Observations Of Nature Through The Seasons.

[knocker]

Don't talk about quite a few Sidneys. Down at the lake yesterday it was absolute mayhem with all the little Sidneys running amok. Definately no cygnets this year but another batch of ducklings.

[knocker]

Jackdaw tries to get in on the young Herring Gull's lunch and nearly becomes part of it.

Dammit she's swallowed it

Ah, consolation egg

Edited June 16, 2017 by knocker

[ciel]

Who was the owner of  the poor egg ? 

[knocker]

17 minutes ago, ciel said:

Who was the owner of  the poor egg ? 

I was wondering that as well as I arrived just as they fell out with the Jackdaw

Edited June 16, 2017 by knocker

[knocker]

On a more relaxed note, unfortunately the photos are poor, a Robin still feeding a fledged youngster.

And hey, ho, a young Sidney soaking up the rays

Edited June 16, 2017 by knocker

[knocker]

Little fella enjoying the sun

[Allseasons-Si]

We had a great day out at Filey today and also ventured out onto the brigg and discoved these on the north face

these puffins was very inquisative and watched them for quiet a while

also,i had to search through google to find out what birds these was has i had never seen them before

Razorbill

[ciel]

Four chicks appear to be thriving. I originally thought there were just four in the nest, but found a fifth on the deck yesterday morning. It looked pretty poorly, but I put it back in the nest anyway. It has been turfed out again and maybe so deliberately because of illness or failure to thrive?

[knocker]

Ah there you are!

[knocker]

The soothing tranquility on a very warm morning of the swans gathering in the shade.

[knocker]

The Condor he nursed back to health after it was injured

 

Edited June 23, 2017 by knocker

[knocker]

Ever see a photo and think, "I wish I had taken that"?

 

[ciel]

I was thinking earlier that I had not seen many of these recently.

A welcome garden visitor, he was this evening

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[knocker]

Funny I haven't seen many either.

[knocker]

Taking a leaf out of ol' jackdaws book

[ciel]

A few pics, mainly for ID purposes, from yesterday’s walk along Loch Lee in the freezing cold!

Wild Orchid ? Common Spotted

 Common Sandpiper pair

 

? Juvenile Wheatear

Pipit ? Tree or Meadow

Distant photo which had me stumped, but I now think Raven.

 

 

I stopped off on the way back at the Sand martin quarry. Quite a few nest-holes are active now and I heard chicks begging, but no photos of the adults – yet.

  Can't delete duplicate

Edited June 29, 2017 by ciel

[knocker]

A female Mallard appreciating a fine morning after the horrors of the previous three days.

[knocker]

Whirlpool. (I know but I like Mallards).

[ciel]

Destination Dunbar today after dropping off doggie for her final treatment at the vet in Edinburgh.

Dunbar Castle and the Kittiwake colony

 

A charming harbour seal.

 

[knocker]

7 minutes ago, ciel said:

Destination Dunbar today after dropping off doggie for her final treatment at the vet in Edinburgh.

Dunbar Castle and the Kittiwake colony

 

A charming harbour seal.

 

Love the seal photos. I'm hoping to get down to the seal sanctuary at Gweek this summer but it's an awkward place to get to without a car. I must have missed the earlier posts regarding your doggie, is he/she responding well to the treatment?.

A problem with my Nikon D80. Turned it on this morning and got an error message. Haven't had time to look into it yet but it doesn't look good. There would appear to be no communication between the lens and the camera.

[Crepuscular Ray]

In and around Amersham, swallows are already doing their lining up on the phone wires prior to heading back south thing. I am hoping that this means that they bred early and the chicks don't need feeding any more but fear that for the second year in a row it means that many of them have failed to breed.

[ciel]

 

1 minute ago, Crepuscular Ray said:

In and around Amersham, swallows are already doing their lining up on the phone wires prior to heading back south thing. I am hoping that this means that they bred early and the chicks don't need feeding any more but fear that for the second year in a row it means that many of them have failed to breed.

Maybe you are just observing the increasing number of fledged swallows, CR.

Having said that, the first nest at home here has failed. However the adults are starting on their second attempt - not flying south yet.

[ciel]

1 hour ago, knocker said:

I must have missed the earlier posts regarding your doggie, is he/she responding well to the treatment?.

She is, and the good news today was that there is no sign of local or distant recurrence of her problem. 

Hopefully your camera problem proves to be no more than a minor glitch, knocker.

[knocker]

That is good news about the dog

Pretty hot and quiet down at the lake this morning

I've no idea what this was all about. They were absolutely stationary in this position for quite a while

Skulking

[knocker]

Not looking good with the fault on the D80. Tried all the possible remedies if it was not a serious fault and none have worked so i need to take some advice on this which actually is not as easy as it sounds. But it's likely it will need to be sent away to Nikon for repair which, apart from the hassle and difficulty in doing this, poses another problem. I doubt any repairs would be cheap so it raises the question, particularly as the camera is now a few years old,whether this would be worth it. Of course you don't know what it would cost until you have sent it too Nikon. So I could bite the bullet and spend the outlay on a new camera but that poses another problem. I have a couple of very good lenses that are compatible with the D80, especially a 10mm-20mm wide angle, and I certainly don't want to have to ditch them as well. It's not the end of the world as I still have the Coolpix P610 which I use most often.

Need sleep on this for a couple of days. Any advice very welcome

Edited July 6, 2017 by knocker