Increasingly short daylength and a day-long, murky gloom meant no natural connections for me today. Instead, thoughts turned to some target species for 2009:
Bean Goose around Slammanan
White fronted Goose at Gartocharn
Brent Goose at Loch Ryan (or possibly Maidens, or even Barassie)
Green Woodpecker in the Overtoun Braes
Hawfinch at Scone
Bearded Tit in the Tay reedbeds
Corn Bunting in East Fife
Mandarin on Loch Eck
There are still some notable gaps on the local patch list (Mute Swan (!), Sand Martin, Kestrel, Bullfinch, Woodcock and Garden Warbler) and some species I haven't seen on the patch for a few years (Tawny Owl, Dipper, Siskin) which would be nice to connect with. I'm also going to try and find out where the Swifts that scream over Crookston in late Summer go to nest.
So here's to 2009 (and lengthening days).
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