I had a very unusual start of my day yesterday ,1 peregrine falcon seen while still lying in my bed :king:,the night before my day off I always keep my curtains open the reason being if the weathers looking good it always gives me that extra lift to get out and about,when I gazed over from my bed yesterday it looked quite grey,i lay in my bed cursing the incorrect weathermen, shortly after this there was a flurry of panicking feral pigeons flying in all directions in front of my window , a very dark peregrine then
casually flew past (certainly not hunting) heading towards camperdown park,i later checked coxs stack but no birds seen,i spent some time at riverside nature park intending on heading on checking the glens ,heading up the kingsway one of my ball joint started playing up,then it was local only,i checked the lundie cragg area, the local kestrels have not been seen for a while,a good number of swallows were flying around the farm,whitethroat numbers here are certainly increasing,chiffchaffs/bluetits/yellowhammers/wren were just behind the farm, on the craggs 2 adult ravens were flying with 2 very large juvs,meadow pipits and skylarks were seen and heard all along the top area,only 1 red grouse seen plus 2 linnets drinking out of a stream, at the far end of the crags is an area called loch long,i have always said this area is underecorded especialy in the winter months,
from the top of the hill I could make out 11 mutes including 1 adult with 8 cygnets, an osprey flew over here (first one I have seen here)and I watched it fly over and go down at piper dam,other birds seen house martins/ jackdaws/carrion crows/coal tits with juvs/heron/bombarding buzzards/ surprise bird was a calling tawny owl at 4.30 pm
