HAPPY New Year. With Christmas behind us, spring still seems a long way ahead. Poor weather and little daylight wouldn’t seem to be the best incentive to get out and about to see what our local wildlife is up to. Yet in many ways winter is the best time to see wildlife.
Our estuaries and farmland are crowded with migrant birds; I counted more than 40 widgeon on Lochgilphead’s front green a few days ago. The hide on the Crinan Canal is a fantastic place to watch the ever-changing mix of birds as the tide ebbs and flows.