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Monday Bird of the Week No.48 – Snipe
If you like your birds small, round, with an extravagant bill and beautiful plumage, then this weeks’ Monday Bird of the Week is for you. It is the Snipe.
30 Days Wild – Day 25 – ‘Ane wounderful crag…’
Day 25 was a packed day. But we’ll start with Tantallon Castle and something great and white on the horizon…
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Tagged 30 Days Wild, bass rock, birds, eider, eider duckling, gannet, merganser, oystercatcher, tantallon castle
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30 Days Wild – Day 24 – Water of Leith
For Day 24 I went looking for Dippers along the Water of Leith outside Edinburgh. Once again, I found something other than what I was looking for…
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Tagged 30 Days Wild, birds, flycatcher, spotted flycatcher
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30 Days Wild – Day 19 – Meadow
There is a small wildflower meadow a minute outside my office, but I never go and walk in it. I’m always drawn to the lake. For Day 19, I changed that.
Posted in 30 Days Wild, Birds, Botany, Invertebrates
Tagged birds, butterflies, heat, meadow, meaow brown, ringlet, skipper, wildflowers, woodland
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Monday Bird of the Week No.47 – Mute Swan
This week is the last in our run of common urban birds, but it’s a big and dramatic example, and part of a group that has always capture our imaginations. It’s the Mute Swan.
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Tagged birds, birds of the week, break arm, mute swan, swan
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30 Days Wild – Day 13 – End of an era
30 Days Wild can be a joyous thing. But today, my moment is a sad one. Because a fixture of our home and garden has been lost forever…
Monday Bird of the Week No.46 – Goosander
Another duck for bird of the week today, but whereas last week it was something very classically duck-like, this week it’s a sleek fish-eating machine. The Goosander.
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Tagged Bird of the Week, birds, ducks, goosander, merganser, sawbills, waterfowl
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30 Days Wild – Day 9 – Fat Cake
A day off after the General Election, but after staying up all night I was pretty inactive. The same cannot be said for the local Blue Tits.
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Tagged 30 Days Wild, bird food, birds, blue tit, fledgling
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30 Days Wild – Day 5 – Street Gang
Sorry, miserable weather has led to a very brief moment today. Waiting for some people this evening I spotted this gang of teens menacing the tourists. Swagger and attitude. An air of threat as they sauntered up to me and … Continue reading
Monday Bird of the Week No.45 – Tufted Duck
How many people have a favourite duck? Growing up there was one always enjoyed seeing, even as it seemed to become more common. It’s our Bird of the Week today, the Tufted Duck.
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Tagged Bird of the Week, birds, ducks, tufted duck, waterfowl
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