Working in Lochgilphead today so plenty of opportunities for high-speed natural connections. Best were as follows:
Around 30 Whooper Swans roosting in the usual field by the M8, a Buzzard in the second Finlaystone Meadow, 2 Herons flying above trees at Woodhill (all before 7am), a Wren on the Ornamental Fig outside the ACCESS building, Guillemot, Razorbill, Cormorant, Eider, Herring Gull and lots of Black headed Gulls on the Clyde between Gourock and Dunoon, a close Harbour Porpoise just off Hunter's Quay, single Little Grebes in the Holy Loch and on Loch Eck (plus a pair of Goldeneye and two of Mallard), a Heron at Inverary, plenty of Daffodils between Furnace and Minnard, the first Primrose and Cotsfoot flowers of the year near Lochgair, 30 Wigeon on the grass at Lochgilphead, and 14 displaying Red breasted Mergansers plus flowering Lesser Celandine at Crinan. All the big peaks still blanketed with snow, but also some fine spring colour (above).