Another overcast but just about dry day. A light wind from NE to NW.
South shore (Malcolm)
Osprey 1 was milling around some distance out from No.1 outflow at 09:30 this morning. Then it came in to rest on the same post, at the end of No.2 outflow, as yesterday.
No fish today, it was just waiting for the tide to ebb a little further. The gulls weren't so tolerant today.
Unlike yesterday, after avoiding the gulls, the Osprey set off high and purposeful to the NW, where presumably young await.
The thought occurred, that if this is the same bird as yesterday, and it does appear to be, perhaps it had already taken one fish to its family then returned to catch another for itself to eat yesterday. It would explain why it just let what was still a sizeable fish drop into the sea.
The blue ring on its right leg clearly visible, but illegible |
Mediterranean gull just 4 adults seen today.
Rock Pipit on Red Nab |
Peregrine Falcon 2
Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)
A quick evening check of the two main pond, found the wildfowl unchanged other that the Tufted duck wasn't seen.
This is the female Gadwall with her two young having a dabble.
There were two lots of two Little Grebe chicks, and at least two adults bringing them food, despite the fact the chicks are capable of feeding themselves now. Whatever it was they were being given was tiny, perhaps it was just a lesson in alternative food items (Song Thrush and the other grebes in the background).