Tayock after the snow, including the first sighting of a 2013 spider

A healthy fit Buzzard at Tayock

The remains of a dead Buzzard, cause of death unknown from the little that hadn't been eaten

I think this is an Otter footprint and I've seen them in the same place twice before, if I could only get up early and stake out the site.

Goldfinches in their natural habitat eating thistle like seeds or teasels and not niger seed in gardens

Yes it's a spider, possibly a type of Orb Spider, maybe Common Orb Spider or 4 Spot Orb, but I can't be sure

Olive takes the credit for this which was on the information board she was reading