Chilling out !

The weather suddenly turned very chilly yesterday evening and there was a sharp ground frost everywhere when we looked out this morning. The temperature remained just above zero all day and a low freezing fog drifted along the loch from the NE.

Wrapped up warm and walked along to the pier crunching on all the frosted leaves underfoot although strangely some plants were still in flower in the hedgerows.

Removed the ice from the birdbath and topped up all the feeders as this is the time of year when the birds and red squirrels need us most. We heard on the radio that blackbirds have started to breed as the weather has been so mild lately they think it is Spring again.
The squirrels have started to grow their darker Winter coat and larger ear tufts ready for protection against the cold. We are all prepared for Winter......bring it on !