Completed my modest WeBS count at Murdieston today. The site is so small that it can be covered in my lunch break. Highlights today were four Goldeneye, a single Goosander and an exceptional three Cormorants. Signs of the coming breeding season included pair formation (Mallards, Canada Geese and Mute Swans), putative display (Goldeneye and Tufted Duck) and territorial behaviour (Coot). The tiny Rook colony has suffered a setback however. The bits of nests which were being fussed over during a spring-like spell a few weeks ago have completely disappeared.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
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