A mild bright morning bringing a, no doubt false, promise of Spring as we walked along the Chapelton of Phingask lane accompanied by the cry of curlews.
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| There were several signs of new growth, this goose grass in a sheltered spot under a thorn hedge by Merry Hillock, rosettes of new leaves in the crowns of alkanet and dockens. |
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| We spent an enjoyable afternoon in the Tower Pool Hide at Strathbeg watching herons stalking the shallower pools, lapwings and curlews coming and going to the islands, swans and coots and unidentifiable ducks in the distant open water. There were geese grazing in fields on the far side of the loch with many more coming in to land as the light began to fade. |
 A single snowdrop showing through in a sunny spot by the Merry Hillock dyke |
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