The much forecast snow arrived yesterday, and we awoke to a good covering across the area. It hung around for a few hours and by the end of the day it had all but melted. The daytime temperature hovered around 2.0°C after it had dropped to -1.9°C overnight.

Only two brief visitors were recorded yesterday at 10.44am and 2.45pm:

Today started bright, but by mid-morning it was trying to snow again. This seemed to rather confuse two Pheasants which were picking up the spoils from the back garden feeders. They just stood there, looked around and continually turned their heads to one side, allowing a eye to look upwards at the falling flakes around them. We've also seen them do this before, when it has been very foggy - it really doesn't take much to confuse a Pheasant!

Today saw two more visits, both at lunchtime:

It is now a week since the one and only entry was seen, but of course the weather has been pretty awful at times, and the cold snap doesn't help either.

The replacement outside camera has arrived today, so we'll see if we can get it up and running tomorrow. It will be interesting to see who is making these brief visits at present.