Link to July 2023 thread
July proved to be a less nail-biting month than June. Brodie re-appeared early on the 1st and delivered fish (including flounder) to the nest every day bar 1 thereafter, with a record count of 7 on the 21st. Asha also fished and delivered a salmon on the 3rd, as well as quite a few sticks, not least one to replace the sticky-up stick on the nest that got removed on ringing day - 12th July. We have 2 boys, as only 7% of those surveyed had predicted. 2C5 (oldest) became Sid (Vicious) and 2C4 (youngest) is Harry (Nilsson). We had some cracking snaps particularly from the PTZ camera, a 2am fish, self-feeding started, and wing-flapping and helicoptering. Bets are on for a fledge or two very early in August. Sid is 58 days and Harry 56 days on the 1st of August
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
I have been checking the Facebook page, I hoped to find something there when CLARE asked about an "end-of-season" report, I thought I'd seen something a few weeks ago but couldn't find it... but you can imagine how I had to bite my tongue when I saw this:
Cairngorm Rangers
Today's meeting is all themed around collaboration and communication...
IMAGICAT
scylla said:Today's meeting is all themed around collaboration and communication...
Jesus Christ ...... words fail me.
This should cheer everyone up for a minute or two... I want them to be a surprise so dare not do snaps nor allow one to show in the thumbnail:
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Then in the afternoon, another 2 birdies within seconds of each other:
Those were the last birdies I saw for the day will 23:30.
Clare Bailey said: Lovely to see the crestie on the first - not sure of the second bird on that.
The 2nd one is a treecreeper