Wednesday 12th March

Plenty of birdlife on the run to Corsock, so decided on a count and reached 20 different species, notably not including red kite and coal tit, which were not seen.  Best sightings were treecreeper and a pair of nuthatches, one of which exhibited a baleful call note that must be typical.  Last two species - goldfinch and long-tailed tit - were both on the Caledonian cycle track and sort of emblematic for the times.  Also saw a single butterfly and mating attempts by buzzards and hares, though not on each other.  Hares were running down the road ahead of me for a time.