In the bleak Midwinter

This morning it was  sunny again and we went  for a very pleasant  walk from our house. The main blip was taken from Whiteshute Ridge looking towards Winchester city centre, with the  cathedral quite visible. It was up here in the summer where we found lots of glow worms in the long grass. Now, a few British White cattle are grazing the area.  (One of them can just be seen).  The extra shows frosted ivy berries and leaves. 
We continued on to Yew Hill butterfly reserve and then back home via  Compton.
We saw over twenty five species of bird, including  Greater Spotted Woodpecker , Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch,  Lapwing, and Stonechat, although sadly  not nearly  the numbers of birds we would have seen some twenty years ago .