BIRDING..STARS..STONES..SHORE
I hope you enjoy reading my blog. These are just every day tales of birding and related Orkney stuff. With a bit of luck I hope to give a bit of a glimpse into life in the northern isles, I am not what you might call an expert birder. I am quite keen though and am lucky enough to live in a great place that is stuffed full of outstanding history and brimming with natural history. With it’s abundant and diverse flora and fauna on land and sea and great birds that go on year round these islands are a treasure trove of delights. So if you can manage to drag your self’s past my poor grammar hopefully I might give you a small taste of the feast that is living in Orkney..
We, too, seem to be having an early Spring: each day brings a new species, Yellowhammers, Chaffs etc. J thought she saw a Swallow a few days ago, but it's still much too early for them. The Cranes have arrived, however, and can be heard racketting away in the near distance. I'm waiting for the arrival of the Golden Plovers, Canadas and Curlews before I call it Spring proper, though! And the Black Throateds are the sure sign hereabouts!
ReplyDeletewe have the geese going and mipits and skylarks on song. its not dark till half nine and light at some ungodly hour...summers coming!
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