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| late November sunshine, main pond. |
After last week's very chilly 3 degrees, Tuesday's 7 Centigrade felt positively balmy! The sun was out, the wind was light and there was plenty of blue sky. A great day for a visit to Ballachurry Reserve, in fact. Here is what I recorded:
Birds:
SC209693 male and female Blackbirds; Great Tit; 7 x Goldfinch flying over; 4 x Redwing flying over; Magpie flying over; female Chaffinch.
SC208694 Pheasant heard not seen; female & male Blackbird; Robin x 2; male Chaffinch; Little Egret flying over; Jackdaw flying over;
SC208695 ( on or near feeders) Robin; Magpie x 2; Blue Tit x 2; Goldfinch; Great Tit x 2; Greenfinch x 2; Chaffinch x 7; male Blackbird.
SC209695 male Blackbird; Woodpigeon x 2 flying over; Goldfinch x 3 in bush together; Dunnock; female Chaffinch; Blue Tit x 2.
SC209694 Jack Snipe put up from close to path; Blackbird x 2; Siskin heard not seen; Robin; 2 x Magpie flying over; 3 x Woodpigeon flying over; Blue Tit.
Other:
No Longtails or Rabbits seen today.
SC208694 unidentified fungi under willows
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| Blackbird along the gorse boundary |
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| Magpie |
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| Robin foraging along wood chip path |
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| Robin auditioning for Christmas Card |
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| Song Thrush |
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| female Chaffinch |
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| Sycamore tree where the feeders are |
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| Great Tit |
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| Greenfinch eyeing feeders |
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| popular with Greenfinches and Chaffinches alike |
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| Goldfinch too |
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| Chaffinch awaiting its turn |
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| Blue Tit |
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| another waiting patiently |
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| this one has a ring |
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| Blackbird scavenging below feeders |
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| just a few fungi now |
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| view across the reed bed near the boardwalk |
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| usual view of boardwalk |
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| view from boardwalk |
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| bridge across to meadow |
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| a quiet corner |
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| the giant compost heap |
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| the usual views of the dragonfly pond |
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| with reflections |
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| looking back along the gorse boundary |
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| the damp meadow |
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| currently with standing water |
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| taken from near the Bowman memorial bench |
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| usual view of the hide |
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| view from the hide ramp |
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| through the shutters |
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| no water fowl today |
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| lovely silvery back-lit reeds |
I was very pleased to see that the Reserve had suffered no obvious damage during Storm Bert at the week-end. My next visit will be during the month that Christmas comes!
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