Peregrine watch closed but story is not over yet…
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The peregrine watch site has now closed for the season. Unfortunately, it has been a repeat of last years story; with the falcon laying only one egg (normally 3-4) in …
Everything but peregrine chicks
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We’ve had everything but peregrine chicks at the watch site today. From blue tit chicks calling in the nest box, a recently fledged wren on the shed roof and baby …
End of an era?
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A visitor at the peregrine watch site yesterday asked if it is the end of a dynasty for the Falls of Clyde pair? Although it is looking likely that the …
What bird sounds like a football rattle?
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What I love about Scottish weather is that it can be absolutely bucketing it down in the morning and then gloriously sunny in the afternoon. This evening I am sitting …
White and furry with black spots… Any guesses?
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Last week I came into work at 7am to go check our moth trap that we had set the night before. The morning was glorious so we sat out with …
Displays without delay
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As mentioned in the previous blog, the peregrines are wasting no time in restarting their courtship behaviour and have been nest scraping at least 3 possible new nest sites. The …
Have you ever seen this ‘little fool’?
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At the weekend I was lucky enough to see not one but five dotterel! These birds are not commonly seen but as I was climbing my 7th and 8th Munros …
Abandoned egg
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The falcon eventually returned at 9:30pm on Friday evening, the tiercel had given up having waited for her to return all day. She had abandoned the egg. Frustratingly but not …
Pull the otter one!
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On Sunday afternoon I was up at the peregrine watch site and a young couple came up to me and asked a very useful question. ‘What wildlife other than peregrines …
The beginning of the end
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Yesterday I took a short sunny walk from the peregrine watch site towards Bonnington Linn and was rewarded with a great view of a common sandpiper bobbing away on the …