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Peploe - always above my kitchen table. lol
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Waiting for the ferry on Saturday. I actually had to re-route the journey home in order to follow Scottish guidance and avoid travel into tier 3 areas. For people living in, or currently visiting Scotland the gov.scot website is packed with transparent current information, advice, facts and stats – down to post code detail.
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Magical Mull - two young Fallow Deer from last week.
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A Gathering of Circa 60 Male Red-breasted Mergansers
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Pic taken from beach at St Cyrus. Visited NNR St Cyrus on 17.08. 2020 on an overcast and breezy afternoon. It is a very interesting area for a number of reasons, including a micro-climate feature, geology, various wildlife, butterflies and insects in particular, and botany. With limited time, I confined myself to walking the trail to the beach through the narrow strip of rough grassland which lies between ancient, mainly volcanic volcanic sea-cliffs to the west and dunes bordering the beach to the east. The resulting shelter here allows some plant species to reach their northernmost limits in the UK. After a very blowy and chilly stroll on the beach this shelter was particularly noticeable on the day I visited, immediately after descending into the lee of the dunes. Lots of other sections and interesting features to explore at this site, which is probably best visited spring/summer. -
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A Dunnock from this evening, enjoying a bath on the patio: a much overlooked, pretty little brown bird with a sweet rhythmic song. -
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This little bed of catnip and self-seeded foxgloves is usually humming with various pollinators at this time of year. However, there has been a dearth of flying insects and bees this spring/early summer, at least since the blossom season, although over the past few days a small number of bumble bees, mostly the buff-tailed variety have been visiting. -
Not a great pic, but neglected corners can reveal nice surprises. He's been lurking in this weedy area for a day or two, hopefully with a nearby nest. Bullfinches have, I believe, adapted to feeders in some areas, but this is only the second time I have observed one. The first occasion was some ago.