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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.

Sunday, May 08, 2011

Walked around Balgray Reservoir this afternoon. Conditions not ideal for birdwatching with quite a blustery wind. However good numbers of Willow Warblers, Sedge Warblers and Whitethroats were in song and a pair of Great crested Grebes were displying. Plenty of Swallows about but no Swifts. A sandpiper species was alarm calling on the shore. The call didn't sound exactly like Common, and when the (until-then-invisible) bird was flushed, it flew up at an angle of 30-45 degrees, banking and arcing away quite high up (completely unlike the typical skimming flight of Common). In terms of colour, the overall impression was of brown and white. Oh well - another one that got away.
This evening, a Grey Heron was fishing under the iron bridge at Glasgow Botanic Gardens while a female Mallard shepherded about 4 or 5 tiny young into cover.

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