COLD

Well what a miserable few days. Dark, wet and a cold wind that penetrated all the layers I was wearing. Thoroughly unpleasant.

At least the natural world offered plenty to cheer me up.

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Pacific Diver made it on to my WeBS count on Sunday. It has been flying around a lot in recent days and I thought it might leave. But, apart from a quick excursion to DBCP, it seems settled at Chev.

Cuttlebone (or Cuttlefish bone)

It's actually a gas filled, internal shell of the Cuttlefish and used for buoyancy. Lots of small ones washed up on the shore this morning.

Hazel

What a treat on a cold day. The male flowers nice and obvious and rarely given a second glance.

However, get in closer and you find the female flower with the bright red stigmas.

Fabulous

Even the twigs have dense reddish hairs.