Monday 18 April 2011

seppy may find this difficult to swallow

Ha, Seppy thinks he has put daylight between us, but he was not counting on my laziness in updating da scores on da doors. I've had a bit of a deluge since last I could be bothered to write anything of note on this page. No ozzers, no groppers, no wood warblers to report, but loads of gank. In addition to the rather obvious swallow, there are two noeable bits of news from the patch. There is at least one pair of curlew back in the glen, which is good news considering their fortunes in south Scotland in general. I'll have to get oot there and do a fuller survey to determine actual numbers. The other recent highlight came yesterday while perched on my roof painting our chimney. Much comedy could have come from a slip, but instead it was quip quip, coming from a nuthatch in the wood behind our garden. Second for the patch (first in April 2009). If this is climate change, I look forward to the Cetti's warbler next.

5 comments:

  1. ya pesky gimp! all this not updating of scores has got to stop forthwith! And that goes double for you Hollis!

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  2. any of you cats twitching the kentish plover at tyninghame today? good scotch tick and all that! Hoep it don't turn out to be another german cage-hopper, like de cork wan a couple of years back! Thats gotta hurt!

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  3. and whats an ozzer anyway?

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  4. Ozzer = osprey.

    Kentish is a goodie, and if it hangs aboot I may go tomorrow.

    As I recall, Reg got the Tyningham bird some 15 years ago. Is this correct Reg ?

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  5. KP still there today (tues) per birdguides fella - go fill yer boots!

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