Tuesday 2 December 2008

Tues 2nd Dec

Forgot to mention last night, that the November tally for rainfall was 4", while October was wetter with 5.5". The tally for the year is slightly ahead of last year, so we will have to wait to the end of the year, rather than making any rash predictions!
Yesterday, James had a Golden Eagle up at Ardnave as well as a Kestrel, down on the reserve itself at Gruinart, there was a male Hen Harrier out hunting, while there was a Peregrine on it's prey, a duck! On Loch Gruinart itself, with the tide being out, there were 238 Curlew resting up. In the evening, at home James was greeted with a Barn Owl coming out of one of his sheds.
On to today, and James had the female Hen Harrier out, a Barn Owl at a different location, a Merlin and 33 Red Deer on the reserve. He also had a Canada Goose, which looked like a minima sp. James also noted 9 Blackbirds round at Foreland. JRH
George had been out today as well and had seen a Kestrel, close to where we had seen one last week, and he had seen several Hen Harriers at different locations. GJ
Coming home earlier this evening, we saw a Barn Owl on a fence post beside the road, the sooner this new camera comes the better......

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