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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.

Monday, September 20, 2010




A lunchtime walk around Murdieston Park produced two Grey Wagtails (I have seen more in the last two weeks than the rest of the year put together) and a new bird for the site: a presumed immature male Wigeon. The latter bird was skulking around the island in the Thom Street reservoir. It was quite timid, staying about 10 - 15 metres out from the shoreline and turning away every time I pointed the camera at it. The heavy rain didn't help either, and the two photos above were the best of a bad lot. What they seem to show is a chestnut tinge to the head, neck and flanks, a white patch in the secondaries and (just possibly) some diffuse grey on the wing coverts. Presumably it arrived with the storms last week.

posted by wellchoughed @ 7:14 pm

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