The temperature on Wilden Marsh this morning hovered around 0 degrees Centigrade. All puddles, the cattle’s drinking holes, the GCN ponds, the lagoons, and South Pool were iced over. In Hoo Wood, hawthorn buds are breaking open and honeysuckle creepers are really well covered with new leaves.

A variety of small green leaved plants are shooting up along the muddy river banks and new grass is rapidly covering areas of corridor churned up by wheeled and tracked vehicle involved in maintenance tasks late last year.

Here are five images from this morning.

Happy New Year to everyone.

South end of the Northern Corridor.

Flooded Wood Pasture.

River Stour from The Tenant Farmer’s Corridor.

Frozen South Pool.

River Stour at South Pool.