First time seeing snowflakes fall and finally captured a skua on my camera!

Today was the first time I have seen it properly snow, though it was so gentle and slow in the calm weather here. It was incredible to see every snowflake that landed on my gloves or my camera and then stay there for quite a while. Some were 2D, some were 3D and they were all different sizes and structures.

Every few days I see some skuas (like scavenger/vulture-like birds) that hang around the seal colony and I finally got some decent photos. They are fortunately not very vicious to passers-by but they do swoop and swing past the seals in a threatening fashion.

The seals seem to be enjoying the meltwater ponds and making new holes each day to dive into or breathe out from. They are spreading out and covering more area since I’ve been here too.