We saw a pair of adults dabchicks feeding 3 very young chicks earlier this week. This evening one adult fishing and feeding a chick, another adult, with a chick peeping out from its feathers, on a nest.
Tag: fauna
Walk around Kilpatrick muir this afternoon. Warm sunny, blue skys, lots of butterflies: small heath; green veined whites; orange tips, orange not identified. Red Kite flying above the moor, 1st I’ve seen here.
#SilentSunday
Ardinning this afternoon, first cuckoo I’ve heard this year and the first nuthatch I’ve ever seen. Very blurry photo:
A warm evening. Mallard chick on Bingham pond.
At the far side of the forth & Clyde Canal. Quite often see foxes sleeping along the canal in the sun.
Wood Pigeons in Ivy
Fox hunting in the long grass, late afternoon on the edge of the Kilpatrick Braes.
Quite a few redwings in Victoria Park this morning. Didn’t get a good photo.
I’ve seen kingfishers on the Kelvin several times over the years, but today we watched this wee guy fishing across the river catching a few wee fish. So beautiful, thrilling.