical, and went been out to feed 'Blob', but he wasn't there.   Kirsty was saying that there's a Sparrow Hawk feeding around The Ferry, and they 'patrol' regular 'feeding'  routes, so 'target' birds along the route will be on the alert.  This will be a new threat for most of the village birds, but   I haven't seen the Sparrow Hawk in Ivy garden.  Of course there's less garden now that the back garden is a patio.

20.00  We've had a quiet day because of the light winds, but it is really cold tonight.   The car windscreen is already frozen, and I'm hoping that the sun is visible to clear it in the morning.   Actually. the forecast is  "strong winds and sleet" on an Easterly wind;  that's above freezing, but wet and cold!  Oh... I am not looking forward to that.   That said, 'Storm Bert', with strong winds, is moving in, from the SW.   I'm not looking forward to 'him' either!.... but, coming from the SW, it should feel warmer.

22.30     With a Sparrow Hawk  feeding around the village, and not having seen 'Blob' for a whole day, I was wondering if he'd been a breakfast 'snack'.  But he turned up today.   Like the Sparrow Hawk 'Blob' has various 'feeding stations' dotted around The Ferry..... and was probably at Ivy (yesterday) when I was out.   

Weather permitting I'm going to visit Alice tomorrow.   A little bird (not 'Blob') told me that Alice has been baking biscuits!      

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