Friday, January 10, 2025

Big Freeze Up!

Emperor 'pillars look amazing in freezing weather. They get covered in ice crystals, which protects them from predatory birds.

This morning, I drove to my local site, 10 mins away, after a -5C frost in our garden. The woods were hoar frosted. Here's No 5:- 


 and this is what he looked like yesterday lunchtime:-


(fixed point photography isn't my strongpoint...)

And here's No 5:-


and No 3, who's on a twig scar:-


and a habitat shot (it's not an easy place to photograph, a deep wooded valley near Daneway Banks on the butterflyers map):-



 

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