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    Minor geomagnetic activity. Aurora may be visible by eye from Scotland and may be visible by camera from Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland. Viewing aurora requires clear, dark skies away from light pollution. To monitor current activity see http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ Issued 2016-08-21 15:40 UTC (16:40 BST) by AuroraWatch UK using SAMNET CRK2 data from Crooktree,
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    Still loads of warblers passing through on migration. With no great certainty the below (same bird) is a Common Whitethroat, probably in moult.
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    Siskin it is. Ta Nouska, I see the differential ID now.
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    Another youngster, but not sure if it is a Greenfinch or a Siskin. I think Greenfinch but a friend, more knowledgeable than I am, thinks Siskin. Oh, and I discovered a second Swallow nest full of nestlings in the barn.
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    Hope I’m not continuing to take the thread too off topic, but heather burning is another controversial issue in respect of the maintenance of grouse moors. The grouse shooting industry should be treated, in my view, no differently from other industries which have the capacity to degrade the environment and should be subject to proper controls. (oct 2015, Lower Glen Lethnot)
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    That is really bad news, Knocker. There was an item regarding this on the R4 Today programme this morning.. I'm not anti all types of shooting for sport. The red deer population, for example does need to be controlled, but wish driven grouse moors could be banned.
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    The Buddleia is flowering now, but I spotted just a solitary Small Tortoiseshell this afternoon. On examining the photo below, I think it has a lesion on its back? There were numerous bees and other flying insects on the plant. There was, however, a garden first this morning – a Stoat scarpered across the grass and disappeared under the hedge.
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    Looking forward to a week's respite on the Outer Hebrides. I love that drowned landscape and the wide sandy beaches. It may rain or whatever, it will still be nice.
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    Looking forward to a week's respite on the Outer Hebrides. I love that drowned landscape and the wide sandy beaches. It may rain or whatever, it will still be nice.
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    I was minded (well half minded) to do some grass cutting yesterday but finally decided against, as the garden was heaving with little froglets. It is an annual event, but I don’t know where they come from or where they go. The nearest water is a wee burn about 500m away at its nearest point to the garden, but it is usually quite fast flowing. Next month I expect a procession of toadlets.
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    Little chance of clear skies here.
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    Images added to a gallery album owned by ciel in Non-weather related photos

    Barn Swallow
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    Swallow fledgling

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    Newly fledged Barn Swallow
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    Fledged today, but just two in the brood.
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    The bald Blackbird is still around and appears to be doing quite well. He had a good feed on rosehips this afternoon, followed by a rootle among the bark.
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    http://www.bigbutterflycount.org It takes 15mins
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    You should submit a count, Pete. I'm afraid our buddleias were pruned back late in the season this year and it will be a couple of weeks yet until they flower.
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    Autumn migration of the visiting summer breeding birds has started, here anyway. For the past few days I have noticed an influx of warblers in the garden- mainly Willows. When I took this pic, there were at least five other Willow Warblers around plus two other warblers which I was not able to identify. The birds and the weeds seem to like this puddle.
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    I submitted my butterfly count last weekend and received an email this afternoon containing the information noted below. "Dear xxxxx Thanks to your help, more than 20,000 counts have been submitted to this year’s Big Butterfly Count so far. But one of our favourite garden butterflies, the Small Tortoiseshell, has been seen in unusually small numbers. Could you count again and help us find those Small Tortoiseshells in your neighbourhood? The more counts you complete the more information we have to protect our butterflies in the future. This summer counts have come in from back gardens, inner-city parks, local woodlands and even family bike rides. If you can, please try and find 15 minutes to complete another count. The Big Butterfly Count ends this Sunday and all sightings must be submitted by the end of August. We're counting on your help to secure the future for butterflies. Count again" For anyone who is interested, there is still time to submit a first count to Butterfly Conservation.. http://www.bigbutterflycount.org
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    Who encourages them? It is us folk who have provided fine breeding locations and sources of food.
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    I'm being serious here. Private individuals, local authorities and those privateers who look after landfill sites should take more responsibility for the reasons that urban gulls are on the increase. I don't blame the gulls.
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    That is my least favourite day. I don't look forward to the long hours of darkness. I dislike waiting until almost 10am for reasonable daylight, only to be robbed of it by 3pm. The most hopeful days of the year for me are those that follow 22nd Dec. (apart from Christmas) When I worked shifts during the first ten years of my working life, for night shift the ideal scenario for me was to leave home and return in bright daylight., I still love waking up and looking out to a bright light morning.
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    Gulls can be controlled under certain conditions by individual or general licence. http://www.rspb.org.uk/makeahomeforwildlife/advice/gardening/unwantedvisitors/gulls/urbangulls.aspx Maybe us humans should also consider more carefully the manner in which we dispose of the waste food on which these gulls thrive.
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    Yes, GF, I think it is a juvenile. As your link indicates the problem could be linked to stress, but also could be due to feather mite infestation. The white skin on the head darkens with exposure to the air. Either way, as long as the bird does not become too debilitated it should regrow the feathers. I posted a pic, taken last week, of my bird - its on the previous page of this thread. In both photos, his feathers were fluffed out while he was sunbathing.
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    My resident bald Blackbird taking the sun in his favourite spot. His condition seems to be neither better nor worse, with no obvious signs of systemic illness, and so I remain hopeful that he will recover.
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