Never mind a white Christmas,we had a white Easter this year.The weather confused all the birds coming into the hills to breed,with the short eared owls coming into the Lammermuirs and then heading off back to the coast when the snow returned and blanketed the hillsides.All of the breeding birds will be late this year,including the peewit that I photographed in the last of the snow along the Westruther road in Berwickshire.As the snow melted away,it left large puddles in some of the fields and that is where I came across this pair of mallard feeding in the shallows.
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Hi Phil
Lovely colours and light on the lapwings. One of my favourite birds and let’s hope they have a good breeding season. Great blog by the way
Regards
Nigel
Thanks very much Nigel.The reflective snow and soft light certainly helped to bring out the best in the birds’ plumage.