wildlife seen from our house and garden

We moved in here at the end of October last year and the first wildlife we saw here was a frog. I was so excited as we had already dug a huge pond before we had moved in (for the 7 large and 28 baby goldfish we had bred in a tank before we moved). Knowing that frogs and goldfish aren't always good bedfellows we also dug a small pond.

Winter and Snow
As with Manchester (where we lived before) snow that settles even for a day is rare here, so get a load before Christmas then a whole week where we couldn't take the car out (and to be honest I didn't go out much as I didn't want to fall over!)was amazing.

We were soon aware that a huge tree in a garden 2 doors away was full of birds that I couldn't identify until our next door neighbour took some photos and we could see them more clearly. They were Fieldfares and they were eating the red berries the size of malteesers. There were hundreds of them and they stayed in that tree eating until the snow went and were there from light to dusk each day. I soon heard on various wildlife programmes that other people all over the country were experiencing similar amazing sights as birds like Fieldfares and Redwings took to the towns to look for food.