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- Bright berries on bare branches. By December, most deciduous trees have lost their leaves – look out for bare ash, elder, rowan and others. Oak trees often hang on to their leaves a little longer, but they too will likely be bare by the end of the month.
- Lawnmowing takes a break. Our grassy lawns also stop growing for winter. According to the Met Office, the end of ‘the growing season’ is marked by five consecutive days below 5C.
- Primroses blooming. Our native wild primrose is common and widespread across the UK. Keep an eye out for their delicate yellow blooms appearing in woods and hedgerows in December.
- Sounds of the season. Amorous foxes. Listen for the night-time screeches and barks of foxes – they’re most vocal in winter as it’s their mating season. Their calls can travel long distances as they try to attract a mate and fend off rivals.
These snow cover maps are made from observations collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Snow cover values range from medium blue (greater than 0 percent) to white (100 percent).
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You will enjoy your time in nature a lot more, and be able to stay out longer, if you are comfortable – so wrap up warm and waterproof with fluffy socks and sturdy water-tight boots. Hats, gloves and scarves and a flask of hot chocolate are a must for standing around waiting for the starling murmuration to start. Or take a full winter picnic!
Swatch books are a good way to ID species you spot on your walks and are less tricky than a traditional ID book to flick through while wearing gloves. Or look at our online ID guidesbefore you go to help you learn a bullfinch from a brambling, a tawny owl call from that of a barn owl and much more.
Time your trip right - get out soon after sunrise if you can. The frosty mornings are beautiful but can soon melt away and birds are most active early in the morning, feeding to replenish the energy they lost keeping warm overnight. Or go in late afternoon to witness amazing sunsets and birds heading to roost.
Explore different habitats. The more you can visit, the larger the variety of species you’ll spot. See what you can spy in your own garden, the local city park, woodlands, fields, hedgerows, lakes, riverbanks and reedbeds.
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