I arrived at Ballachurry Reserve today just after mid-day and stayed nearly a couple of hours, including about half an hour in the bird hide. Despite the bright sunshine there was a chilly wind and the reserve seemed very quiet.
Birds:
SC208694 Two male and one female Chaffinch; Great Tit; Blue Tit; Blackbird; Robin.
SC208695 Robin; Great Tit.
SC209695 Blue Tit; Great Tit ( both looking inside nest box for insects)
SC209694 Robin
SC209694 ( from Hide) Great Tit x 2; Blue Tit; Grey Heron; Rook.
A few Herring gulls and corvids flying over.
Other:
SC210694 Two hibernating Garden snails in the wall
SC209694 Small yellow snail in gorse
SC209694 Gorse Shield Bugs x 5
SC208694 Orange fungus on boardwalk
SC208695 Jelly Ear fungus starting to appear on dead branch of overhanging tree.
SC208694 Hogweed plant in full flower
SC210694 Still a few Ox-eye daisies flowering under the Notice Board.
SC209694 Hemlock Water Dropwort coming back strongly along stream bank.
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| Hemlock Water Dropwort |
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| Orange fungi ( or possibly a slime mould?) |
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| Hibernating Garden Snail |
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| Another hibernating Garden Snail |
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| Gorse Shieldbug brought out by the sunshine |
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| Blue Tit near Hide |
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| Close-up of the same Blue Tit |
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| Some early nectar - Hogweed |
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| Jelly Ear fungi |
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| Prospecting for insects |
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| Ox-eye Daisies |
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| A small, yellow, hibernating snail. |
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| A blue sky day. 9C but feeling colder in the strong wind. |
