Today started with a quick run up to check out the farm pond north of Duthil. Four each of Teal and Wigeon were present, possibly a female and three juveniles of each. After that I headed to Rothiemurchus churchyard where a day-flying bat and a family of Kestrels were the highlights. The Osprey nest opposite the Swan chapel was empty except for a single bird which brought in a fish,waited a while, then flew off with it. Loch Insh at the underpass held a pair of Mute Swans with five cygnets. Finally, Dunkeld had its usual Fallow Deer along with several of this year's calves, and plenty of juvenile Common Gulls which presumably fledged from the colony (now deserted) on shingle just east of the bridge over the Tay.
Wednesday, July 17, 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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- Today started with a Kingfisher under the Broomhll...
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