For the second Friday running, I headed to Portmoak Moss for an early morning walk. The weather could hardly have been more different with last week's warm sunshine being replaced by heavy rain. Birds were different too with a flock of Greylag Geese providing the main interest instead of Spotted Flycatchers. Among the Greylags were two Pink-footed Geese, not the only out-of-season geese encountered today. Later, at least 30 Barnacle Geese (including what I took to be large juveniles) were in fields at Waterbutts Plantation. Nearby were a Tree Sparrow and a family of Sedge Warblers. Later, a Rabbit, a pair of Stock Doves, a few Red Soldier Beetles and a Cinnabar moth caterpillar were along the lochshore at Kinross. Four Lapwings and an Oystercatcher were on a sandy beach, a group of fifteen Tufted Ducks included around 50% juveniles and a female Mallard was escorting three half-grown ducklings which dived repeatedly.
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