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#Meiklewood #Gargunnock
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“Sure, I’ll give you a lift to the airport” I said…
… “what time is your flight?”
“So leave at 6am? OK.”
“No, the flight is at 6am”
Oh.
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That’s a wonderful morning.
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#DawnChorus (3.47am*); Blackcaps, Cuckoos, Flycatchers and others could actually be heard before the Up-To-No-Good Jackdaws woke-up and went straight into their usual squabbles.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#Meiklewood
(*yes, that is a very early wake-up, but worth it)
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The other “MCG”, #Meiklewood #Cricket Ground looking good - especially popular with the #hares - with the #wildflower & bird plot greening up after the recent (welcome) rain.
Gargunnock Village Cricket Club.
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🎯… absolutely right; the upside of an early summer storm.
#FlowerPower #Peonies
#Meiklewood
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Started with a Redstart for #FirstBirdOfMyDay with a lovely crew.
One bird who has been missing for a few days are the Flycatchers - it may just be my timing of “listening”, may be the noisy jackdaws (fledglings all over the place) or perhaps they’re “busy”.
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Can sum that up quickly:
Pheasants….. Too Many.
Red Legged Partridge…. Too Many.
Too often it is so obviously completely out of scale with the holding capacity of an area which creates all sorts of follow-on issues.
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Looking v healthy Steve 👍
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Look at the colour of that sandbar… framed by “Caribbean” skies. 👏
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Mand Sartins, Swillows and Mouse Hartins (didn’t see the Swafts, but they may have flown higher) flying at buttercup / grass height among the Cattle & Calves when doing the morning “check” walk (livestock are all fine… more that the fence posts are still OK from some serious bottom-itch-rubbing).
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My bug with the RSPB is that it gets public money… and I am sure does plenty of counts on the many reserves… but don’t release it to the public.
That doesn’t seem right.
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The @gwct.org.uk does release data on bird counts through its #BigFarmlandBirdCount (BFBC) initiative.
This annual survey provides a snapshot of bird populations on British farmland. The results are released annually since it started.
The Moorland Association also releases data on counts.
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Yep - agreed Steve. Now then, back to getting RSPB to release their counts data…
Keep well.
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… a debate which I fear is actually taking us all away from what really and truly should be the most important factor; the outcome for numbers of Ground Nesting Birds on moorland areas.
We need to focus on what is working and with real urgency, support it.
(NB. I don’t own a grouse moor)
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Your point is a good one though - random releases of Red-legged partridges on edges of moors, really shouldn’t be the plan to make up for low Grouse numbers (just seems to attract a large amount of corvids / predators… which end up going after the GNBs).
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That’s clearly an important issue and I also detest the release of way too many game birds, esp. in lowland shoots.
However you can’t “farm & release” Grouse; hence the focus on creating an environment that is good for all Ground Nesting Birds. GNB counts on managed moors are up (& wildfires ⬇️).
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#TACOtastic
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What seemed to be an exceedingly loud Chiffchaff was trying to be the lead Soprano of the chorus this morning. Could still hear it over the up-to-no-good jackdaws. Then when there was a bit of peace I could hear the Goldcrests & Siskins…
…but they were rare moments of quiet. #FirstBirdOfMyDay
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The bloke shouting over the system at the IPL would drive you mad (and deaf) if you were at the stadium for the final; over-excitement levels are off the scale.
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Ahem, Brigit, they are of course “mastershalums”, as we were all corrected by #WinnieThePooh …
… Piglet had thought, for some unknown reason, that they were, “nasturtiums”. 🤷♂️
(🤣, agreed, a lovely painting by Leah)
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House Martins whizzing past me at head height in the #WalledGarden as they take insects… flying low with imminent showers.
Woodpeckers getting into the bark of the apple trees (suggests a bit of disease in a couple branches) - they disturbed a pair of nesting Collared Doves
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👍 “Butterfly Bushes” … amazing for pollinators.
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5.10am is not early enough for the true #DawnChorus these days, but the #FirstBirdOfMyDay Choir were in pretty good voice. Song Thrushes were the lead sopranos…
… and yet again they were my #LastBirdOfMyDay last night.
They sure do have some energy.
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Quack Quack … mother duck trying to get her ducklings to behave (looks like trying to herd cats) and “come along now”… they are chasing Mayflies as they lift off the River .
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
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… saw some clouds Richard … but no rain at Stirling.
Thank goodness for the River Forth and the morning dews.
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Costa del Stirling has been glorious this Spring & early Summer. Has been the best year for Bees, Bumblebees and insects for a very long time.
(Pretty sure that the heavy dews we are getting, thanks in part to the River Forth, have helped… anyway, whatever the reasons, it is v encouraging)
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💚 “Delight” of Goldfinches.
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Beautiful 💚
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Sir, a corrupt crazed lunatic.
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Hills are alive with the sound of Music!
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Give Nature a chance … 👍
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Look at that beauty ! Wonderful.
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#CostaDelStirling - thankfully still getting morning mist and a decent dew which helps everyone. Lovely Goldcrest for #FirstBirdOfMyDay ; lovely to see the Flycatchers.
Biggest drama is that the Hooded Crows have turned up to raid the Rook & Jackdaw nests (and I am sure others)😔
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Perfectly ready for last night’s #FlowerMoon , the May #NewMoon .
Wonderful collection Brigit - which the #bees will be loving.
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It has been the best Spring and early Summer for pollinators here for years (lots of insect watering patches needed and having the River Forth helps). 🙏