Bloody snow,got up bright and early this morning to take the future Mother In Law to the Butchers,it seemed a nice morning and although i wasn't too convinced that Hornchurch's Away game at table toppers Sutton United would go ahead,i was confident that i could at least get a bit of birding done before the forecast snow hit us.Dropped the missus and nipper round her mums then off to the footy club to find out the result of the pitch inspection,the result was that there was no pitch inspection as the referee couldn't get near the ground because of the snow,Result = no football today,shame it wasn't last Saturday,otherwise we may still be in the FA Trophy,but we are not!!.Anyhow,i came home and decided to go to Berwick Ponds for the third day running,so i get changed into some warmer clothing,3 jumpers,two pairs of socks,trousers,hats etc and step out the door to the car,a few spots of snow weren't going to put me off but by the time i pulled up at Berwick it was so thick it was settling on gritted road,decision time as per the clash,do i stay or do i go???.I go,otherwise run the risk of getting stuck in rainham,so no birding,or at least no getting out the car birding but i did notice to see a few bits to and from Berwick including 3 frozen moorhens,1 very frozen pheasant,2 blue tits who seemed happy enough and a heron over the pond.It turned out to be the right decision to leave as i have been home for 20 minutes and there is currently a blizzard outside that Captain Robert FALCON Scott (cracking name) didn't endure on his expeditions to and from Antartica,ok a little exageration there,but it is heavy out there.
If it stops at all,the wellingtons are coming out and i am going across the road into the scrub where there are berries and hopefully waxwings,siskins and anything else i may stumble across,please stop snowing as its Saturday,am bored and the feeders for the birds are only accessible from one side...
Where i want to go when it stops......if it stops.....
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