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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, July 05, 2008

Spent the middle of the day exploring the new country park at Waulkmill Glen, between Darnley and Balgray Reservoir. The three hours were packed with natural connections, the highlights of which were as follows:
Birds: a pair of Bullfinches just beneath Balgray Dam; a possible Green Sandpiper in the lade channel beside Ryat Linn; two reeling Grasshopper Warblers at the foot of the glen; up to 4 Sedge Warblers (and 3 Whitethroats) including an adult carrying food; two Mallard ducks with small young (one, a leucistic bird, was trying to coax a brood of 5 ducklings up one of the lade steps); displaying Great crested Grebes; 3 juvenile Herons and hovering Kestrel and Buzzard. Other ones that got away included 4 wagtails overhead which may have been Grey, a possible Dipper and a possible Spotted Flycatcher.
Non-birds: a Rabbit; a Roe Deer; a dead Common Toad; good numbers of butterflies (browns) and masses of flowering plants including Purple spotted and Lesser Butterfly Orchids on the reservoir banking, Knapweed, Ragged Robin and fruiting Wild Raspberries in the scrubby areas and Honeysuckle in the woods [16,000].

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