It should be the time of the month when I would normally tell you where the bird nerds will be meeting on this coming Tuesday, but yet again there will not be meeting because of the Coronavirus. As the old saying goes, "better safe than sorry"...
Our son Andrew had a bit of a happening in his garden yesterday...
There was a massive commotion in the garden today with a load of
crows going crazy. I thought they were trying to get starlings or house martins
from the house, but they were all down by the silver birch by Dave’s. Went down
to see what was going on & found this Sparrowhawk wrestling a Magpie. It
eventually killed it. Thought to keep kids away from sight, but Abbie said “but
it’s only doing what needs to for food, and I love predators”. She was
fascinated so learnt her natural history lesson for day....
Andrew Kelly sent me through some birds for the blog.. An interesting day! Highlights for me. Loch side at W end of Tower Plantation: c90 dunlin mixed in with as many ringed plover and c30 curlew. Kestrel on the High Road, Juvenile Sparrowhawk posing nicely if briefly on fence post during circular walk round the Oa reserve Extended Peregrine flypast along cliffs by the monument. Mixed flock of Twite, Linnet and Goldfinch. Some very noisy seals in the bays! 2 Raven. Loch side on Bowmore - Bridgend Road feeding: 50+ Curlew, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 5 Knot, 12 Redshank etc. From shore near Blackrock late afternoon: Red-throated diver flying down loch, 3 Sandwich Terns feeding, 11 Common Scoter, 14 Eider.
Meanwhile George E. Jackson sent through the following earlier on this morning to me....
"3 - 4 Sand martins still hanging around Machir Bay dunes; an imm. Golden Eagle flew along the burn below Rockside this morning and a Wheatear on the Horizons wall this evening. I also get the feeling that there are more Blackbirds about than 2 weeks ago, as I am driving around - possibly young ones dispersing, or have a few arrived already? (See they have had Redwings on N Ron. and Fair Isle)."
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