Future Cheer & Musselburgh

Rachel's cheerleading competition at Ingliston on 28 th March meant a 6:30 am start and with the clocks going forward that effectively meant 5:30 am.

Unless you are part of the competition you basically sit around watching cheerleaders for 12 hours. Now that's not really my cup of tea so I hatched a plan to 'escape' and spend an hour or so walking round the sea wall at Musselburgh.

The tide was high at the river Esk mouth and a strong north westerly wind meant that the sea was choppy. Small rafts of Velvet Scoter were present along with Goldeneye and Eider. A single Red Breasted Merganser and a partial summer Slavonian Grebe were also present. Interestingly, there were no Long Tailed Ducks !

Waders seen included c30 Grey Plover, 2 or 3 Bar Tailed Godwit and a Dunlin.

'The Bug' at Future Cheer:

Rachel's group got a 2nd prize for stunt and a 3rd prize for dance in their category. Well done Bug !