Sanctuary from the snow for the Rock Pipit

Squirrel getting snowed on

Squirrel out on the snow

Starlings feeding in the snow

A world away from yesterday,this snow falling on frozen ground has made life that much more harder for most animals particularly the ground probers like these starlings.How they find anything to eat in the snow is a mystery to me.....

pigeons and starlings

There,s some pretty big flocks of birds around at the moment,apparently some of the woodpigeons are migrants here.This was yesterdays scene.....

Falmer pond

Autumn is shaking hands with winter and it,s not very nice weather for ducks at all.......

Cormorants in Brighton marina

There,s allsorts of birdlife in the marina,these Cormorants abound along with the usual Gulls,sometimes Kingfishers show up especially in winter and a couple of weeks ago a Little Auk that was much smaller than the Guillimots and looked a bit like a Penguin...

Cormorant leaving it,s post

The cormorants let you get close,but not too close.....

Seagulls and the stormy sea

After the brief interlude yesterday the gales have returned bringing on heavy seas off the west arm of Brighton marina.These Herring gulls make the most of the food being churned up like mussels and other shellfish which gather in this corner.....

Grass snake

This grass snake was out and about,but it,s hibernation for them very soon.....