"Also small chicken sized black birds, looked a bit like grouse"
Black grouse?
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Wildlife highlight of the day
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Posted 13 years ago #
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black grouse , are they quite common ? never seen one before, but easier in the snow !
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black grouse much less common than the red, but they are native to those parts. Won't be ptarmigan as they'll be largely white at this time of year.
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Sorry to deveate from the thread subject but whenever I see this perculate up the threads I can't help but hear the tune from TV Burp's 'TV Highlight of The Week...'
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Damb I've just sent it ot the top again....Posted 13 years ago # -
more thread deviation, how do i insert pics on my posts ?
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[img]http://www.internet.co.uk/a_folder/imagename.jpg[/img]Posted 13 years ago # -
Lapwing, outside Balerno where the Glenbrook road junction is.
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again ,not edinburgh ,but Glesgae, junction off M77, siverburn,deer, 3 off ,seen them many times, on grass verge on opposite side of motorway from the super retail experience !Am presently sitting on the A77, just north of Maybole, layby,watching what appears to be an otter ! not 100% sure, might be a rat ! its in the vegetation next to a burn,typicaly have no camera, its in my cycling rucksack, I got lift today as going oot this eve.nope deffo no ratty, will try an use phone camera, its very nervous ! Its gone scootling up the bank, sometimes I hate work but not today !
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splitshift - if you put your photos on flickr you can get code there that you can paste straight into the reply space.
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put photos on flicker ?????? ok, I will work on that,need to get account set upn all that. Almost sure it was an otter, black,brown, tail deffo not rat,hugging the ground,quit skittish, size of a small cat.
loads more deer in Glasgow,towards Newton Mearns,basking in evening sunshine, either side of M77 !Posted 13 years ago # -
Had a Kestrel fly over the courtyard yesterday (Behind Fountainpark by the bypass) while I was out looking at the Great Tits. Had a few unknowns too. Very much Nightingale like but not sure if you get them here.
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First lambs that I have seen of the year - up by Soutra.
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Skylark singing at the top of the climb from Middleton up to Blackhope on B7007 / NCN1 en route for Innerleithen. A lot of grouse cackling in the valley below and beyond.
Flushed out a big grey bird from the side of the road on A703 heading home, carrying something large in its talons for dinner. Probably a buzzard but didn't get a great look as I was concentrating on racing the rain home.
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Kaputnik - you must have been on the same roads as me - but didn't see you. The skylarks are very uplifting
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was carrying a few, *cough*, "passengers" :) probably there about 1130?
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"passengers"
Bricks??
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'Just' a Mallard - first time I've visited Straiton Pond for ages.Posted 13 years ago # -
I was up there in the early afternoon
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Not sure if this counts, but there was a frog sitting just outside my garage up-and-over door this evening when I got back from my ride. Luckily I didn't wheel the bike over it before I saw it. Seemed not to mind me, it just stared impassively until I shut the door.
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kaputnik, were you one of the cyclists I saw coming down the Granites towards Edinburgh? One guy waiting on three others.
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I don't think that would have been us, we came bback on A703 and I wasn't doing any more waiting at that point :/
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Partridge pair near Whitecraig this am.
Also lovely whiff on Innocent as ramsons/garlic has been trimmed.
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Skylark and yellow hammer near Whitecraig - giving a very summery feel.
Goosander pair squeezed into the burn in Bingham
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As I sat on the rock by the Innocent today I was treated to Gold, Green and Chaf Finches; Blue, Great, Coal and Long-Tailed Tits; a Robin; Mallard ducks; Crows; Woodpigeons; a probable Wren flitting about in a bush in front of me; and Rabbits.
Amir, you may well have cycled past me!
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I passed though at roughly 7:45 plus or minus 10 mins. I did see someone by the tunnel looking suspicious but not very hipster
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Ah, I was about ten minutes behind you. :)
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Buzzard, Kestrel, lots of butterflies and a bumble bee. :-)
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bumble bee
definite highlight. I might lounge around the meadows this afternoon. Hope I see one too.
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We've had a couple in our garden :P
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First of the year (for me).
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