Wednesday 30 December 2020

618 Linnets

   
I'm not sure how or if this will work. The photos below were uploaded at full size, but if I display them at that they don't fit. I have though.....
This will be a one of as it's too untidy, but 1430 pixel versions wouldn't show the birds well at all.
The photos were taken for the Corn Bunting Project, just one problem, no Corn Buntings on this farm's wild bird cover yet.



Believe me, there are 618 Linnets in this photo




I know for sure as I counted them




















Soon, "not a leg to stand on"


It's a sad state of affairs when people can't retain or pick up litter, especially when wildlife is around. The photos below are only the tip of a very large iceberg. I've seen many birds entangled, some missing legs or feet, seals with plastic cutting deeply into their flesh and many birds dead in netting. All of this from the society that thought it was great to engage with wildlife in 2020!

I'll have a look through my photos to see if I've kept any of the previous birds and animals in the same distress.



Great Black-backed Gull with anglers fishing line wrapped around both legs, already severing the right leg and most likely it will lose both legs!


It can't or doesn't want to put its foot down, a double amputee at less than a year old will soon be its fate. This gull was seen at Arbroath Harbour and only 25 metres from the Turnstone in my last post which had lost a foot.



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