Jackdaws left roost at 06:30. Early start - Rabbit, Brown Hare (one Blue), Roe Deer - pair Goosander on Spey - lots of singing thrushes in forest - Meadow Pipits on grassy clearings - large flock of winter Thrushes at Upper Dellifeure - only stopped chattering when Red Kite flew over - pair of Teal flushed from field drain - two Crossbills and 77 Pink-footed Geese nearby - birds/mammals on Moor/ Moor grass included Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Curlew, Snipe, Raven, Kestrel, Buzzard and Redpoll - Pied Wagtail ubiquitous at upland farms - Pheasant, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow also common - a high altitude rookery at Auchnagallan - only Chiffchaff singing near Lady Catherine's halt - potential gull colony in Castle Grant policies but flooding will be necessary first - Vole on wall nearby - Rookery next to Dava Way - increasing number of Great Spotted Woodpeckers as Grantown-on-Spey approached (with agitated calling and chasing) - three Common Buzzards (two talon grappling) over the viewpoint - Moorhen, Grey Heron and four Call Ducks notable on Grant Park Pond - another Crested Tit in Anagach Woods - Red Kite over Spey - Herring Gull, Black- headed Gull on rocks - good showing of Goldeneye. Rookery at Cromdale.