![Storm damage](http://www.english-country-garden.com/images/blog/Img_0068b.jpg)
I have not posted for a long time mostly because there has been little to say about the wildlife or the garden. However, it has been a miserable winter - storm after storm coming in from the Atlantic depositing huge quantities of rain.
We are lucky to live at the top of a hill so have not suffered the terrible floods like so many others in the country. Absolutely devastating for them.
We have had some awful winds and have lost 5 trees already this winter.
Last Friday’s storm was the worst I have seen since the hurricane of 1987. It started in earnest around lunchtime and howled and poured until the early hours of Saturday morning. It is a complete miracle that our power stayed on. I had candles and torches distributed all over the house and filled the flask to make sure we had a hot drink in the morning but luckily we did not need them.
The photo above shows one of the trees that came down - a massive silver birch.
On the positive side, we have had no snow and the temperatures have been reasonably warm.
![Snowdrop](http://www.english-country-garden.com/images/blog/Img_0017f.jpg)
Spring is most definitely on its way. We have snowdrops, daffodils, primroses and crocuses in bloom but the ground is so sodden that it is like a quagmire trying to get close for photographs.
This photo is a beautiful double snowdrop. I am not sure which variety because we did not plant it but looking closely it is quite exquisite.
![Poor Robin](http://www.english-country-garden.com/images/blog/Img_0080b.jpg)
The animals have been quite elusive this winter although I have caught glimpses of a baby muntjac with its mother.
There are lots of birds around including this poor little robin. I am not sure what is wrong with it. It's head is almost completely bald. It has possibly been in a fight (robins are very territorial) or maybe it is something like mites.
My bird feeder was another casualty of the storm, so I have ordered a posh new one. We are making some big changes to the garden so hopefully I will have more photos when everything starts to grow again in the spring.
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