Aviemore was extremely busy with holidaymakers today. However as usual, the number of people falls rapidly once you start to move away from Grampian Road. Today I walked to Lochan Mhor and then along the Glenfeshie Road as far as Dalnavert. Interesting birds on Lochan Mhor itself consisted of two pairs of Little Grebes (one with four young), a pair of Mallards with six young and three female Goldeneye (plus numerous blue damselflies). A Spotted Flycatcher was hunting from the top of a Birch tree west of Croft Cottage (where a Sparrowhawk flew off with prey) and two Grey Wagtails were on the river at Milton Cottage. The road to Dalnavert held two separate singing Redstarts, two separate singing Tree Pipits and a single singing Pied Flycatcher. Great Spotted Woodpecker nests (with noisy nestlings) were at four sites. Commonest birds (based on sound) were Willow Warbler and Chaffinch.
Thursday, June 01, 2023
"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".
- - - - - - - - John Muir, 1838-1914 - -
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