I'm fairly sure I saw 4 swifts over Mortonhall this morning, but was too far away to be certain.
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Posted 1 day ago #
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From Craigmillar Castle then on to Mortonhall...they're coming my way!
(Lots of swallows and martins at Kailzie gardens today - and more squished insects on my windscreen when I got home than I've seen on a long time.)
Posted 20 hours ago # -
I noticed the large number of squished insects as I drove up to Edinburgh today (actually thought it was raining at one point) in my wide and long car after a week away that turned into four weeks at my parents' house due to them both getting COVID for the first time in relay (but not from me fortunately, and I somehow got away without getting it again). Sadly I also saw four squashed badgers between Broughton and Penicuik.
Posted 18 hours ago # -
Back on topic again, I did see swifts in Preston (although should this be in the swift thread?) as well as The Kingsknowe Rat swimming across the Lancaster Canal. Also lots of bats around dusk on the local lark and at least one tawny owl.
Posted 18 hours ago # -
I have heard that the swans at Boroughmuir have cygnets, but I didn't see any as I passed this morning - presumably they were asleep or maybe not yet all hatched in the nest under one of the parents. However, I did see a family of maybe seven cygnets out of the water on the far side of the canal at the turning area prior to Gogar Station Road. I assume that they are likely to have been the family from the nest in the Wester Hailes lagoon.
Posted 3 hours ago #
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