Sunday, May 08, 2022
It wasn't my first dunlin of the year (25+ at Achnahaird a few days ago) but it was my first here in the village (on the river spit).
A redwing seen yesterday was possibly a late migrant, but apparently some do breed in the UK.
I've spotted a cuckoo and a swallow at last but chiffchaff, though heard in a couple of places, remains unseen. Wood warbler and grasshopper warbler have been sought but not found. More to the point, will I ever be able to go out without my woolly hat and thermal underwear? They say that spring takes two weeks to travel from southern England to the north of Scotland. No it doesn't. It takes a lifetime.
// posted by Christine @ 2:41 PM 
