One of many Great Tits currently visiting the feeders in my garden while thick snow covers the surrounding landscape.

Temperatures dropped to around -17C up here in the Cotswolds last night (7th/8th January) and the wildlife is feeling the brunt of it. Driven by the almost complete lack of available naturally occurring food sources, no less than 29 different species of birds have now felt compelled to take advantage of the extra food I’ve been putting out for them since the first of the snow began to fall.