The heron is back.... with lovely new slender legs....

and the moorhens are enjoying the mud flats....

And hanging out together in the hedgerow by the pool today....

Mr Bullfinch (very flash) .....

and Mrs Bullfinch (not so flash) ....

Teal on the pool (little duck relatives with 'go faster' eye stripes) ...

and a simple but beautiful Meadow Pipit .....

Today I spotted my elusive friend, the Snipe, (usually only seen flying off erratically) ...

And there is snow on Bredon ... Brrr

Wow, a lot of reed cutting has gone on ....

but change brings opportunity ...

Wren wars rage on the reed stack ....

A Pied Wagtail enjoys the marshlands ...

But the Common Reed still stands tall and beautiful ...

Who pulled the plug out?!  The water has gone out of my pool!!...

But it doesn't bother this bluetit enjoying the bullrushes....

or this Kingfisher, checking out the pool edge....

Oh, so cold today, with much of the pool frozen over...

Mallards in the sunlight....

some black headed gulls and a couple of coots stepping out... cautiously...

but the frost on the canary grass and bullrushes was magical....

Jenny wren exploring the base of a tree ....

The Abbey across the meadow ....

One of the Redwings that we see in the hedges and on the meadow at this time of year...

A robin enjoying the bright sunshine today...

Though it's bright, it feels wintery on the pool...

but eating is always an urgent task and here a young heron and swan are enjoying some company while searching for food...

while an adult heron plays peek-a-boo out in the field.......

Hey, they are building a new walkway so all my fans can come and see me on the pool!!

A small bunch of Teal keep popping in to see me too...

And a big flock of geese fly over every day making a lot of honking!

But then I spotted a little flock of Linnets sunning themselves in the tree - they are a lot quieter!

The winter visitors have been arriving.... a Fieldfare...

a Redwing...

and lots of Starlings come from Russia & Scandinavia to swell our numbers... 

and every evening we have "Starlingfest" before they settle to sleep in the reeds!

But there is still room for our residents.... a Chaffinch enjoying berries...

and a song thrush ...

a Buzzard watching from his perch...

and Mrs and Mrs Stonechat playing 'Upstairs Downstairs'...

Him and Her... Stonechats chatting on the footbridge......

And little Jenny Wren sitting in a hollow....

A pheasant visiting the field...

Frost on the teasels....

And the Woodpecker watching out while checking the trees for grubs.....

A Greenfinch enjoying breakfast in the sun....

A field full of cobwebs...

A male Reed Bunting in winter plumage tucking in to seed heads by the river...

A Buzzard watching me from the hedge top...

And a Greater Spotted Woodpecker taking advantage of the bird feeders by the house on the meadow...

And on the pool today....

The Stonechats are enjoying the hedgerows and grasses.....

So too the busy little flocks of goldfinches...

While a kestrel plays I-Spy in the top of a dead tree branch...

Well, there are a few Darter dragonflies still about today....

And a female stonechat (I think)...

some lovely Autumn green lichen ....

and WOW, sheep have arrived!!

and somebody has been clearing out my reed beds... nice..

I'm keeping my eye on things.....

and now they are checking my water!!!