Out here on the coast there are scores of young starlings out and about learning to fly. Some of them seem to find this new skill set easy. Others seem surprised and aren't so sure. Mothers encourage their startled offspring away from the safety of the old stone walls. The young starlings aren't the only ones that are busy. As we head off to the car we're greeted by a wall of lark song from the barley field. There must be scores of them nesting there.
The sun rising behind the ruins of the cathedral as we turn on the road into town. This is a view that can't have changed much in four hundred years.
A huge pile of sand has appeared on the beach where the repair works on the Aquarium are underway. Workmen are already hard at work and the concrete walls for the seal pens are moving along by leaps and bounds. Will they be ready for the Easter holiday and the influx of tourists ?
Progress at the golfing end of town. The hoardings around the drainage works on the Old Course are being taken down. A group of American gentlemen and their Caddies seem oblivious to the work going on behind them. Spring has arrived in these northern parts and summer can't be far behind. We are off to Glasgow soon to visit the Hunterian and go to one of our favourite restaurants.
This seems more common than usual this year :https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/24/science/australia-fire-ants-spread-intl-scli/index.html
The pyramids :https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/skeletons-rewrite-history-pyramids-tombos-sudan
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I heard woodpeckers for the first time this year. Starlings used to be in abundance here, but numbers have dropped, sadly.
Hari Om
Parked for a couple of nights at East Lomond... and yes, the larks are plentiful!
I've been bitten by a fire ant. Very unpleasant. The threat of death, however, is extremely rare and related only to anaphylaxis, similar to bee or peanut responses, so manageable provided all precautions are taken. Australia has done well to manage various infestations, but this one could be a truly up-ant-hill battle... YAM xx
The ant article reminded me of a scary movie I saw as a child called The Naked Jungle starring Charlton Heston, Army Ants were destroying everything in sight.
Today’s blog has taken me from the happy state of listening to birdsongs to the sobering thoughts of climate change and Sudanese pyramids. Whew!
What a beautiful morning, thanks for taking us along.
Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day!
Couch potato skeletons - who knew?
LOL!
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