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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, April 01, 2018

A dawn visit to a Stirlingshire moor produced a lovely selection of birds including croaking Raven, drumming Snipe, bubbling Curlew, singing Skylark, leking Black Grouse and over-flying Canada Goose, Greylag Goose and Common Gull. On the way back, a detour via Arkleston Farm produced 20 Fieldfares on stubble and my first Yellowhammer at the site for at least a couple of years. Later, a walk around south Cardonald produced all the usual suspects (singing Greenfinch and Stock Dove now being recorded daily) plus the following unusual sightings: a Hooded x Carrion Crow hybrid on Moulin playing field, a Collared Dove flying past the east gate of Rosshall Park (and another in the garden when I got home), a Rabbit in the usual area in the park and my first singing Chiffchaff of the year near the pond.

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