Digiscoping
I am no great videographer but I have seen some lovely birds this summer and have obtained snippets of footage. Of course, the scope is never set up when the osprey is about but you can never have too many twite and curlew videos. 0:00 /0:08 1× 0:
Stonechats and tree pipits
Enjoyable few days birding in Aberdeenshire- brushing up on my warbler ID as well as a WeBS, woodland bird survey and some nest detecting. A few firsts for me too plus a couple of seals- as someone who doesn’t get to the sea very often I find seals quite
Great Crested Newts
Fabulous day at Culzean Castle learning about GCN identification and surveying. Beautiful weather too. After a classroom session on newt ID, we went out to the education pond to complete a habitat suitability index (HSI) study and for a demonstration on netting. The HSI was very good on this pond,
More badgers
I am persevering with the trail cam and our local badgers although its quite a tricky spot and I am probably a bit too paranoid about my trail cam going missing! Lots of signs roundabout and I've produced a survey map below-obviously setts and identifying features have not