Christine's walking & birds blog

Yesterday: After our brief harrier sighting last week, I returned to the dam on the off-chance the bird would still be around; but the only raptor hovering over the hillside was a kestrel. An anxious clucking in the long grass between me and the loch betrayed the presence of at least seven red grouse.

Two or three meadow pipits were vocal and flighty, and a buzzard was on a fence post near the dam. A birding walk to suit the weather, which was cloudy, cold, and glum.