Car failure this week, and now the weather

I originally went to Balgavies just to give my newly repaired car a run and had forgotten that a Green-winged Teal had been seen the day before. A pity I hadn't taken a teleconverter or my might have got a better photo, saying that the promising sun disappeared just after I arrived.

For what it's worth, a video of the Green-winged Teal displaying alongside the Eurasian Teal, something I can't recall seeing before. (SX60)

Green-winged Teal video, click here,

Green-winged Teal drake sleeping on the ice at Balgavies Loch. SX60 due to distance

Blue Tit, one of the many birds at Balgavies Hide which were spooked by the appearance of a large rat which will be trapped and removed by SWT

A Dunnock which usually are wary, came quite close

One of a small group of Long-tailed Tits which came and went often while I was at Balgavies