I'm not doing a post-mortem of the LG 2019 season.
Here's to a colourful, action-packed off-season - but the cam needs repositioning and cleaning. MIKE ??? !!! ;-D
03 September!
As KORKY may have retired in despair (I nearly did myself!), here is An Animal's Guide to Britain.
(Originally posted by IAN and reposted by KORKY here with comments )
IMAGICAT
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A Crestie was first and last yesterday, and first this morning - the snowy perch didn't bother it:
No fewer birds today, tho a hogging squirrel made for a slow start. For quite a while I thought the Blue Tits were missing but plenty turned up later.
Our mottled Great Tit was back:
And then a Coal Tit similarly but more mildly "afflicted":
Lots of Crestie appearances, this one was a nice strong colour:
Several humans too, dunno what this chap thought he was playing at :-/
A Coat Tit was last in tonight.
Snow's fading. Squirrel isn't
(c) RSPB Loch Garten
One...
....two
There were definitely fewer birds today, as far as I've got.
First in was a squirrel - this wasn't the first in but it was the first to show its face, very fuzzy tho:
Pretty:
Plenty Cresties today, I wasn't going to snap any but this one arrived at a very bright moment:
I expect these rectangles have been here forever and I just haven't registered them - how/when/why? Did someone put mats down before the snow? Are there rectangles of under-floor heating? ;) Unfortunately my feeder cam history is deleted and saved snaps are all crops.
Top and bottom
Yesterday. What a dapper fellow, but has he been overshadowed by yet another experimental frame? ;)
This morning, no Crestie, only squirrels for half an hour!
Poor little Coal Tit kept having to give up waiting:
At one stage the squirrel had to tend its arm:
Then it was this GSW who kept the little birds away:
That's a pre-made frame, and if you look at the corners you can see it makes no better job of it than I do with my dashed lines ;)
EDIT: Omitted the pot-bellied Crestie:
All the Tits were here today, plus Chaffinch, but no newbies. Last at the feeder were 4 Coalies!