Early December

 



The first few days of December have brought a dramatic change in the weather, strong winds, night frosts  and the first snow falls of the winter have replaced the record breaking mild temperatures which we basked in during  much of November.
 

Bare trees in Philorth Woods

  

Bricktop Mushroom, (Hypholoma sublateritium) characteristically growing in a large colony on a decaying hawthorn stump provided a splash of colour by the side of the A952 at Philorth



December 4th brought the first flurries of snow, enough to frost Tiger Hill and the beach above the high water mark. This is a week later than the first snowfall of last year.