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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.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Thought about spending the morning at Ardmore Point, but was beaten back by the weather. Popped down to Erskine House instead, and was rewarded with a single Little Grebe and a very showy Greenshank.
A detour via Arkleston Farm this afternoon produced my first Fieldfares of the winter - two on overhead wires. Later in the afternoon, around ten more were with twenty Redwings near Hawkhead Estate Park. Nearby, around 300 mixed corvids were feeding on stubble at Rosshall Farm A single Hawthorn bush at Leverndale contained a Wren, a Great Tit, a Blue Tit, two Dunnocks and four Bullfinches. Nearby, twenty Chaffinches in a single flock were unusual. Fifteen Mallards and a Cormorant were along the river, and single Buzzards were at Leverndale and Hawkhead.

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