Spent the whole of the day in Falkirk, being outdoors virtually from dusk to dawn. Highlights of the day included eight Bullfinches feeding under Cherry trees at the top station, Kingfishers at one site each on the Union and Forth and Clyde Canals and Moorhens seemingly everywhere. The full list for the day was Mute Swan, Teal, Mallard, Goldeneye, Goosander, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Kingfisher, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Starling, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch and Siskin (32 species).
Saturday, January 06, 2018
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
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