Seagulls

We awoke to a white world --- snow covering everything. No sooner was the food on the lawn than the seagulls arrived in an enormous flock, looking stunningly beautiful as they descended with their white wings held open and aloft.

The gulls and other birds were very hungry and at one point this part of the lawn was covered by jays, pigeons, magpies and two crows.

After the larger birds had flown the smaller ones came, even as I was putting more food out on the lawn and bird table they hungrily arrived. Blackbirds, robins, bluetits, great tits, long tailed tits and dunnocks.

Later we were visited by a lone squirrel, who, when I opened the window to feed him, was overcome by hunger and he greedily snatched the food from my hand.