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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.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

A drive up to Buckie began with a single Buzzard south of Cumbernauld. A brief stop in Pitlochry produced two Swifts and four House Martins. Another stop in Aviemore brought another Swift, this time entering a presumed nest hole in a cottage near the village centre. Prior to that, a stop at Glebe Ponds, Kingussie had produced Moorhen and another at Loch Insh, Goldeneye, Tufted Duck and Mute Swan. A Rabbit was at Glebe Ponds and a Roe Deer was near Loch Alvie. 
The drive to Buckie (through persistent drizzle) was fairly uneventful but a Kestrel on Dava Moor was welcome. Arriving at Buckie, Yellowhammers and Corn Buntings were on roadside wires and fifteen Swifts screamed over the town centre. 

Some behaviour notes from the Strathspey sites visited today consist of:
Common Gull – Adult with attendant juvenile (presumably fledged elsewhere) in th shallows of Loch Insh.
Teal - A female was preening quietly beside Kingussie’s Glebe Pond.
Oystercatcher – Three birds were calling from the rooftop of the leisure complex in Aviemore village centre.
Corvids – 100 Rooks, 50 Jackdaws and ten Carrion Crows were feeding on stubble near Boat of Garten.
Feral Pigeon – Ten were on the roof on the Craiglynne Hotel at 15:50pm on 24th but none were present the next morning.
 

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