Springtime bursting out

We went for a drive in Dumfries and Galloway today, primarily to find a stone circle, but we were scuppered by the presence of cows and calves in the field, not something we were going to argue with!

So we head off back down the hill, and decided to seek out some crannogs and prehistoric stuff elsewhere.

On our wanderings we drove past a field with three pairs of Highland coos mothers and calves.. and had to stop to take a closer look! I know I know, they are built for winters up in snowy climates but me being the sap I am I just look at their long red floopy fringes and say "awwwwww!"

They performed for us, suckling and nuzzling and mooing... very cute!!

We then visited a Peel Tower which was actually still part of an active farm - complete with brand new lambs, a pair had just been born. We got a good view of them from the top of the Tower, and right above our heads there was a busy rookery with lots of nest-building going on.

CAW!