Frozen Planet

Myself like many of you I'm sure, have been captivated for the last few Wednesday nights by the BBC's latest brilliant wildlife series 'Frozen Planet'.
This amazing Attenborough presented masterpiece is set in the harshest environments on earth, namely the Polar regions.

In the winter of 2009-2010, Britain suffered arctic-like conditions for long spells as temperatures plummeted to as low as -20 degrees.
During this period, I was out and about with my camera, documenting the affect the weather had on wildlife and today, inspired by 'Frozen Planet' I thought I would share a few images...

                                                                    Sheep in blizzard 

                                                                      Grey Heron

       
                                                                      Greylag Geese

2010: The Year So Far (5)

The conditions of the roads were still pretty awful on January 9th and I didn't want to venture too far, so I decided to visit another of my local patches...
Within a few minutes of arrival I was treated to some lovely views of a pair of Dippers in the stream.


I was particularly pleased to see that these birds were still active and doing well despite the harsh winter because I had been present during their ringing in March 2009.