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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.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Just back from an excellent weekend by the south-east shore of Loch Lomond, highlights as follows:
Birds: Tree Pipits (over an area of short grass next to a wood) and Wood Warbler (a really showy male in the understorey) in song, a Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpipers (both on the lochshore), female Mallard with young (ditto), a Jay, a Treecreeper and 16 Willow Warblers (but only one Chiffchaff). Swallows much in evidence - including two perched in an Oak tree (I guess thats what they must have done before telephone wires were invented).
Mammals: 2 Roe Deer, 2 Grey Squirrels and bats under the floodlights.
Plants: Rampant Honeysuckle. Bluebells and Ramsons in full flower (plus Chickweed and Marsh Marigold). Wonderful show of Rhodedendrons.
Insects: Midges biting!!



Forest edge above Loch Lomond: Tree Pipit habitat.


Ramsons in flower - near the Wood Warbler site.

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