Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Wednesday 5th January

A brighter day – lighter winds and only occasional light rain-showers between sunshine, but still quite cool at about 6C.

James How saw the 1Y Iceland Gull at Blackrock – that area south towards Bruichladdich seems to be its favourite patch.

I saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker in woodland around Loch Skerrols. The loch itself had much lower numbers of wildfowl present and nothing of note was seen in fairly poor light.

Looking ahead to spring, I’ve made some bird nest-boxes out of spare timber (some with round holes for tits, others open-fronted for robins). They are going free to good homes, so do let me know via the blog or WhatsApp (or by phone if you have my number) if you’d like any.

(Peter Roberts) 

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