Ah! Is it winter again? It’s very cold and I suddenly remembered the password to my blog account!

Mystery Photo No.1

Loch Morlich

Only hope it melts before the divers return!

It has been serioulsy cold over the past few weeks, Inverness shrouded in freezing for for days became ice capital of the north. Even at Kinloss at sea level was down to -12. Here in Nethybridge the lowest I recorded was -14 on 28th December, I think that it has barely gone above zero for at least two weeks now. Currently it’s back to -10 this evening. Not surprisingly there aren’t many birds about. A Blue Tit on the feeder today had a noticable odd bend in it’s tail, evidence probably of spending the night roosting  tight in to a crevice somewhere. No doubt many have succumbed to the bitter cold.

Birding from my window or car has become preferable of late though not doing too bad, had a nice White-tailed Eagle drifting over the Strath as I was coming back from the shop and a flock of Waxings while filling with petrol at the garage. Am considering going for the lazy birding challenge in 2009 perhaps. It is actually possible I reckon to see EVERY Scottish speciality from your car window, there’s a challenge for 2009. My vehicle window list will be updated on a regular basis, watch this space.