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Here
at Cantick Head we know that Spring must be on its way when the wild daffodils
and wild primroses begin to blossom by the sides of the roads and paths. It
also means that the rare Scottish Primrose will soon be flowering too.
 
The animals, too, provide a sure sign that winter has
gone on holiday and that warmer weather can surely be expected
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Around Hoy the farmers are looking as
though a good night’s sleep would be most welcome as they have been up most
nights recently helping their ewe’s give birth to the 2010 crop of lambs.
The
same holds true for the cattle farmers and doubly so for those who have
both!
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The rocks of the
cliffs are covered by a layer of pasture sufficient for rabbits to burrow. Naturally, therefore, we can watch quite a
few rabbits with their young scampering about on the cliff-tops and pastures.
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Equally, on the
Mayday weekend we were able to watch a school of harbour porpoises parading
past the lighthouse from Scapa
Flow towards the
west. Hopefully that means that their
cousins, the dolphins and whales will not be long in paying a visit too.
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From
further north on the island we’ve had news that a small group of puffins have
already been seen. Obviously, they were
determined to book their place beside the North Atlantic before the usual crowds arrive during the next month
or so.
Also,
confirmation from around Rackwick Bay that the family of otters are still there and appear
to have bred an otter pup or two. (Sorry, but their exact location is a guarded
secret!)
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