Tuesday, October 28, 2025
WAXIES! Two waxwings were in gardens along Old Moss Road this afternoon, seen on a walk round the village. They flew off towards the west after a bit of aggro from chaffinches.
A little light rain was falling some of the time, and the visibility was poor; I must remember to get out earlier now - there's plenty of time for doing boring domestic chores when it's dark. An otter was swimming down the river to the loch.
When I got back home the seed feeder, which has just gone back up for the winter, was a madhouse of coal tits, blue tits, goldfinches, greenfinches, chaffinches, house sparrows, one great tit, and one robin. This morning, a female blackcap was in the birch sapling which has sprung up in the garden - and which might be allowed to become a tree. We haven't decided yet.
