Friday, 14 July 2023

Friday 14th July

 A reasonable start to the day gave way to cloud and drizzle by the afternoon.

An odd mix of "stuff" to report tonight:

The bad news comes from Ed Burrell, who did a walk along the shore ta Kilnaughton Bay and found 4 freshly dead adult Razorbills, 2 freshly dead Guillemots and a freshly dead Fulmar. There were also some older remains of a Puffin. Presumably these are most likely to be casualties of the still-present Avian Flu?

On a slightly happier note, Mark Shields, out and about on the RSPB Gruinart reserve, found two of his favourite insects: a large fly called Tachina grossa and a Musk Beetle Aromia moschata.




 

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