Sunday 16th February 2014 deep in mud but blue skies and just a breeze.
The day began with an early frost which soon disappeared. Birdsong certainly indicated that this was the beginning of Spring.
This riverside oak held a large diversity of birds today
Signs of damage by the last storm on Friday were few - more twigs and small branches from the trees but just 'self - pruning'. The river had burst its banks again on Friday night but had receded by the morning, leaving the usual 'tidemarks' - contour lines of the high water marked by piles of small twigs and grasses on the riverside.
Only one tree had fallen, completely uprooted. Birds were already taking advantage, as they usually do, of good foraging in the upturned earth and holes left by the roots.
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