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The view from the bridge - finches enjoy those tall Willowherb seeds
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The Met.Office forecast a dry morning for Thursday so I headed down to the Reserve to make the most of the intermittent sunshine and spent a couple of hours there. Nothing very exciting about compared to my last few visits when I saw the Snipe and the Egret, but a pleasant way to spend a morning nevertheless. Here is the report:
Birds:
SC210694 Song Thrush heard but not seen; Kestrel flying over; Dunnock.
SC209694 ( hide) Blackbird alarm call heard near hide ( thank you Blackbird, now I won't see thing!) Blue Tit; Chaffinch; Robin; Great Tit; Wren heard but not seen.
SC208694 Jackdaw; 2 x Goldfinch; Goldcrest; female Chaffinch; 2 x Woodpigeon flying over; Blackbird alarm call again; Robin heard but not seen; Wren.
SC208695 2 x Blue Tit; Great Tit; Kestrel flying over again.
SC209694 Magpie; Robin;
Other:
SC209694 Lawn Daisies in flower
SC208694 Red Campion still in flower
SC210694 Stinking Iris berries very apparent
SC208694 Lichen starting to grow on willows and trunks becoming mossy
No invertebrates seen other that gnats over the water
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you need wellies here now - mud and puddles abound
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usual view of the hide with new clover roof
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noticed near the hide - can you guess who lives here?
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distant view of Goldfinches among the Alder cones
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Red Campion flowering bravely on
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Lawn daisy too
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Last year's HemlockWater Dropwort stems among fresh new leaves
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tiny Lichen starting to grow on willows
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it used to be hard to find moss at Ballachurry
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pond against the sun
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two birds flew out the reeds but they were too quick for ID
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I was trying to photograph a Blue Tit!
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walking round for the second time
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the Holly..........
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..............and the ivy ( I like to be topical!)
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Stinking Iris berries
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and a final view before heading for home
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Please click on photos to enlarge them - sorry there's not much fauna this week!
