There was a light dusting of snow on some stone walls and some of the fields on the moss this morning, and one or two cars heading in from the Aughton direction had a good covering.
There was a covering of white on the big field at Farmer Ted's, too - but that was merely a large flock of gulls resting until the day got brighter.
Yesterday there were three kestrels patrolling the road, at Flatman's Lane, Hillhouse, and one hovering over the bank of the Downholland Brook by the bridge in Altcar Road.
And the weather seemed to be confusing the early-morning pinkfeet yesterday. Skeins of them were flying across the moss in opposite directions, some towards Crosby and some towards the Ribble. I don't know which patch would be the warmest for them in this weather.
Music on the moss: The Wandering Minstrel, a great collection of tunes by that wizard of the chanter, the late Seamus Ennis, R.I.P.
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