Oh dear, don't fancy trying to pump out the cormorant to get your fish back! I have seen someone parked in the carpark in a ranger van once before. I did say "morning" as i walked past, i assume it was you? Will no doubt see you there at some point.
Thanks for the info. I tried Glen Etive a couple of times but the deer seem to always be a long way from wherever I am! Yeah, I did take the pic of the cormorant, he was at the Glencoe Lochan a couple of weeks ago, have only ever seen ducks there previously! We have a new puppy that is now alowed out for walkies so no doubt we'll be going there a lot more!
Ok so the rhody thing sounds interesting, previous control has been spreading seed?? I am just about to do a survey and then a control spec and would be interested to hear more about the course you were on. The Ranger thing in Loch Lomond sounds good, is that a commission thing. We've got our countryside conference in Nov at Glen Mor i gotta give a talk on archaeological monitoring oh joy! Gave an invasives talk last week and um could have been a bit better, no time to practice. Anyway just waiting to sort out equipment bugs then can get out there and do some work. As for the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, i love it, bring on the winter and it's storms and hopefully it's snow. B.
Sounds good. Have had a couple of attempts at finding rutting deer round here but have only heard them or seen them from a distance so far.... any tips from someone local?
Thank you Seamus for giving me their number:) I'd love to see a Pine Marten, but then we'd all love to! I'd like to visit one of the islands for the bird life. As it's the season for deer rutting I'd like to see that too! Oh and I'd love to spot some Otters. Just can't wait to get up there and enjoy the highland scenery:)
Hi Seamus, how you doing? Been up to much lately? Want to ask you a favour, do you know what the name of the caravan park near Kinlochleven is called, all I can remember is that translated into english it means 'Pass of the dogs', better still if you have their tel.no could you pm it to me?
in a wood not far from here
a shot rang out, both loud and clear
a man lay dieing on the ground
he'd never heard that final sound
a musket ball had pierced his chest
that sent him to his final rest
but this was not just any man
for he was from the Campbell clan
and so they had to make amend
and called upon a local "friend"
one named stewart ,from ardsheal
and said to him ,now here's the deal
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...glasgow!!! ...well not really i'm an edinburgh boy born ,if not totally bred, but a recent trip to that "dear green place" opened my mind a bit towards its natural world. the natives were indeed friendly ,and with the help of a local guide,namely my mate,and incidently my daughters boyfriend (don't ask it's complicated!),i saw my first ever kingfisher. all i saw was a very quick flash of azure,but deffinately one. a trip to the royal botanical garden was great too, several habitats...
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