A Blackbird was singing with several Robins in the darkness at 5.30 am.
Heading to Aviemore, birds seen from the train included Pheasant, Buzzard, Red Grouse, Greylag Goose, Grey Heron and Collared Dove.
Walked from Nethybridge to Coylumbridge via Lettoch, Ryvoan and Glenmore. Bird highlights included two Dippers and two Redwings at Nethybridge, a good sized convocation of Jackdaws plus flocks of Rooks, Feral Pigeons and Starlings at Lettoch and a Treecreeper and three Crested Tits at Ryvoan.
The total bird count for the trip was only 22, consisting of

Greylag Goose, Mallard, Red Grouse, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Feral Pigeon, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Rook, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Crested Tit, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Starling, Dipper, Blackbird, Redwing, Robin, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Siskin.

Impressions of Strathspey in November:
It's quiet (no-one seen between Nethybridge and Forest Lodge, and only a few cyclists between Forest Lodge and Ryvoan). The forest was mostly quiet too, except for the odd tit flock.
It's colourful - although the green of the grass is being replaced by yellow.
It's changeable, with rain clouds sweeping up Glenmore (although on this occasion, never amounting to much).
It's shutting down, with a real sense of the impending winter (even if today was remarkably bright). Those birds which have stayed around are flocking up.