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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.

Thursday, August 24, 2017

A lunchtime walk around the David Marshall Lodge produced a few interesting sightings including a Blue Damselfy at the pond, a Raven low over the car park and a female Sparrowhawk sending flocks of Chaffinches and Siskins panicking through the treetops. The monitors in the visitor centre were showing live pictures from the Osprey nest where the two fledged juveniles were still present. There were also recorded images from the Peregrine eyrie where three young seem to have been raised this year.
The five miles of road south of Aberfoyle produced at least two and possibly four dead Hedgehogs. Not a very nice thing to see but at least possibly indicative of a healthy population. 
Aberfoyle itself had a Kingfisher on the river and around 30 Swallows still twittering around the Forth Inn (and picking up insects from the tarmac below). A confiding Raven in the car park had a green ring on its left leg. I couldn't quite read the writing but I did wonder if it was a domesticated bird, possibly part of the menagerie at the nearby Scottish Wool Centre.

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