The geese feed on the mud flats and stubble fields around Morecambe Bay. If you can’t get to see them in the wild the RSPB nature reserves are well worth a visit this winter. They feed wild birds and have hides where you can get up quite close to view them. If you are interested in Photographing Birds in winter then have a look at this easy to follow guide by Mark Hamblin on the Nature TTL website.
So the cold weather is coming. We’ve had a couple of light early morning frosts already this month but nothing to match December 2010 when everything froze.
The Pond froze… The Oak trees froze.
Even the air seemed to freeze.
And of course my lovely little Apple Tree froze too. The Bramley Apple usually hangs on to a few fruits well into December.
From a distance the apples look like Christmas baubles.
Our garden birds are making good use of a fruity meal. Most of the apples have holes where the birds have pecked away the juicy flesh.
We’ve had plenty of fruit from the garden and I like to leave some specifically for our wild creatures. I’m leaving peanuts, sunflower seeds and fresh water every day plus fat balls and scraps of bacon fat whenever I can.
I’m joining in with Tree Following this month on Lucy’s Loose and Leafy Blog. If you’d like to see what’s happening elsewhere in the tree world then just pop along for a quick read. Gillian 🙂