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Jane Louise

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell

The usual suspects at Balgavies today, apart from a large flock of Redwings close to the roadside of the reserve.

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Numerous raucous Greylags, the din they make does scare off other water birds. There was a White-fronted Goose among them, so I was told.

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The omnipresent Cormorants at their roost.

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The Heron, with entourage, on its usual lookout post

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell

One from a couple of days ago. Just managed to grab a camera, as these cuties (l-tTs) flit about so quickly, scanning gardens for potential winter food sources.

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne
2 hours ago, ciel said:

One from a couple of days ago. Just managed to grab a camera, as these cuties (l-tTs) flit about so quickly, scanning gardens for potential winter food sources.

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Excuse my ignorance ciel but what is it?

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

There is a corner of the lake where there always seems to be a load of detritus. The Grey Wagtail appears to frequent this area from time to time. Fortunately there is a seat handy where one can sit and ponder the affairs of state whilst awaiting a possible appearance.

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  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell
  • Location: Fettercain/Edzell

I received this interesting note from BTO a few days ago concerning the unseasonal arrival of Pallid Swifts.

A potential reason for the influx may be that unusually for European swifts, Pallid Swift is double brooded, with the last brood fledging in October. Additionally, the sustained southerly winds throughout early November may have pushed birds northwards. The presence of a Little Swiftat Hartlepool, Durham joining a Pallid Swift already present is intriguing as the nearest breeding grounds are along the southern Mediterranean coast. Did the Pallid Swifts in this influx come from North Africa rather than Iberia or the eastern Mediterranean?
 

http://btomigrationblog.blogspot.com/

 

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

There is an article in this months Geographic mag. on the decline of Harbour Seals in Orkney. I cannot link to the article but better than that the Harbour Seal Decline Project currently being carried out by the University of St. Andrews

https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/harbourseals/

 

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  • Location: Mid Essex
  • Location: Mid Essex

Went out this morning to collect sloes for some Sloe Gin. A real struggle to find any. All the usual bushes I have visited had none. Eventually found enough fo this year’s vintage. Wonder why so few, other than there must have been a frost in this area at a critical time. 

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
22 minutes ago, Snipper said:

Went out this morning to collect sloes for some Sloe Gin. A real struggle to find any. All the usual bushes I have visited had none. Eventually found enough fo this year’s vintage. Wonder why so few, other than there must have been a frost in this area at a critical time. 

You must've been too sloe, Snipper?

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  • Location: Camborne
  • Location: Camborne

I was down at the nature reserve on the Hayle River on Monday, actually the first time I've been there. Loads of Lapwings, Golden Plovers, Black Headed Gulls and a few Shelducks but unfortunately the light was appalling didn't any very good photos. Salvaged a couple. But I did a Stoat for the first time but the little blighter was too quick

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  • Location: Cheddar Valley, 20mtrs asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and lots of it or warm and sunny, no mediocre dross
  • Location: Cheddar Valley, 20mtrs asl

I'm at work and the woodpeckers seem entirely unconvinced of any cold weather coming, despite the sharp frost this morning. There's at least four in full on head banging mode, looking for a mate and claiming their tree.

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District South Pennines Middleton & Smerrill Tops 305m (1001ft) asl.

Feeders are busy this morning with Woodpeckers visiting, Also I have put up my wildlife camera on top of the green pole, I'm still playing about with it at not very technical minded but getting there! Will be interesting what it catches in the plantation at the back, Will also put bait down at some point.

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  • Location: Downton, Wiltshire
  • Location: Downton, Wiltshire

On the usual walk to the next village this morning, by a tributary of the Hampshire Avon, I heard an really unusual noise.

It was a very quiet rasping sound and had no idea what it was. As I looked at the banked hedgerow, I saw a few leaves move, so assumed it was a shrew, or similar. When I moved closer, the same leaves moved and the sound continued. Next step, it moved again, but it wasn't getting away.

I peeled back the leaves, to find this fella. He was hanging down the bank, reaching forwards, but had his rear left leg stuck in some thorns.

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I released the thorns, he tumbled down the bank, took a few more bounds and posed for a piccy.

Hope he finds somewhere nice to hibernate.

 

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