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.
Took advantage of the good weather to take an early walk along the Cart. Most notable sightings included a female Goosander with five young (strongly suggestive of local breeding), two Kingfishers, a singing Yellowhammer (my first in the area for two years) and five House Martins around the breeding site in Cardonald Gardens.
posted by wellchoughed @ 9:36 pm
2 Comments:
I really love your blog and wish I could recognise all the birds and plants that you seem to know in places I am so familiar with. Kestrel over the Castlecary Arches, must look out for one again when I drive through there next week.
We have a sparrowhawk which catching some of our small birds which come to the bird feeder. Little circles of feathers in the grass tell me it had had another one this week.
Thanks for your comments, Guinevere200. I suppose I have just picked up a lot of scraps of information over the years. I am still in awe of the REAL experts who know so much more than I do. Stewart Taylor of firwoodcottage.blogspot is a good example.
Nice to hear about your Sparrowhawk (Not so nice for the small birds).
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