photographed a live haggis in the wild?
I've got a shot of a blackpudding with a bike, close enough?
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Wildlife highlight of the day
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Not sure. How wild was the pudding?
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Arr, it had hair that couldn't be tamed, great big wild staring eyes, the most gangly creature you'd ever expect to see... but the bike, never has sand looked quite so... beige.
/(Simpsons) Sea Captain
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I hate you all.
(and if it's dry tomorrow morning I'll have the Cotic at PY - hah!)
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He wanted steak. Could the waitress tell him where it was from? She politely named a butcher of some note.“That’s NOT what I asked,” he said, exasperated. Which herd, he wanted to know.
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http://www.thinkscotland.org/todays-thinking/articles.html?read_full=12051
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Sort-of similar to the Scottish Crossbill is the Fulmar, which up until about 130 years ago used to breed only on St Kilda
I'm sure I've seen Fulmar nesting on Salisbury Crags.
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Yes you have, a few pairs nest there every year.
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This morning I visually confirmed the presence of a nice plump proper woodpigeon in a tree near my window, presumably the same one responsible for the proper pigeon noises I've heard for the past few mornings. Don't know what brings it to Leith.
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Reports of a Goldcrest in our garden. It makes occasional appearances, which is just fab. We've got three conifers at the back which would be a source of attraction, but it's recently taken to feeding on a couple of rosebushes right by the house, giving some lovely clear views through the window (it even jumped up onto the window box at one point).
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We stayed at a friends flat in London last weekend and there was a big pine tree outside the kitchen window which made me wonder but then I dismissed it as I didn't expect much bird life there. Then the next time I walked into the kitchen there was a 'crest standing on the window ledge looking in! Adorable.
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I was quite pleased to get some pictures of Turdus iliacus (or Redwings), they are usually shy and difficult to get close to with a camera.
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You need 500mmm - helps immensely! ;)
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Nice photos of the Redwing, Kim. Funny looking bird in the Arthur's Seat photos though.
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Back to the voting list, surely this story merits an entry for the wee gentlemen in black velvet waistcoats...
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/moles-at-culloden-are-celebrated-by-historians-1-2864454
Fascinating, I never knew that.
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Nice one. Safest place for a mole in Scotland.
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Fulmars used to fascinate me when I was younger. They appear to have a sort of double cannon mounted above the beak, and they also fire out a sticky goop in defence. I'm assuming that the nostrils don't actually fire out the goop, but it was a nice idea.
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It was worthwhile taking the 500mm lens along to PY this morning
Foxy Portrait by blackpuddinonnabike, on FlickrPosted 11 years ago # -
Lowlight, however, was a short walk along the coast in East Lothian and coming across some evidence of the 'Puffin Wreck' (and a Razorbill corpse as well). Poor March weather claiming victims.
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Skylarks in various parts on my ride around East Lothian this morning, especially near Whitecraig. Seemed surprising given the lack of Spring this Spring. Also encountered a hare travelling the opposite way to me near Ormiston.
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Cock pheasants and one hen in Dalmeny Estate. About a dozen curlews in a field just before the turn off to Kirkliston. Some very young lambs in Dalmeny Estate. Highly pregnant ewes, one licking a heap of snow. I wonder if it's been salted and she's licking that?
Beautiful day with views of the snowy hills.
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Some enormous budgies hunting round the Merchents golf course this evening, didn't see them well enough to identify but they were pretty big!
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Budgies? Have wild Parakeets spread this far?
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Well budgie, I think it was an eagle or some other large raptor. Suffice to say I'd not like to keep it in the house...
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Skylarks again this morning (same place) - heard through think layer of insulation - it was about -4!
At the bridge nearest the sea at Musselburgh - three swans aflying. Two came into land below the bridge with a great clattering of feet on water, and one flew over whoosing its wings. Not very mute at all.
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At Musselburgh, snipe, oystercatchers and three avocets which were attracting some attention from local birdwatchers. Avocets were a first time spot for me.
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Great news about the avocets. I'd go to see them but I just know that as soon as I set off they will too !
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I thought that too Charterhall but they've been there for a couple of days now.
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Around Dreghorn Wood this afternoon, several chiffchaffs and a swallow, both my first of the year. A bat flying around at 2pm on my way to Morrison's. A brambling in the garden this morning and a sparrowhawk this afternoon.
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A pleasing sight near Lyne Station today, upwards of 50 swallows and house martins perched on a telegraph wire.
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