Most hibernating animals are tucked up for the winter by now. A good time for birdwatching as lack of leaves on trees means that birds are now more visible.
Flora
Holly and Mistletoe berries ripening in time for Christmas.
Sloes ripening on Blackthorn ready for the gin after the first frosts.
Birds
Song Thrush starts singing again.
Mammals
Bats still seeking hibernation sites, continuing to feed and mate when warm enough, but increasingly time is spent torpid.
Dormice should be hibernating by now, tucked up in their nests, typically in holes at the base of a tree or under a log.
Insects
Burnet moth hibernates.
Garden Tiger moth hibernates.
Header: Misty in Radstock
