Spring?

This morning at 10.30 the temperature over the Wastart was around 0c, although an eye watering,  biting East wind made it feel much colder. The coltsfoot and celandines which we had seen in bud a few days ago were buried under a thin layer of patchy snow and ice.  We looked in vain for frogspawn and Rufus took great interest in the dyke where we we told there are mink at present. There are more herons in the area which probably accounts for the lack of frogspawn over recent years.

Quite unabashed by the rough sea eiders bobbed on the waves like elegant corks. There were several ships sheltering in the bay.