The Guardian UK reports on the wildlife viewing during the country's big freeze.Feeding birds have to hunt harder for food now that the ground is covered in six-feet of snow. But this promotes more opportunity for spotting them.
[All] sorts of unusual visitors are turning up in gardens, including redwings and fieldfares from Scandinavia, and reed buntings and yellowhammers from local farmland. There has even been a sighting of an escaped Senegal parrot feeding on apples in a Bristol suburb. Away from our homes, usually shy species such as snipe, woodcock, bittern and water rail are coming right out into the open to feed – making them vulnerable to attack by predators.Read the full story: How the big freeze has brought some unusual visitors
Photo by David Boag / PIN
This was a great article on winter and the affect it has on the bird population. Thank you and the picture was beautiful.
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