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There weren’t a lot of wildfowl within photo range of the hides at Morton Lochs on Saturday. But the hide facing into the forest was as ever a reliable alternative for bird and mammal watching. The squirrels raid the squirrel feeders on a fairly regular basis – if you are prepared to wait ten or twenty minutes, you have a good chance of seeing them. While waiting, you can watch a variety of birds – finches, tits, a robin, dunnocks – feasting on the food that is put out on the logs and ground in front of the hide.<\/p>\n

And if you keep you eyes peeled, you may see one or two other visitors scuttling between and sometimes on the logs, such as this\u00a0Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) …<\/p>\n

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