must be hungry times

[lastcornishman]

Looked over the hedge at the bottom of my garden this afternoon and found 3 of these little guys, even had time to get the camera and take these (not very good) pics,I am now advising all birds to come to snowfree cornwall lol.L

[werdnal]

Cornwall is not completely snow free. We have some still lying from yesterday and its falling again now!

We had some snipe/woodcock fly over quite low this morning. I think they are struggling to find much with the frozen ground.

[lastcornishman]

Hi I,m at St Mawgan and we have not had any yet, where are you?.L.

[werdnal]

No too far away - just outside Roche. It may be on its way to you, as Easterly wind has picked up now. Since I went out to give our animals their last lot of hay, about half an hour ago, our path is now covered again!

[lastcornishman]

Weird is,nt it , only a few miles can make alot of difference down here, you ever go to camel trail/.L.

[lastcornishman]

Just looked at the rainfall radar, showing athick band of pink and red heading up acroo cornwall,

[werdnal]

You're right about the short distances making so much difference. We've been looking at the temps in the car today - 4 degrees difference between here and St Austell. You can see them dropping off the closer you get to home. But then last week, hubby works in Truro and they had a white-out down there, and we had a beautiful sunny day, so its very hit and miss.

We use the Camel trail quite a bit - son loves cycling. Not so keen on the lower Wadebridge/Padstow side (often too busy), prefer the upper end. Often join at Grogley and either go down to WadeB or up to Bodmin.

[werdnal]

Originally Posted by lastcornishman

Just looked at the rainfall radar, showing athick band of pink and red heading up acroo cornwall,

Yup, horizontal snow passing our window as I type!

[lastcornishman]

Yep, same here , i should look out the window more often, i like the wadebridge/ padstow end this time of year, i am trying to see the spoonbills, no luck so far, but i will keep trying.

[thebeard]

similarly i saw a group of redshank feeding within a few metres of the busy slalom course at the local watersports centre yesterday, they didnt seem that bothered by all the people, dogs and boats! hungry times indeed.