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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.

Saturday, March 05, 2016

A good birding day with 48 species recorded.

Arrived in Glasgow too early for the train this morning so took a walk around Dobbie’s Loan. It really is a little oasis in the city, full of birdsong at that early hour on a spring day. Nineteen species were located in just a few minutes, the best being four Redwings singing softly from a bare tree.
Heading north, sightings of Roe Deer were particularly numerous with at least 18 seen between Glasgow and just north of Perth. Other interesting sightings included 50 Greylag Geese at Airntully, a pair of Canada Geese at Laguna and my first two inland Oystercatchers of the year just past Murthly. Eighty more Greylag Geese were just past Newtonmore Station with another ten (and 30 Woodpigeons) in the “Golden Plover field” next to the golf course. A single Goldeneye (the only one of the day) was on a pond just west of Kingussie.
The remainder of the day was spent walking around the Kingussie area and visiting a few of the hides at the Insh Marshes.   

posted by wellchoughed @ 11:49 pm

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