It was clear and sunny as I drove out to Scallows in the late morning for a first session in the hide. Late morning is always best for feeeeding station photography as the feeders catch the full sun at this time. It was very cold, though at 1C and there was still lying snow and frost in sheltered spots. It was very busy at the feeding station, the most populous species being blue tits. There must have been 10 blue tits for every other species. I found myself out of practice and very slow when it came to the photography but I later realised that I had the wrong tripod head on - doh!!! I managed to photograph all the visiting tit species as well as robin, chaffinch, pheasant and blackbird. There were plenty of others arough, thogh and, although I had a couple of nuthatch visits I was too slow. Disappointingly I have yet to see woodpecker at the feeding station, although I have seen a male elsewhere in the wood. I was delighted when a buzzard flew lazily away from in front of the hide when I arrived and flew around and settled high in another tree. Altogether I saw 5 separate buzzards during the day. A sparrowhawk was also exploring this part of the wood. Snowdrops were just coming into flower, although there was no sign, yet of aconites.
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