A dull day so decided on a local walk from Portpatrick.
A Jackdaw and Gulls on the sea wall.
Along on the coast path Fulmars were squabbling on the cliffs
The sun was trying to come out!
Stonechat on post
Dunskey Castle
Craigoch Burn…
Time for Pooh Sticks from the bridge!
Looking back towards Dunskey Castle
On the way home…
Whoopers in the flooded fields at the end of our road.
Our first Bullfinch caught in the garden, a beautiful male!
Male Blackbird
Dunnock
Male House Sparrow
Greenfinch
Robin
Lesser Redpoll
Wren
All these birds are ringed by ringers with BTO licences, there welfare being of the utmost importance.
To find out more about the BTO and its bird ringing, please go to:
http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ringing/ringing-scheme
Should you find a bird with a ring on it, please report it to:
A cold damp day so we headed for the new hide at the Galloway Red Deer Range off The Queens Way. We hadn’t been to the hide before but its a great place to watch the deer when the weather isn’t great. We did find though that when it stopped raining and we went outside the deer came in even closer thinking we may have food.
The rain had stopped so we decided on a walk
Palnure Burn
Lush moss
The Queens Way
In memory of Alexander Murray
The the window
Murrays Cottage
Bridge over the Palnure Burn
