More Snow

We have had another 100mm plus of snow through the night and this morning, so with what we already had from Monday it is now around around 200/250mm all over the garden making it even more difficult for the wildlife to do their normal routine of eating, staying warm etc. So here are a few shots of things we do not normally see...............

The Chickens never normally use their wings but at the moment they are using them a lot to get balance when going over or along snow drifts, they make great trapeze artists . 

Waiting around risking a peck from a big beak - the wagtail I have nicknamed Phil Mitchell who is a bully, seeing off any other birds the same size or smaller, he had second thoughts with one of our large tummied Blackbirds who uncharacteristically has come very close to the house.

This is Phil all puffed up trying to look hard and keeping warm by getting air in between its feathers making it warm and keeping it there.   Below are two of the others he chases away..............

Normally the Pintails and Mallards stay apart but at times like this they mix and Nip the female Pintail in the centre of the picture can stand up for her self very well when needed.

As soon as they have the bread in their beaks they will then go back to the water to break it down so they can digest it. What is making the rings as Nip and Tuck sucking the water through to filter it and make the food a lot smaller .