Wednesday, April 27, 2022

This is my latest candidate for a white wagtail.




He(?) was foraging ceaselessly along the stony beach in the seaweed or on the grassy area by the pool - where the bogbean flowers are beginning to emerge.


A solitary whooper swan was on Loch Raa, its head and tail stained with orange; I think I've read that this comes from iron in the water where they feed. There were a few faint calls - sounding a bit like the intermittent barking of a small dog.


Other birds: lots of willow warblers and quite a few wheatears (all male); my first lesser black-backed gulls of the year; and my first cuckoo, but heard only. Most concerning - there are still no lapwings back on the fields and the salt-marsh.

// posted by Christine @ 12:07 PM
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