This years first full Moon its also known as the wolf Moon,apparently its the largest and brightest of the full Moons in 2010 due to its orbit it is (50,000km) closer to earth than any other full Moon making it 14 percent wider and 30 percent brighter.I took this last night at about 8-30pm.
An unexpected call from Bob and Liz this lunchtime ended up with a trip to Clara,the light was not good for photo’s neither was the lane down to the reserve with plenty of snow and still quite thick there.We had the hide to ourselves the pond was still partly frozen with a few Mallards sitting on it at the far end and four Moorhens pecking around the edges,the feeders and the ground around were quite busy with Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock,
Great,Blue,Coal and a lovely Willow Tit almost all of which are displaying rings (BTO busy around here),with a couple of passes through the feeding station by the resident Sparrow Hawk, Pheasants pecking around in the undergrowth and the occasional sighting of the Grey Squirrel a nice chilly afternoon was had by all.
A real surprise this morning with three inches of that white stuff making Holywell a really pretty village,and if you leave your car here overnight you get a snowman on your bonnet
(I wonder who did that Dan !!).
