Tuesday 19 March 2019

Ballachurry Reserve, 19th March 2019.

Incidental records:

Just dropping off bits and bobs at the hide this morning in the pouring rain, so didn't linger. No photos, didn't want to get the camera wet even though I had it with me.

Birds:

SC210694  male Blackbird.
SC209694 ( path junction) male Blackbird
SC209694 ( hide) 2 x male Blackbirds having an altercation; 2 x Blue Tit; 2 x Wood Pigeon;  female Blackbird; 2 x Great Tit; 5 x Goldfinch;
SC208694  ( damp meadow area ) female Reed Bunting
SC208694 ( compost area) Robin; 2 x Great Tit.
SC208695 ( old beehive loop)  male Chaffinch; 2 Great Tit;
SC209695 ( near private entrance)  male Chaffinch;  female Chaffinch;Robin;
SC209694 ( gorse boundary)  5 x Goldfinch; 2 x Great Tit; Robin; 2 male Blackbirds on path with dark beaks.

Definitely a day for Blackbirds.

I was pleased to see the Reed Bunting which flew from a thorn bush on the edge of the damp meadow to the brambles near the hide. There were also Reed Buntings listed for yesterday on the whiteboard in the hide.