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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.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Lovely morning in SW Glasgow today. Three Kingfishers were present (between two places) on the Cart including a pair, one of which was carrying a fish (presumably as a courtship offering - or simply taking it somewhere quiet to eat). Also a high count of eight Goosanders (including several displaying males and a mating pair), a single Raven, over 50 singing (!) Fieldfares, flowering Butterbur (first photo), my first singing Chiffchaff of the year, drumming Great spotted Woodpeckers at two sites and (something I don't often record) a singing Treecreeper. Highlight was a new bird for my home 1km square (NS5263), Stock Dove (a pair), bringing the square total to 66 (the Treecreeper in Ralston/Crookston was also a first, taking that square total to 58). Lowlight was the accelerated house building at Hawkhead (second photo) which has now swallowed up the leafy path and bramble patch where Whitethroats used to breed.


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