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  1. ciel
    Sunrise 16.08.2017
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    Nice shot, knocker. You've caught a good pose there. Oddly enough, around 60mins ago, I was pottering in the barn when I noticed a GT flapping against the garage window. With some encouragement from me ! he eventually found the rafters and an escape route under the eaves. I don't know where he appeared from as I have not seen one of these in the garden since late spring.
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    Poor cat. You should invest in one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sourcing4U-The-Executioner-Pro-Fly-Swat-Wasp-Bug-Mosquito-Swatter-Zapper/112488524265?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3Dedcf558905c24af387389ea3127bd418%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D12%26rkt%3D30%26sd%3D132252087857&_trksid=p2385738.c100677.m4598 I have had a recent housefly invasion. This implement is effective, and without human (or pet) inhalation or ingestion issues.
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    A relatively mild day, as the forecast predicted, with sunshine and showers. 20C this afternoon. Little wind. View over Strathmore this afternoon.
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    Note: This is an EU funded project. Good news about the number of Hen Harrier chicks around. However, I hope we don't start to hear a trickle of sad reports about these tagged birds going missing over the coming months/years.. https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/record-number-of-hen-harriers-fitted-with-satellite-tags-in-scotland/?utm_source=ScotAug17&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ScotAug17
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    The red patch on its head is normal in young Moorhen chicks. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/photo/common-moorhen-with-chicks-wakodahatchee-high-res-stock-photography/123535731
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    I thought the swallow pair had abandoned hope of rearing a brood this year – but I discovered a new nest the other day, complete with chicks. Autumn migration is now well underway. As well as the young Willow Warbler, below, white throats and spotted fly-catchers are also on the move.
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    These two, and a few of their mates, had me flummoxed until i viewed the pics. Juvenile Goldfinches(I think)
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    Wall-to-wall sunshine today. Temp during the afternoon 20C, now 16C, with a persistent gusty breeze which took the edge off the warmth. Cleared the disease ridden potato patch today, and lifted quite a usable, if small, crop. Whatever has affected the shaws has not damaged the tubers - such as there were. Achy back now, so off for a soak in the tub and a glass of red.
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    A nice photo BL. They do tend to flit about. It's in the winter I tend to see them when they visit the feeders in small argumentative groups.
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    Blue skies this morning, a cool 10C but feels humid. No wind to speak of. Will it stay dry today?....probably not. The potato patch has been decimated by blight.
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    The butterfly count is quite concerning this year, worse than 2016. However, on a better day last week I spotted three Small Tortoiseshells, two Red Admirals and several of the ubiquitous whites, but zero Peacocks or Painted Ladies, among the more common species that frequent the garden at this time of year. I have recorded a nil count on several days recently. Bees and hoverflies also are scarce, locally anyway. Two pics from last week:
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    The link below was contained in the link you posted above. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/jun/05/urban-herons-amsterdam-in-pictures Puts our urban gull invasion in perspective.
  14. ciel
    A very tranquil pleasant scene, knocker.
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    Dull, warm and showery here so sounds similar. I'm generally one of the first to stand up for birds but gulls are vermin. Herring and the large black-backed ones, that is - the smaller and/or less common ones are no problem. I could rant about the big ones at length. Pretty much the same goes for crows. And foxes, and badgers now according to NL.... Some would add pine martens, rats, otters and red deer to the list. and sika and roe deer, muntjac in parts of England. Elephants in parts of Africa. Ok, stop now, HC. Is it not our human impact that causes these problems? I have seen a Peregrine taking action in Union Square a few years ago. Nae ranting, but I'm all for the re-introduction of natural predators.
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    Aberdeen felt quite warm, mainly overcast and humid this morning. During a ten minutes or so sitting on a bench in Union Square while waiting for a return train, I watched a mob of five Herring gulls swoop on a poor woman who emerged from the shopping centre carrying a sandwich. One managed to steal the the said sandwich from her hand and quite a kerfuffle followed. The woman appeared genuinely scared. I passed through a heavy, large rain-drop shower, on the way home from Montrose, later, and could see a few such similar showers to the north, over the hills.
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    The most notable feature of the weather today is a very gusty sou'westerly - as I recently discovered when attempting to fix a sheet to the washing line with a zillion pegs. Apart from that, there have been extended sunny spells, but occasionally threatening rain. Temp a rather disappointing 17C. All in all not great.
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    Enjoyed the sequence showing the search dogs at work. On the subject of biting insects, this junior hedgehog from yesterday, was having a spot of bother.
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    A similar situation here,md. Although earlier in the year there were nesting birds in the garden - gathering food etc - the first swallow brood failed and generally there appears to be a dearth of both swallows and martins. I've only noticed a few juvenile sparrows around, not the usual selection of finches and thrushes. Butterflies, bees, hoverflies also are scarce, locally, at least. My main common purple-flowered buddleia bush is just starting to flower, but it was pruned very late (May). Anyway, today is cloudy for the most part, temp 16C currently, with a cool SW breeze. I went on a wild goose chase (work) to the Inverurie/Monymusk area this morning and noticed the car indicated a temp of 19C during one of a few sunny intervals!
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    Another fairly miserable weather day. Rain, grey skies and a stiff ENE breeze this morning. This drookit woodpecker sought some shelter on the SW side of the telephone pole. He clung on there for at least 30mins. The sun did make a brief (very) appearance in the afternoon. Back to grey skies now, but at least the wind has dropped.
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    A couple of pics from this afternoon's sojourn up Glen Esk. Ghost Sand martin, but at least it was caught on camera. Couple of Red Grouse One of the most striking observations today was the vibrancy of the heather just now.
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    The chicks have hatched at one nest, with another two broods on the point of hatching. https://www.birdguides.com/news/bee-eaters-hatch-young-in-nottinghamshire/
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    Climate change impacts on UK biodiversity: declining moths and increasing aphids https://www.bto.org/science/latest-research/climate-change-impacts-uk-biodiversity-declining-moths-and-increasing-aphids?dm_i=IG4,51LE7,39HKIK,J9PJW,1
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    One beautiful warm day here. Wall to wall sunshine, still 20+C and the annoying wind of earlier has dropped. It's funny that in Scotland, ( for me anyway), one proper summer's day can wipe out all the former weather blues. It's the first day this summer I have been out and about without wearing a cardy.
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    As it was quite warm today,with some sunny spells and just a slight breeze, I went on a butterfly hunt around the garden and the neighbouring field edge. Not a single butterfly was found, only a very few wild bees. This year seems even worse than the previous for such bees and insects, I have only spotted a handful of white butterflies so far and none of the more common species. The field-edge was bonny, though.
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