Aviemore was covered in a thin layer of snow this afternoon. Breeding birds however (including Oystercatcher, Goosander and Dipper) seemed to be getting on with things unperturbed. Most incongruous were the eight Sand Martins dodging falling snowflakes over their colony. Much more snow had fallen in Strath Avon, no doubt causing some problems for the sheep lambing out on the open hill. The most obvious birds in the area were Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Mistle Thrush and Meadow Pipit. Mammals consisted of Rabbit, Brown Hare and Roe Deer (adding to a huge Red Deer, sadly dead, by the side of the A9 south of Drumochter).