New Year: Cologne

A few pics of a New Year celebration to be proud of: the Germans know how to party! we spent the Christmas/New Year period away in Rheinland-Westphalia, where we ate a lot, walked a lot, birded a little and threw a few snowballs. Birds of the trip? Middle-spotted Woodpecker, Short-toed Treecreeper and Goshawk, Crossbill, Hawfinch, Willow Tit and Crested Tit. Nothing to get over-thrilled about, but a pleasant way to round off the year.

 

 

 

Finally, it would be wrong not to wish anyone and everyone reading this the most successful, happy and healthy of years. There's a lot going on this year in our household, so should be plenty to write about! Gute Rutsch...