There be Dragons !

One of the tree stumps left by the Woodsmen has been turned into a dragon.

The Sculptor, Steve Iredale, has made an excellent small dragon that has proved a great hit with everyone I've talked to down at the Dell.
It has been such a talking point that the dog walkers from the Dell Park have been coming down to the beck walks to view it.

There was a very hard frost this morning which left the top lake frozen.

A Great Spotted Woodpecker could be heard hammering very loud over on the west side of the lower lake, a scan of the beech trees found it at the top of a well holed thick branch.

These Beeches are a favourite for our woodpeckers in the Dell and are where you are most likely to see them, this one was a male ( red on back of head )

There are a lot of buds on the trees and the catkins are well developed on the Hazel and Alder and lots of birds are singing, is spring here ? is it earlier this year ?