Minus 7 and an evil NE wind, meant my eyes were watering most of the time. Winter at last, two hats, a balaclava and a face-mask!Tried the stretch of coast between Lervik and Vistorps hamn this morning. Pretty quiet and no sign of the shorelark sadly. Quite a few greylag and Canada geese on the move and at least 20 whooper swans south in small groups too. Small gangs of meadow pipits looked vulnerable scraping about in the snow. Ranarpstrand produced the bulk of the good birds with goosander (male - always hardest to see on-patch in December for some reason), redshank (4), redwing (7), brambling (1), goldfinch (4) and siskin (81).
Driving slowly home the way I had come my route was blocked by drifting snow, luckily plenty of options so back-tracked and successfully tried another route. As I drove past the blocked road again five minutes later a plough was already sorting it out, the authorities are certainly on top of this snowy weather this year.
Back at home the area around the garden was hosting a flock of thrushes - 30 fieldfare and at least 9 redwing.
Ranarpstrand in the snow.
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