Coppicing finished for this winter

The coppicing is now finished for this winter. Here's how it looked from one end back in October:

The same view now is:

It's a good feeling to have all that wood stacked up and seasoning:

Here's a few more views of the finished work:

What's a bit odd is that Bluebell shoots have been showing for a couple of weeks now:

Presumably this is due to the mild December, hopefully they won't be too badly affected now that the weather has turned more normal for winter. Looking back at past photos, it seems the shoots are about 4 weeks ahead of normal.

Still, I expect the birds have benefited from the mild weather, I saw this Nuthatch discovering food on a dead oak tree recently:

The tame pheasants are of course spoilt by easy access to seed falling from our bird feeder - here's the male, strutting around a few days ago:

Once the tame female realised there was food on offer, she sprinted over to join him:

Looking forward to Spring now! :-)

Mike