A glorious sunny morning, the beauty of the day overshadowed by frequent shots and pheasant scaring noises from a shoot in the woods at Cairnbulg Castle. There was also someone preparing to fly a hawk in the field by Kirkton Cemetery where there is a large rabbit colony. Following a walk along the bents to the Water of Philorth, we walked back along the Line from Rathen Station to Kirkton. We were privileged to see a magnificent buzzard wheeling over head near Islamor and being mobbed by crows.
A small patch of snowdrops growing by the approach to the Line at the Craigiewan
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| The bark of some apple trees, the occasional sycamore and a horse chestnut sapling along the Line has been nibbled by deer during the harsh snowy weather. None of the willows appear to have been eaten. We frequently see roe deer in the fields next to this stretch of Line. |
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