On Saturday, Knowes Farm was thick with House Sparrows as usual, minimum 120 around the shop and cottages, and conceivably double that number in the neighbourhood. A quick seawatch off Dunbar for an hour from 16:15hrs produced just two Arctic Skuas and 4 Manx, all N.
En route home a gathering of gulls in stubble by Redcoll Lodge held at least one ad-win Med Gull (this is 1.5 miles from the coast).
Sunday round WeBS - this young Kestrel (juv male) was catching insects on Drem airfield; East Fenton held a juv Little Grebe, proving they can fly while still stripey; a Painted Lady (top) there the first I'd seen this year; no show from last month's Mandarin at East Fortune, and the Mutes have clearly failed yet again (at least 6 yrs in a row) despite
their massive stick nest!
On Saturday, Knowes Farm was thick with House Sparrows as usual, minimum 120 around the shop and cottages, and conceivably double that number in the neighbourhood. A quick seawatch off Dunbar for an hour from 16:15hrs produced just two Arctic Skuas and 4 Manx, all N. En route home a gathering of gulls in stubble by Redcoll Lodge held at least one ad-win Med Gull (this is 1.5 miles from the coast).
Sunday round WeBS - this young Kestrel (juv male) was catching insects on Drem airfield; East Fenton held a juv Little Grebe, proving they can fly while still stripey; a Painted Lady (top) there the first I'd seen this year; no show from last month's Mandarin at East Fortune, and the Mutes have clearly failed yet again (at least 6 yrs in a row) despite their massive stick nest!
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