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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, July 12, 2013

Greenock continues to be a bit of a seagull city with rooftops crammed with mobile young and the skies full of anxious parents. A brief lunchtime walk around Murdieston Dams found four species (Common, Black-headed, Herring and Lesser black-backed) scavenging for bread. Also notable were family groups of Mute Swan, Mallard, Coot and Tufted Duck. The latter consisted of a female with three small young. They are one of my favourite ducks at this stage. The young are like corks bobbing back to the surface after every dive. Jackdaws also had dependent young nearby.

Back home, a male Blackbird was acting suspiciously beside the garden pond. At one point it gave a good thrashing to something which I can only imagine was a small frog. As the light faded, a single Swift screeched once, high overhead - sadly the first I have heard in South Cardonald this year.

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