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1 Jul
8:18am, 1 Jul 2024
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NordRunner
Derby Tup wrote: It could have been a yellowhammer adapted to town life: “a little bit of pastry and no cheese”.
One of the bastards tried to steal my pasty at Lyme Regis |
1 Jul
8:44am, 1 Jul 2024
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Derby Tup
Very good
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1 Jul
8:57am, 1 Jul 2024
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Diogenes
Lovely Firecrest sitting in a branch overhead yesterday when I paused my run to check my whereabouts. Also a very loud Bullfinch. Earlier in the day, there was a buzzard being mobbed by a couple of rooks over the garden. |
1 Jul
12:55pm, 1 Jul 2024
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Surelynot
Dog walk down the Nith towards the Solway yesterday. There were lots of lapwing and curlew, little egrets, my first sighting of a red kite in that area, a flock of starlings with fledglings and lots of mallards. I saw quite a few herring gulls out on the river in town and a solitary grey wagtail. We've had much commotion with a pair of LBB gulls protecting a fledgling that I think has fallen out of its nest. A neighbour was out in his motorised wheelchair, chasing the fledgling toward a busy road with a brush in the air to flap at the adults as they became increasingly irate. He thought he'd moved them on, but the adults are right back where they started, being just as noisy and vigilant, which is justice. I've had issues with gulls before, and they can be challenging, but—in answer to a question earlier—they are protected because they are in decline. Of the five species that breed in Scotland, there's been a reduction in numbers of between 44% and 75%. Herring gulls are on the red list. Avian flu has had a huge impact, as have human-driven changes to land use. |
1 Jul
4:28pm, 1 Jul 2024
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icemaiden
A family of goosander paddled up the river yesterday - mum plus 8 nearly full grown youngsters, splish and splash through the reeds then walked up the dry side of the weir.
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1 Jul
9:01pm, 1 Jul 2024
8,621 posts
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um
Another half dozen choughs today, Porthleven to Prussia Cove. And 3 Oycs.
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1 Jul
9:18pm, 1 Jul 2024
5,378 posts
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J2R
Not directly to do with birds, but definitely related... Has everyone else here noted a marked drop in insect life this summer? We're seeing very few butterflies in the garden, and not many out and about in the countryside either, and there is much less general hum and buzz about. I'm assuming it's something to do with the months and months of rain we had, but I've not read anything definitive about this, nor what happens next. I presume the population bounces back, but is that it for this year or will we see a lot more in July, assuming normal summer weather. It must be a pretty disastrous year for insectivorous birds. |
1 Jul
9:33pm, 1 Jul 2024
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paulcook
Just checked back to when I made a similar post - 21st June re a complete lack of flies on one run and I've not noticed any difference since then. I've had two similar conversations last 2 days and seen other posts online, one about bees, one about butterflies, since last week. It's not been a drop in numbers for me, but a near complete absence. |
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1 Jul
10:07pm, 1 Jul 2024
66,617 posts
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Derby Tup
Very few butterflies here this summer 
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2 Jul
6:59am, 2 Jul 2024
3,181 posts
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RunningRonnie
Swallow fledging yesterday. |
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