Thanks all! Sarum Bat, I had the same trouble with Wrens until this little chap. s/he just roars at me, if you can say a Wren roars! Very brave little thing and I am in debt to it!
John
For viewing or photography right place right time is everything. I'd rather be in the right place with poor kit than have the best kit and be in the wrong place.
SB - I get that with a lot of birds!
John - wonderful photos. I'd never have guessed you would be going back though..... ☺☺☺
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
Its a dirty job! But I will try to force myself to do it. :-) thanks Squirrel.
Stunning photos of the hen harrier! I still haven't seen her yet but I'll be at the reserve next week so maybe I'll be lucky!
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For those of you wanting to get 'shots' (photographic of course) of hen harrier, Kinnordy is the place to try at the moment. Three were seen on Thursday, and then 2 for most of the rest of the day. Two were around yesterday as well, probably roosting on site.
If you hang around til dusk there are a couple of thousand starlings roosting in the reeds to the left of the Gullery hide.
First Whoopers came in yesterday, but went off again.
LoK local For those of you wanting to get 'shots' (photographic of course) of hen harrier, Kinnordy is the place to try at the moment. Three were seen on Thursday, and then 2 for most of the rest of the day. Two were around yesterday as well, probably roosting on site. If you hang around til dusk there are a couple of thousand starlings roosting in the reeds to the left of the Gullery hide. First Whoopers came in yesterday, but went off again.
Great to hear! I might stop off there on Saturday see if I get to see them!
A fantastic morning at Kinnordy this morning. I a little before dawn just to check what is roosting at the moment. No sign of any geese on the loch, but I as I went into the Gullery hide I could here the starlings all chattering as they waited for the sun to come up a little.
A sudden silence made me look a little higher than the reeds, and was rewarded with the sight of a male peregrine flying over, he had a quick look over the various bits of reedbed, then headed off in the direction he'd come from.
The chattering resumed and my attention reverted to the ducks, in particular picking out the shovelers around the place and counting the raft of goldeneye making it's way into the centre of the loch.
A second silence brought my eyes back to the starling roost in time to see the birds explode out of the reeds and swirl in confusion as a ring tail hen harrier ploughed straight through the clouds of emerging birds. There must have been 2 000 or so starlings! I didn't see the hen harrier take anything, but a scream emitted from out of sight makes me think she found breakfast without too much trouble.
Bittern was reported yesterday (Sun) again too. Seen around 9am.
Sounds wonderful! I am definitely going to have to give up work!!!
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