No sign of a let-up in the weather but at least it's bringing some interesting birds into the garden, including this female brambling. This is the first I've seen this winter, but sometimes at this time of year there are enormous flocks in the beech woods at Stanhope Dene in Weardale, just a few miles up the road from here.
We haven't had snow like this for some time so we've decided to make the most of it and venture out whatever the weather, as long as we can stagger through the drifts...
...where a bit of wind-driven snow has turned some very mundame trees into attractive pieces of graphic art....and ...
... sharp, bare hawthorn twigs emphasise the harshness of the weather... until..
... the arrival of a sudden blizzard drove us back indoors.. (you'll need to double-click the blizzard picture to see the snowflakes)
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