Well the snow’s nearly gone, though it still covers much of the ground over 1000ft and most of the forests. Looks like the freeze is about to return next week though! A few small signs of a change with the first Siskins on the feeders this year today, Great Tits singing this morning and a few more Blackbirds about.
Not heard of any rogue Capers for some years but was told recently of an "attack" on a walker, must don my protective gear and go and have a look for him!
Was staying up at Lairg for a few days and met the most ridiculously tame Pine Martin coming for food at the house I was staying at…….quite happily took food from the hand apparently and even took to coming in and raiding the kitchen waste bin. Saw quite a few Snow Buntings at random places up in the hills there, my guess is that there must be a huge under-recorded number of these birds wintering in Scotland at over 1000ft.
Haven’t managed to get up to the coast this year but seems the King Eider is still at Burghead and now joined by a smart "Northern Eider" too. Hopefully get up there next week for a look.
