Light flurries of snow....buntings

For any of our readers who regularly visit the area, South Forvie is proving very reliable for Snow Buntings just now, and well worth a look. The area around the ternery (where the electric fencing is being erected prior to the breeding season) is the best bet, and has also produced Twite and a lost-looking Redpoll this week. Meanwhile, the Long-tailed Ducks on the adjacent estuary are beginning to display furiously, somehow contriving to look and sound simultaneously splendid and hilarious.

The most improbable ducks known to humankind