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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.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Plenty of natural connections this week - just no time to blog them. Here's what I can remember:

Saturday
Collared Dove in back garden off and on all day (the pair were at the entrance to the estate this evening). One or two Woodpigeons also present (and Sunday) plus a newly fledged Magpie (2 more outside the estate on Sunday).

Sunday
20 House Sparrows in a tight flock flying across the road at Moulin Circus (1pm).
3 Swifts over Moulin playing field (more at Bonnyholm) 4:30pm
1 fledged Great Tit (still with feather shafts showing), Rosshall Park Pond (5pm).
Goldfinch showing well just before Maxwell swing park (5.30)
Single Greenfinch at Nut feeder (6pm).

Monday
A walk to the hospital turned up lots of House Sparrow colonies including 10 or so, perched on a hedge scolding a young Jackdaw. A big moth in the garden that evening was probably a Large yellow Underwing.

Tuesday
A lovely, calm morning with the Clyde "full to the brim" and a perfect thermal inversion on Loch Lomond. Also notable this week has been the appearance of Wild Rasberries in the hedgerows - for instance on the footbridge north of Rosshall School and around the industrial units between Deanpark and Braehead. Also there were flowering Sow Thistle, Groundsel, Great willow Herb, Bindweed and Deadly Nightshade. Back home, a big ground beetle was under one of the plant pots on the patio.

Today
Nine Swifts screaming high over the glade late evening. Midges biting in the back garden.

posted by wellchoughed @ 11:26 pm

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