Monday 23 July 2018

Monday 23rd July

Another day with the mist rolling in from the sea quite often, but late afternoon, the weather improved with a nice quiet evening outside at present..
Earlier on, with better visibility at one time, I counted 38 House Sparrows on the barbed wire fence just in from the Millet seed feeder.. Later on while sitting out in the hut with 2 visiting birders from Edinburgh,  all of a sudden all the birds took off and there were no birds to be heard singing away, the reason?? A Sparrowhawk was flying past.. Earlier on the 2 birders had seen a ringtail Hen Harrier fly along the front of the crag. Yesterday, while walking along the 3 Distilleries path, between Port Ellen and Ardbeg, at one point, they had seen 2 Goldcrest.
Before I forget, the feathers that were on the blog the other night were from a juvenile Cuckoo, or rather what remained of it... Thanks to Bob for sharing the feathers with us!!!

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