Sorry Jethro, won't be a Nightingale. They are making their way across West Africa at the moment. Arrive in England late April / May. Fairly scarce in your part of the world. Maybe it could of been a Wren ? or Chaffinch? Blackcap get often mistaken for Nightingale, they also have a wonderful song !
The odd snow flake trickling down,quite beautiful. Temp -1.1 . Cold down the woods tonight, all the badgers tucked up warm underground, none surfaced ! (There not silly)
Daws Heath, Essex, Near Rayleigh. We Have 17cm of level snow ! My two childrens Birthdays today! Same day 3 years apart, My daughter is 13 today and my son 10 today. Magical having snow on their birthdays.
The famous Naturalist Gilbert White, writes about the terrible winter of 1739-40. He mentions that of terrible frosts and cold N/E winds carried on through April and May, stopping Redwings and Feidfares departing for Scandinavia until early June! Are there anymore reports of that winter? What sort of weather patterns do you think occured that year ?