I will keep it short, about the rain... well, by the time it had stopped we had over an inch of the wet stuff. A steady fall rather than a downpour... the rain and wind have flattened some of the flowers in the seed crop, but can't be helped!!!
James has been away for a few days holiday, a well earned break...Up in the Cairngorms he had seen Crested Tit, Ptarmigan, Wood Pipit, heard some Crossbills and he also had seen a few Red Squirrels. This past week, James and his family had been closer to home, staying in Morvern where they saw both Golden Eagles and White tailed Eagles. Mammals seen included Pine Martens, Otters, Badgers and a few Dolphins.
Yesterday evening, in betwen some of the rain showers, we had a few Goldfinches on the feeders, today after the rain, it was the turn of some Linnets in at the feeders... Another piece of news was that early this afternoon, I went and checked the cctv cameras to notethat the 2 young Swallows were not to be seen!! Checking back on the footage, the first youngster "left" the nest at 8.30 am, looked like it was bumped away by its sibling... Then at 11.15am the second youngster flew away itself.... I thought that possibly I would not see them again... But around 15.30 they were both sitting on the door looking to be fed...
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