Watery, wintery sunshine on the Lyd. A cold grey wind from the west, and a few local boys chasing the last of the pheasants across the Tamar. Snowdrops now open, the very first of the Dog's Mercury already showing flower, and tentative shoots of wild Garlic pushing up through the flood-swept banks.
Twenty-one herons erupted from the heronry on the lower Lyd, they will pair up on Valentine's day. The cormorants gave us the slip again, but our season for them goes on until April....
Masses of water in both rivers, more rain forecast tonight. Spring, however, is definitely in the air.
David Pilkington
