a rare sunny moment on Wednesday
A late start to my recording on Wednesday morning. I didn't arrive at Ballachurry Reserve until 10.30 but I still managed a two hour visit on a chilly day with intermittent sunshine. Here is what I recorded:
Birds:
SC209693 a Blackbird flew across the path at the beginning of my visit and there was one turning over the woodchip there as I left. Wren heard not seen.
SC209694 ( hide) 3 x Blue Tit together; Great Tit; Moorhen; Grey Wagtail; Jackdaw and Goldfinch heard not seen.
SC209694 (elsewhere) 2 x Goldfinch; 2 x Blue Tit; male Chaffinch; Wren heard not seen; male Blackbird scavenging on ground near the dragonfly pond; female Blackbird near the path junction; 2 x Blackbirds seen together in Alder tree. Magpie on ground near noticeboard.
SC208694 10 Goldfinch flying over; male Pheasant; Blue Tit; Robin heard in willows but not seen.
SC208695 ( feeders) 3 x Blue Tit; 3 x Great Tit; Robin; Coal Tit; male and female Chaffinch; Dunnock scavenging on the ground beneath feeders.
SC209695 9 Woodpigeon flew up and away.
SC210694 5 x Jackdaws on roof of Old School House.
Other:
Tipped off by a note about Celandines on the white board in the hide, I went in search of them and found some at SC209695
Moorhen feeding among the reeds 
just as I was closing down the shutters, this Grey Wagtail flew in 
I had lovely views of it
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| usually I hear Pheasants at Ballachurry more often than I see them |
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| Great Tit near the bird feeders |
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| Coal Tit |
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| Blue Tit |
I counted three altogether
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| Celandine |
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| view across the fallen reeds |
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| usual views of the Dragonfly pond |
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| looking towards the compost area |
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| view from the boardwalk |
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| gorse in flower near the Bowman Bench |
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| usual view of the hide |
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| and from the other direction |
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| view from the hide ramp |
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| through the shutters - wintry trees in the Churchyard |
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| and the new "mudflat" |
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| three leafless Birch trees |
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| in contrast, this Oak has kept its leaves despite Storm Darragh |
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| stream from the bridge - a good flow today |
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| the meadow |
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| a final glance over my shoulder |
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