Better weather at last. Skived off decorating to take a look round Rusko north of Gatehouse to check for green woodpeckers. Bumped into the local gamekeeper who told me exactly where to look - but no sign! Only notable sightings were several coal tits, a nuthatch but more interestingly three peacock and one small tortoiseshell butterflies. This is nearly two weeks earlier than the early butterflies I saw in 2012.
Gamekeeper also told me he has seen increasing numbers of ravens, a golden eagle at top of Laurieston Road, peregrine falcons, red deer, two otters playing in floodwater, a sparrow hawk flying zigzags in front of his truck and a buzzard killing a baby pheasant.
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