A walk to Ash Valley golf course in the snow gave good photo opportunities, but minimal birding. A green woodpecker braved the weather over the golf club house whilst corvids used the sheep food in the fields south of the village. A single yellowhammer called from the hedgerow and great tits were observed in several bushes and trees. The main birding appeared to be in the garden, where tits and finches squabbled over the feeders. 
Also, somewhat amusingly, jackdaws attempted to feed on the nut feeder, a blur of wings and failed balancing. A collared dove huddled in the tree while dunnocks flicked through the snowy flowerbeds. The first photo was taken looking north up New Road. The second, teasels, were found in the ditch alongside the footpath leading west towards the golf course, whereas the holly berries were discovered in the conifer woods west of the 6th. hole on the course.
Also, somewhat amusingly, jackdaws attempted to feed on the nut feeder, a blur of wings and failed balancing. A collared dove huddled in the tree while dunnocks flicked through the snowy flowerbeds. The first photo was taken looking north up New Road. The second, teasels, were found in the ditch alongside the footpath leading west towards the golf course, whereas the holly berries were discovered in the conifer woods west of the 6th. hole on the course.
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