'tumnal vibes

07-10-26 Keeping it local. Another trip along to the Botanics then Warriston and back to the Botanics. Although maybe I should have stopped after the first 15mins when I'd bumped into today's highlight, a bullfinch pair feeding on rowan berries on Powderhall Road.I saw them fly across the road but it took a while wandering quietly round the tree to actually see where they were eating. And even then I didn't catch the female, just the male. The combination of his warm colours, the bright berries and the sunlight was great, but he wasn't keen on being a film star so I had to settle for just a handful of pics and less than a minute of video.soundtrack: Resolve by Pete Kuzmaheron flying over mallards at Powderhall WoLOn entering the Botanics I checked out the rock garden. The thorny white bush had finished flowering and was no longer a butterfly magnet. Nothing on the valerian either. Or do I mean viburnum? Anyway no butterflies and I thought I may be forced to concentrate on hoverflies.…