The full bird list for yesterday's walk was as follows: Mute Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Goosander, Pheasant, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, unidentified crossbill and Siskin (40 species, 39 of which were in Strathspey and Badenoch).

Impressions of Badenoch and Strathspey in October:

It's mild and settled (very unusual).

The landscape is a pallette of autumn colours with the Birches  and Larches yellow, Beeches brown, Oaks a mixture of green, yellow and brown, the Heather purpley-brown and the Bracken fronds a deep bronze.

Flowers are virtually gone but a few Ragwort plants haven't gone completley to seed and the odd Devil's-bit Scabious and Harebell blooms are still here and there.
The Red Squirrel I saw was dark brown in colour - presumably its winter coat.
Birds are mostly in flocks with corvids, thushes and Starlings particularly evident exploiting open areas, especially grazed fields.