I began the day’s walk at 9:30am, visiting a number of favourite sites in the Scottish borders area. The fog was thick and visibility was only about two metres. But I went on hopeful it would clear up. Busy singing and calling at the start of the trail were Common Chaffinch, Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue…

My visit to the borders area always turns up great birds. Today, the highlights were a Black Redstart, a massive flock of Fieldfare, and a magnificent Eurasian Goshawk. The full list of species encountered is as follows: 3 Kestrel11 Buzzard~150 Fieldfare15 Greylag Goose1 Eurasian Goshawk1 Black Redstart13 Mistle Thrush2 Song Thrush4 Curlew2 Northern Lapwing~50 Carrion…