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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pam_m" data-source="post: 1827762" data-attributes="member: 18672">7th May.RSPB Mersehead today after a restful day the previous day.lol!! Intending to do the shorter Nature trail we set off and ended up on the Coastal trail!!! How I do not know, it had been a long, long week.lol!! Nevertheless it was a great walk, the skylarks were singing, the views were super and a Brown Hare was spotted in a field! The tide was well out so it was very quiet on the return walk back to the reserve with just the sound of the Skylarks singing as we made our way back. Common Whitethroat were a delight to see as they sang and flitted around in the Brambles along the strip of broadleaf woodland, Rooks were vocal also Chiffchaff. Highlight species seen from the hides were Lapwing, Little Egret, Heron, Oystercatcher, Moorhen, a lone Barnacle Goose and Wigeon. A surprise bird was a male Marsh Harrier hunting over the reeds beds and being continually mobbed by a Carrion Crow, great views were had of it from the Bruaich Hide! I was well pleased with this sighting, so too was the volounteer warden at the Visitor Centre! Speaking to two couples who later came into the hide, they told me that they had seen an Osprey on the nest at Threave Castle the previous day!!! We had been to the Gardens but..oh well, win some, lose some! I was still chuffed with the splendid Marsh Harrier views! Yellowhammer plus the usual species were on the feeders viewed from inside the Visitor Centre and Little Grebes were also seen on the small pool beyond the feeders. RSPB Mersehead is a super reserve, well worth another visit in the future.</blockquote>

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