Aylesbury in January and February

We are just about to depart on our boat, going to Weedon for a repaint, plus new solar panels, and a repair to the bow thruster, which hasn’t worked for two years. 

Meanwhile, we have had our first winter in our apartment. We have missed the companionship in the canal basin, and we have been unable to invite our new neighbours in for drinks or meals due to the lockdown. However, we have enjoyed the changing views out of our window, where we overlook the Aylesbury Arm, and a park beyond. There are distant views to the monument on Coombe Hill.  We have amazing sunrises sometimes. We have had sunshine, snow, fog, ice and rain, and a variety of wildlife.  We have been out occasionally for lovely walks in the countryside.

Here are some photos from January and February.

 

A January walk

 

Fungus

 

Moss

 

Pausing in the sun

 

Trees at dawn

 Then we had the snow and ice, which must have been more difficult for those on their boats.

 

Snowing

 Snow on the balcony

 Snow on the block paving

 

Snow on the grass

 

The monument

The frozen canal

Iced in

 

Icicles in the hedge

 

Pigeon on ice

The wildlife has been interesting. I put out some bird feeders in January, and took part in the RSPB annual garden birdwatch. The most numerous birds we had were black-headed gulls, except, of course, they don’t have black heads in the winter. The second most numerous was the goldfinch. Here are a few of our sightings since then: 

Goldfinch

 

Blue Tit

 

Heron

Little Egret

 

Redwing

 

Squirrel

Finally some more photos from walks, plus another two sunrises:

Woods

Commons

Muntjac, seen on a walk 

Crocus

Sunrises

Sunset

Next: our journey from Aylesbury to Leighton Buzzard