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Well as I sit here typing, the wind is howling outside and the rain is lashing against the window and it seems like the whole of the UK is getting a battering this time. Incredibly, just yesterday we were enjoying blue sky and sunshine. The car thermometer read -4C as I left home for Loch Frisa and as...

(what a great song that was from Ian Dury!) I know over recent weeks, its been hard to be really cheerful with the failure of the nest at Loch Frisa but we do have lots of things to be really cheerful about. Our most exciting news is that one of the eggs on our buzzard nest has hatched! Our female...

I like mine with a pair of eagles!! As Dave mentioned in his last blog, Skye and Frisa have decided on this year's nest and are now well into the routine of incubation. Both adults take turns in sitting on eggs, although Frisa will tend to do a bit more. It's fascinating watching their behaviour...

(courtesy of The Carpenters, Close to you - cant stop singing it now!) Well bit of a busy week - last weekend was The Big Garden Birdwatch. Why is it that birds that come into the garden every day of the week, suddenly disappear when you need to count them? On the other hand, you can be surprised...

I don't believe it! I'm sat inside typing when outside the sky is blue with a few whispy clouds - hubby is out in the garden pruning a hedge in a tee shirt - is it nearly the end of October? Walking the dog this morning, I had a lovely view of a flock of barnacle geese and a small flock of pink...

Well, September is certainly proving to be a saviour in terms of weather. We are enjoying lots of warm sunshine and blue skies - you could almost be fooled into thinking it was May or June. Tee shirts have come out of winter storage and its lovely to feel the warmth of the sun on your face. Our family...

Lennon and McCartney Well Skye and Frisa have certainly been spending a lot of quality time together now that Heather seems to be fending for herself quite nicely. Most days this week they have been together either sitting on the same branch or just a branch apart. On one occasion, Skye slightly...

but not quite yet! This evening I went to check up on Half Pint to see whether he has fledged yet. He and his sibling were 12 weeks old today! Its a bit of a precarious walk and loaded with a telescope, binoculars, daughter in tow, we tentatively made our way to the best position to view the nest...

Sorry for the delay in news but as you may have read we have now moved over to a new blog software! Still finding my way round it so hope this works!! I am holding the fort for a few days while Dave has a well earned rest. The one piece of news I wanted to share with you is the naming of our chicks...