kawwauser
Well-known member
i had an hour and a half walkaround in the searing heat today,at the 2 ponds beside the toilet block i found the first pond bone dry,this is usually deep water,the second pond had water in it and goldfinches were having a drink,i was trying to get a pic of them when an egret flew over,the egret was quite low and looked like it was landing,i only managed to get 1 pic of it i recently reset my camera settings and forgot to change the one shot to continous shot ,from looking at my camera pic i couldnt see yellow on the legs i sent stonefaction a pic from the back of my camera to get his opinion he noticed that the legs were a bit paler looking and now checking the pic on my computer i can see this myself,i went looking for the egret at the hide area and around invergowrie but couldn,t locate it,a shellduck with 8 large juvs had appeared on the pipe when i was away,the adult was kept busy keeping the carrion crows in check,lapwings were also feeding,around at the lochan the moorhens have 4 chicks and 2 lssb gulls had there eyes on them but were chased off by the adult moorhens,a single stockdove was also here,the heat has certainly affected the smaller birds today 2 weeks ago there was bird calls everywhere and feeding activity throughout the park today virtually nothing,the magpies were showing well as usual this year a pair built a very low nest at the car park earlier in the year,i was able to watch the nest building from a very early start to the nest being built right up to 2 birds fledging without leaving the car