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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.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Worked in Paisley today, so kept an ear open for the urban Raven, but no luck. Strikes me that this must be a non-breeding bird as breeders will have fledged young by now. However there were occasional reports over the winter of two together, so I suppose there is a slight possibility that he may be one of a pair with a nest somewhere (although surely someone would have reported stick-carrying etc). Urban breeding wouldn't be that unusual - I remember when pairs started to nest on Chester Cathedral and Cardiff Guild Hall in the 1980s. They were unusual then, but probably not anymore. There is a pair almost certainly breeding in central Edinburgh and a pair nested on the floodlights at Blackburn Rovers in 2009. Other urban sightings have come from Maryhill in Glasgow, the centre of Ayr and the pair I saw over Greenock a few months back.

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