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Wildlife highlight of the day
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That is like air dried ham, man. Crow be on the up.
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If anyone has a fiver spare to help the ravens to continue to keep an eye on our bikes...
It really shouldn't be necessary for Scottish Natural Heritage to be taken to court, but that's where we are.
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The swan family had returned to their nest at the Wester Hailes Lagoon as I passed by this evening. The adult swan couple that had been hanging around in that vicinity were further west along the canal. The Kingsknowe Rat was scuttling away from the lagoon under the nearby bridge, presumably having just welcomed the swan family back.
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Close miss from a low flying Swan on the way home. Must have been going to Straiton pond. Shortly afterwards a small black bunny crossed the path. Wish my granny was still alive to infer my fortune from that.
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Some good action on Craiglockhart Pond last night as the swan family, a duck family, miscellaneous other ducks, including a pair of tufted ducks, a couple of moorhens and a coot competed for the remnants of some food that had been deposited in the water mere moments before we arrived. The swan family dominated until the cygnets lost interest and drifted away into the middle of the pond, leaving it up to the ducks to fight for the rest. The ducklings were ranging quite far from their mother and kept being harrassed by the adult ducks, which led to some surprisingly loud cheeping noises and impressive underwater escapes. At one point the two moorhens had a bit of a stand-off against one another; the coot flew in from quite some distance to break up this altercation for no obvious reason. After everything had died down, the tufted ducks swam over and dove for the missed morsels. Meanwhile, the swan family had moved under some hanging vegetation which one of the adults repeatedly reached up to grab, pull down and then release, causing any loose bits of leaves to fall onto the water for the cygnets. Too early for bats.
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Beauty of a sleek brown deer on WoL path ce soir
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Fabulous at hovering, but what is it?
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Kestrel?
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Does look more feathery than a kestrel but they win all hovering competitions.
In other news some very noisy magpies have moved in next door. Their crrrrrak calls sounding out day and night. Lots of chasing of crows Etc.
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All on Sunday;
Red kites chasing crows from their nest site
Sparrowhawk chased by a starling
Peregrine prowling
Ospreys feeding an eel to their chicks
Innumerable buzzards soaring
Kestrel hoveringWe had bicycled to see the ospreys,the rest just turned up anyway.
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Gladhouse?
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The canal swan family appeared to have yet to take to the water and were lurking in the grass of the plastic animal and hot tub garden. After passing under Gogar Station Road Bridge, I spotted a couple of large swans aheads, which I assumed was the adult couple that had been hanging around Wester Hailes recently, only to then realise that they had a number of relatively small cygnets in tow... Tall reeds prevented me getting a good look in passing. I should have stopped to get a better look and count them in retrospect. I assume that they must have originated from further west.
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@frenchy, 'IWRATS - Boat of Garten?
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I'm pleased/relieved to see that the swans at Heriot-Watt have finally had their eggs hatch in the last few days. I spotted two cygnets on the water of The Loch with one parent and at least one cygnet in the nest on the island along with the other parent.
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@Frenchy, @gembo
A secret place that was featured on the BBC's four part Scotland's Wild Heart documentary voiced by Ewan Macgregor. Less than a mile from the tourist Mecca of Loch Ness but very little traveled.
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The new canal swan family were swimming at Wester Hailes. I counted six cygnets. The original canal swan family were in the undergrowth of the plastic animal and hot tub garden again. I assume that they must have been out for a swim during the day.
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Also a bright green flying spider. About the size of a garden pea, lime green. I am not making this up.
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8 swallows.
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A beaver - it was transporting a stick.
A snapping turtle the size of a tray - it'd have your hand off if you got too close.
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@Iwrats cucumber spider?
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“
A new report from the Mammal Society puts the Scottish wildcat and red squirrel among the most threatened animals in the UK.
A total of nine of Scotland’s mammals have been categorised as critical, endangered or vulnerable. A further six are listed as near-threatened.
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Canal family of 6 half-grown cygnets and parent sunning themselves at the non-water edge of towpath at Harrison Park.
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Underparts!
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I like the way the male sparrowhawk is a last minute fancy dress kingfisher.
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I was cycling home last night at at 1 am and a badger walked out just missed it
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Tiny victory: first sea eagle chick hatched in Hoy for 145 years.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1505015086292484&id=208351565958849
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A (single parent) family of otters, 1 + 3. They came amazingly close. Awesome.
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