Today began with a female Sparrowhawk whizzing past our hotel room window in Inverkeithing. It continued with a visit to Balmerino Abbey to check on the Winter Aconites which grow there. I was pleased to find them absolutely thriving and covering a significantly greater area than I'd remembered from my previous visit five or so years ago. Wall plants included a good selection of ferns and a fair number of higher plants racing away in the spring-like weather. Best bird was the second Sparrowhawk of the day. In the afternoon, a wander along the River Eden west of Cupar produced a Grey Squirrel (Grrr!) and a good selection of woodland birds but (for the second day running) no riparian species.
Friday, February 02, 2024
"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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