Old Largo and Lundin Links - Highly Recommended

This book of local photos in time gone by is lovely. I highly recommend it. It's fascinating to see the photographs particularly those of the railway that no longer exists. Some parts of the area, however are remarkably unchanged. The book by Eric Eunson is available in local shops or direct from Stenlake Publishing.

Eider Ducks Sheltering

 Two male eider ducks sleeping in the shelter of the slipway to Lower Largo harbour. There are also two redshanks in the picture. Scroll down for clearer pictures.

 One of the eider ducks has woken up. Clearer picture of one of the redshanks.

Now both of the eider ducks are awake, probably alerted by the warning cry of the redshanks as they flew off on my approach.

Small Waterfall

With the melt-water coming off the hills, the Largo Burn was in spate and produced this small waterfall in the Serpentine Walk at the junction of the two paths coming from Lower Largo.
In the Serpentine walk itself the shoots of snowdrops are just beginning to be seen and hazel catkins are also appearing.

Big Garden Birdwatch

For over 30 years now the RSPB has been conducting a garden birdwatch at this time of year. The public are invited to take part by watching and recording the birds they see in one hour in their garden or a park and sending in their results by post or on-line. Because of the hard winter it is particularly important this year.  My results were:

Blackbird: 3
Dunnock: 1
Chaffinch: 4
Coal tit 1
House sparrow 1
Robin: 1

We usually have goldfinches visiting the garden. Sometimes as many as six or seven at a time, but suddenly they seem to have disappeared.

Bullfinch

Bullfinches are occasional visitors to our garden. This one was in our neighbour's tree but eventually came into our garden. It seemed to like the seeds on the St Johns Wort.

Clouds over Largo Bay

 Pink-tinged clouds above dark cumulus at dusk over Largo Bay.

The Moon and Jupiter

The planet Jupiter is the brightest object in the evening sky just now. This picture was taken last night. It's not very clear, but shows a waxing crescent moon and Jupiter. The picture was taken facing West so Jupiter is seen South of the moon. From now on Jupiter will grow fainter and appear further from the moon.