Eric & Lesley's Wildlife Blog

Ravens Calling

30/9/2015

The tip off from a friend that a local hill was frequented by some 'friendly' Ravens was enough to tempt us up. He had warned us that the climb had a steep start, but not that it was a steep hike the whole way up! We made it to the summit though, noticing that we were managing a similar pace to others climbing despite being twice their age and carrying our heavy camera kit! making us feel slightly better. We saw very few birds on the way up, and none when we initially reached the top. But after about 20 mins of 'why did we do this?' some Ravens did indeed fly over to investigate. They were very entertaining, calling and checking around for scraps, then obligingly came down quite close to us.

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Red Alert

17/9/2015

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Its time to prepare for winter by gathering food, at least if you are a Squirrel. I have at least three Squirrels taking food in front of me and caching it for harder times. Mostly they don't even pause for as much as a hello, except if there's another Squirrel in which case they spiral around the nearest tree chattering away. Soon their ear tufts will develop further but they are still high in the cuteness stakes as my picture hopefully shows.

I am lucky to have them close to home where I can enjoy their antics.

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The Purple Heather Ablaze

2/9/2015

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At the moment most of the local wildlife activity is at the coast where birds are migrating south to escape our winter. Yet to arrive are the, very welcome, winter visitors. A visit to the coast gave us good views of a selection of waders such as Ringed Plover, Sanderling and Knot, some looking quite red. Some of these will remain during winter.
On a different day I set off in the other direction to see if I could get a picture of a Red Grouse with a typical backdrop for this time of year - the flowering heather. With a bit of effort I managed my objective. It a backdrop that peaks in intensity during August.

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Ravens Calling

Red Alert

The Purple Heather Ablaze

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