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		<title>Voices from the dark loch</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/11/voices-from-the-dark-loch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wee gang of wigeon have been gathering by the shore of the loch over the past few days. There were about a dozen when the PL first noticed them, increasing to thirty-one last time we were able to count them.
The reason we can&#8217;t always count them is that sometimes we walk past that spot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife showing off</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/06/wildlife-showing-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gallivanting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some days you can sit for hours waiting for some wild furry or feathery thing to grace you with a glimpse of its rear end disappearing over the hill, but now and again they all seem to come out and show off. Maybe just for a minute &#8211; a quick &#8216;Yoohoo, now you see me&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wagtails everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/05/wagtails-everywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Highland garden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I write a weekly nature column in the local paper and over the past three summers this has always featured the pied wagtails that have taken to nesting on a shelf in the old stone shed. They always get in there early, make a flattish nest (full of Nosy Norris&#8217;s hairs this year, of course), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I blame Chris Packham</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/04/i-blame-chris-packham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I blame Chris Packham.
The Pack Leader has always been an interesting companion on country walks; he has the gift of noticing things that most people miss. So, over the years I&#8217;ve seen countless birds, tracks, squashed down bits of undergrowth where wild things have recently lurked&#8230; all things I would have missed on my own. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tadpoles, and the mystery of the squashed frogs</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2011/04/tadpoles-and-the-mystery-of-the-squashed-frogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An inside view of the Highlands]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nairnshire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The PL and I spent a ridiculous amount of time yesterday hanging over the wall that runs along one end of the loch. We were watching tadpoles flitting across a rock that lay in a patch of sunlight; every so often a taddy would wriggle out of the marsh marigold stems, casting its tiny shadow on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dolphin discovery</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2010/04/dolphin-discovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gallivanting]]></category>
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I spent a wonderful day last week with Deborah Benham of Wild at Heart Eco-holidays, who kindly helped me with researching an article on the Bottlenose dolphins of the Moray Firth. I&#8217;ll put a reference to the article later, but I want to give a very hearty recommendation here, both to Deborah, who was a relaxed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding the birds&#8230; to the birds</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2010/03/feeding-the-birds-to-the-birds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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The long winter brought an unexpected dilemma for us. All through the weeks of snow we dutifully kept the garden feeders topped up with peanuts, fat balls, even home-made ones when we were snowed in and couldn&#8217;t get down the hill for supplies. We watched with great satisfaction as the population of small birds flocked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geese &#8211; coming or going?</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2009/03/geese-going-round-in-circles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched a huge gang of geese flying over the fields around Castle Stuart near Ardersier this morning. They seemed confused, going off in one direction for a bit then changing and switching back again. They were still mooching around like this by the time I&#8217;d gone into Inverness Airport, drunk a coffee, drove through Adersier and back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Garden Birdwatch: they know, you know.</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2009/01/big-garden-birdwatch-they-know-you-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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Last weekend we took part in the RSPB&#8217;s Big Garden Birdwatch. We&#8217;ve been doing it for a few years now, and the evidence all points to the birds knowing exactly what&#8217;s going on. This year was typical. We set the clock for an hour at the start of our survey, and immediately all our usual garden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Findhorn seals</title>
		<link>http://www.highland-insider.co.uk/2008/11/findhorn-seals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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I can never decide whether the seals at Findhorn bay are friendly, sinister or just plain nosy. As soon as you put a kayak in the lagoon, one will appear, bobbing up nearby just as you&#8217;re getting your spray-deck adjusted. By the time you&#8217;ve paddled into the channel that links the lagoon with the Moray [...]]]></description>
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