A hot week was followed, at least on the coast, by a downpour of biblical proportions and the usual haar brought by
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| Arctic Terns at Inches Point this evening |
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| Sandwich Tern, Cransdale Head |
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| Reed Bunting, Logie Buchan |
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| Skylark, Kirkton |
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| Swallow , Kirkton |
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| Mute Swan, Logie Buchcn |
the SE winds.
Local birding variety is provided by the variety of breeding birds on show and the increasing numbers of fledged juveniles. Notable features of this years crop are the number of breeding Lesser Redpolls locally (used to be a scarcity on the patch at any time) , the high numbers of Yellowhammer in and around the village and the gradually recovering Stonechat population.
More unusual today were 2 Whooper swans in front of Waulkmill hide this morning.
