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a rare sunny moment on Wednesday
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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
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Moorhen feeding among the reeds
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just as I was closing down the shutters, this Grey Wagtail flew in
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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
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I counted three altogether
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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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( and Darragh is Manx Gaelic for Oak!)
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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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As I left the reserve a Magpie flew down by the Noticeboard but I failed to get a good photo.
And finally...........
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