Snow Day

Popped into Dalbeath Marsh for a quickie while heavy snow was falling. The pond remained open and populated by ducks but sadly work beckoned.

Welcome to Dalbeath Marsh LNR

Snowy Reserve

Tufties back up to 10

Long-tailed Tits doing the rounds

Nerede hareket, orada bereket

This Turkish proverb means "Where there is movement, there is gain". It came to mind when trying another new path (there aren't many left) on Hill of Beath this morning and stumbling into a collection of finches including at least 3 Bullfinch. Earlier a handful of Greenfinch flew north again on top of the usual collection around Dalbeath Marsh LNR

Buzzard and Ethylene plant flaring

Latest addition to HOB list - Bullfinch

Dalbeath Marsh LNR

Beautiful morning in the Kingdom of Fife. Dalbeath marsh LNR returned 24 species, including Lesser Redpoll - new for my reserve list, and another GBB north, this time on it's own. Not much Herring Gull movement this morning but there was what seems to be a usual flow of Woodpigeon NW (c.120 this morning). Tufties reached a new high of 10 despite partially frozen water. I remember February to be the peak month at Cullaloe too in previous years. Be interesteing to rake over those old records from yesteryear.

Also some finches going north quite high - a few Chaffinch and Greenfinch - local movement or genuine movers? Not the first time or place I've seen this Greenfnch movement north in the start of February.

A couple of roe Deer pranced about amongst the newly planted trees - the farmer will not be happy!

Lothians at sunrise

Run Bambi, run!

Not the best pic, but you get the idea

Master of all he surveys

Will they really be able to breed here I wonder

Tufties reach double figures