Snow fields of mid Northumberland

I had to venture into the heart-land of mid Northumberland yesterday.  It is a very snowy scheme and in places, there is a lot more snow than Glanton.  There were relatively few birds about but highlights included; at least two red grouse feeding on the tips of grass and heather poking out of the snow from the road between Moorhouses and Rothbury and a 'dark' barn owl flew over the road between the Lordenshaws turnoff and Forestburngate.