1) I am very grateful to Rob Fisher for sending me a list of birds ringed at Ballachurry during the summer. It's good to see that some of them are birds that have been ringed previously at the Reserve, so obviously they call it home. Others ringed recently and in good numbers are probably just passing through on the Autumn migration. The Garden Warbler is very exciting, a new record for the Reserve.
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SPECIES |
NEW |
RE-TRAP |
COMMENTS |
|
GOLDCREST |
7 |
0 |
|
|
WREN |
2 |
0 |
|
|
LONG-TAILED TIT |
1 |
1 |
RINGED 02/01/2023 (SAME SITE) |
|
BLUE TIT |
2 |
0 |
|
|
GREAT TIT |
3 |
0 |
|
|
ROBIN |
3 |
0 |
|
|
SISKIN |
1 |
0 |
|
|
BLACKCAP |
14 |
0 |
|
|
GARDEN WARBLER |
1 |
0 |
|
|
CHAFFINCH |
8 |
0 |
|
|
GOLDFINCH |
1 |
0 |
|
|
DUNNOCK |
1 |
1 |
RINGED 07/06/2023 (SAME SITE) |
|
SONG THRUSH |
4 |
0 |
|
|
BLACKBIRD |
4 |
0 |
|
25/08/2023
SPECIES
|
|
NEW |
RE-TRAP |
COMMENTS |
|
WREN |
1 |
0 |
|
|
WILLOW WARBLER |
2 |
0 |
|
|
LONG-TAILED TIT |
4 |
0 |
|
|
BLUE TIT |
0 |
1 |
RINGED 17/12/2021 (SAME SITE) |
|
GREAT TIT |
1 |
0 |
|
|
SEDGE WARBLER |
4 |
0 |
|
|
REED WARBLER |
1 |
0 |
|
|
CHAFFINCH |
2 |
0 |
|
|
DUNNOCK |
1 |
0 |
|
|
BLACKBIRD |
1 |
0 |
|
07/06/2023
2) You may remember that a few weeks ago I thought I heard a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling from the fir tree area just outside the reserve. In fact it seems that one was reported just a day earlier at an adjacent property from on their bird feeders, so hopefully it may yet be seen on the reserve.
3) Whilst on a non-recording visit to the Reserve on 2nd September I nevertheless noted the following:
SC209694 Speckled Wood butterfly; 7-spot Ladybird; Common Frog.
and similarly on 3rd September:
SC210694 Speckled Wood;
SC209693 Speckled Wood
SC209694 Speckled Wood x 3
SC209694 Common Darter Dragonfly
SC209694 A Great Tit, Wren, Blue Tit and an unidentified Warbler drinking/ feeding from guttering on the hide roof.
SC209694 female Blackbird.
SC208695 Green Shieldbug nymphs; Blackbird
SC208695 3 x Speckled Wood
SC208694 Red Admiral; Speckled Wood x 3; Robin; Magpie; Migrant Hawker Dragonfly
SC210694 Buzzard.
I was particularly lucky to see the Migrant Hawker land on a dock near the boardwalk. I often see the blue dragonflies on the reserve but being able to take a photograph of one meant that it could be identified.
Here are a few photos from the weekend.
one of the birds on the hide roof 
it's hard to tell if it is a Willow Warbler or a Chiffchaff 
Migrant Hawker
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| Common Darter |
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| unidentified moth |
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| Common Blue |
Later in the week I did a full recording visit to the reserve and details of this will follow in due course.
please click on photos to enlarge them
