Today  was warm and mild for the 9th January, rather unusual to see a Jay today along with a woodpecker,I also heard the woodpecker drumming  its beak on a tree on several occasions which is normally a spring pursuit for the wodpecker. With the continuing mild weather I am pleased now that I took the oportunity of the dry mild weathr and reseeded the banks of two of our ponds as the existing grass is making a rapid recovery and the planted grass seed will be chitting. Reseeding is normally carried out March or April in the Spring or August or  September in the autumn so there are advantages with unusually mild weather.

 We have two hazel nut trees that have not yet lost their leaves and now also have catkins on them. (click on image to full size) I have never known this happen before.

The badger activity is not consistent time wise, sometimes I have them on camera at 8-9pm but more often than not it is around 3am The badger in the video below is one of our regular vistors to the buried peanut container

A very suspicious muntjac came to see us last evening but did not think too much of the camera (see video clip) at least we get t see the “pretty end” of the animal