Bitter !

Spent about 45 minutes at the Heritage Loch this morning. We haven't got any snow, nor is it particularly forecast, however there was a biting Westerly blowing that could cut you in half.

The loch was significantly unfrozen to have encouraged 30 Tufted Duck to return (only about a third of the numbers present in mid January). There were lots of Gulls on the ice including at least 10 Great Black Backed and a few Common. Lapwing numbers have been gradually increasing since the New Year and I had a record count of 42 in the fields just west of the loch.

What price a Golden Plover soon ?