On Thursday night I got a message on my telephone asking me the time of the summer solstice. I was able to tell them that it would be 5.39pm BST on Sunday 21 June, which of course is today. Amazing to think that the sun has reached its most northerly point for 2015 and it will be moving south as from today.
The person who rang me was not the person who wanted the information but they did so on the grounds that I was likely to be able to supply an immediate answer. They were genuinely surprised to learn that the summer solstice could take place from 20th to 22nd June (19 June in 2488 but none of us are likely to be alive by then).
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The remarkable thing was that the next day (Friday 19 June) I ran into the person who wanted this information on three separate occasions even though I rarely meet them. Coincidence eh?
Then as I came to write this another quite strange coincidence happened. Last year as many of you will know there was a great osprey saga in Nelson Canada. The day before yesterday a chick was hatched on the the Nelson nest.
Now someone pointed out that this chick was hatched on the death of Nelson. Immediately I thought ....never Nelson died at Trafalgar on 21st October. Maybe they are thinking of Waterloo (18 June)
But of course they were talking of dear old Nelson the osprey who died on 19 June 2014.
So why so many coincidences? I guess that is because we only got 366 dates and then things repeat themselves.
So how long before Odin and EJ start to chase the sun south? I would say 60 days at maximum, just over 8 weeks.
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Wendy have you any idea as to when we may hear more about Breagha?
Birdies LG DU update.
No info as yet...
Thank you for your on-the-spot reports, WENDYB, much appreciated! Sorry it's not a nicer day for you today.
IMAGICAT
It's really raining now.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
I'll be in and out for a while. I'll try to keep up :)
Not much to report, still an empty nest, and camperson not moving camera around so maybe they have gone fishing!
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Oh! Just going to say cam's on the move (siskin on nut feeder) but back on the empty nest now
About ten-fifteen minutes ago (I've put the washing out on the line!) cam briefly moved to the bird feeding with possibly a greenfinch on the nuts - but it could have been a siskin.... it was a brief glimpse.
Good morning Scylla, Moffer, Mary, Mike and Wendy. Thank you Tiger for starting off the day. Hope you have a lovely day at Minsmere, Limpy. It's great to get your on-the-spot feedback Wendy, particularly when the cam is focused on an empty nest.
So we seen to have a dreich day at LG, with 100 per cent likelihood of rain, according to Mary's forecast. Hmmm. And with my headphones on I can hear continuous sound of rain. I can't imagine we will see much of our lovely two in this weather.
Edit: I started this post before dealing with the washing and without refreshing, and I see you caught the bird on the feeder, Moffer! IDd as siskin!
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Rather nice colours despite the rain
but it would benefit from the sun's rays!
Going back looking for a pic of the Siskin's head, I found this split second shot of Odin in the camera tree. Very bad pic, but the only one we have so far today.