Snow at last.

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Snow on this Beech Hedge and down the Lanes behind our village of New Longton.

As someone who
enjoys taking outdoor
photos the prospect of a few
flakes of snow arriving is
usually enough to get me a little
bit excited.So when it did
come down and actually settle
early in February I quickly
donned all the right clothes
and set out for a walk to try
and capture it.






The teasels I left in the garden  
Looking up the back garden, just a light covering of snow


Well here's the reason I dashed back to the local shop for digestive biscuits!


The path through the woods , were you can see and hear Nuthatches and Woodpeckers.

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A female Nuthatch
Here is the More brightly coloured  Male




















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