We are in the middle of the 'big freeze' as the newspapers love to call it, but in this area we seem to have avoided the worst of the weather. At least so far! Being so centrally located and far from the coast in every direction does have it's advantages as we have only caught the fringes of the really bad weather. Wilstone Reservoir froze very rapidly after a couple of bitter nights, perhaps because the water is so shallow at the moment and the last remaining small patch of open water was soon crammed with a busy gaggle of Coots, Mute Swans and Ducks. I have been up to the reservoir once or twice at the end of the day but the sunsets have been a bit of a non event, so I have dug out these picturesque photos of a frozen Wilstone taken on a beautiful evening just before Christmas in 2008.
Sunset at Wilstone Reservoir (December 2008)
Wigeon on the ice at Wilstone Reservoir (December 2008)
Sunset at Wilstone Reservoir (December 2008)
Ducks at Wilstone Reservoir (December 2008)
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