A midday walk around Mugdock Park was notable more for what wasn't seen than what was. Both Mugdock Loch and Craigend Pond were completely frozen, and all the usual wildfowl had disappeared. Four Meadow Pipits were along the Kyber Path and a Wren sang briefly near the castle. Later, three Little Grebes plus Mallard, Teal, Wigeon, Goldeneye and 15 Snipe were along the Erskine shore, where a Carrion Crow was duelling with a Sparrowhawk.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
- - - - - - - - John Muir, 1838-1914 - -
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