Sheep sheltering from the windchill

Winter has returned today and the windchill was severe.

These sheep showed more than average sense using the plantation and the walls for shelter.

The colours in the wood caught the eye for this one.

I didn't hang about long but long enough for a birding highlight 17 Golden Plover picked the wrong day to return to their breeding areas on the tops so they stopped short in the last green fields before the snow line.

Then they did a few circuits