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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, January 26, 2008

A good day of natural connections, spent at some sites in West Lothian. One of the highlights was a presumed adult female Smew on Linlithgow Loch.



Other notable birds on the loch were a female Scaup, 7 Little Grebes, 2 possible Slavonian Grebes (including one displaying) plus Goldeneye, Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Black headed Gull and some unusual Mallards(pictured).


Also of interest there were a group of pollarded Willows at the east end of the loch.


The day started at Cairnpapple in the Bathgate Hills. Not many birds around (only some flightly Starlings and a single Buzzard) but some interesting prehistoric sites (below).


On the way over to Linlithgow, stopped for a walk around Beecraigs Country Park. Things of interest there included lots of bat boxes (below) and three big (20+) flocks of Coal Tits feeding on the forest floor. Mixed in with the Coal Tits were a few Goldcrests and several Treecreepers (below).

posted by wellchoughed @ 4:49 pm

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