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Natural Connections

Modern life in Scotland is increasingly busy. The connections our ancestors had with nature and the land are being lost. As leisure time shrinks, or is filled with hi-tech experiences, opportunities to experience nature become fewer. And yet it is possible to connect with nature on a day to day basis. All around us, the great web of life continues to hold its shape, and nature continues its eternal cycles. Keep looking, listening, smelling, touching - and keep experiencing natural connections.

Saturday, March 19, 2005

Spent a lovely afternoon in Edinburgh, basking in some very welcome but rather mystifying warm sunshine (the temperature was probably in the high teens - well above the seasonal average). Noticed my first Coltsfoot of the year beside the road up to Craigmillar Castle. Walked up to Dunsapie Loch. Lots of Toads around, most locked together in pairs. Also quite a few dead on the road or footpath.
Birds on the loch included a pair of Mute Swans, three pairs of Mallard, around 20 Tufted Ducks, a single Coot and various Gulls (including a small bird with stuttering flight which might have been a Little Gull). Two Butterflies reported as Red Admirals may have been something else (Edinburgh sightings reported on the web today included Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell).

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