It was a very sunny morning today but the top lake was completely frozen over and the bottom lake had only a small space of open water. For some reason there were lots of Mallards on the bottom lake today, 34 in all.

Spent some time this morning with the Woodsmen, spreading the piles of chippings along the pathways as a temporary surface. There is a public event tomorrow so this will make the access a lot easier for everyone.

There has been a lot of Woodpecker activity lately with plenty of drumming. There are quite a lot of trees that have holes made by the Woodpeckers This is a picture of one of those trees. You can just make out the holes in the branches.







This unusual visitor has appeared overnight, not quiute a fairy of the Dell , but a little person all the same.













Here's apicture of the Tyne Tees camera crew that came down to do some filming to show how the money from the Lottery is being spent.