Still just the one Puffin at Auchmithie, perhaps the early one from the start of the month. A single Chiffchaff was my only migrant, seen with a Dunnock and Wrens low down in the gully.
The day before these photos were taken I had raised the issue of kayakers flushing nesting birds from the cliffs. I had in mind the commercial and public groups, but even just two kayakers scared the auks off their nest ledges, not once but twice when going north then south. Education and voluntary restraint might work, but as we've seen with the shooting estates it doesn't work if only some follow the guidelines......and how to we get then across.
Recent photos have been saved in my editing software at the wrong settings after an update. Photos were compressed instead of saved as lossless. I might fix the photos if they don't go back too far, Doh!
Puffin - Billy no mates!
Puffin - Billy no mates!
Here's how Google's new AI tool Bard summarised this blog post, apparently from the post title. It's still at the experimental stage, and as expected it's not perfect, but it wrote a decent poem for Olive!
"Appearance: The Chiffchaff is a small, olive-green bird with a white supercilium (eye-stripe).
Habitat: Chiffchaffs are found in a variety of habitats, including woodlands, forests, and gardens.
Behavior: Chiffchaffs are active birds that flit about in the trees. They are insect eaters and their song is a two-note "chiff-chaff".
The Chiffchaff is a beautiful and cheerful bird that is a welcome sight in the spring. If you are lucky enough to hear its song, take a moment to appreciate this special visitor."
Chiffchaff, Castlesea Gulley, Auchmithie
Dunnock
Kittiwake
Kittiwakes
Razorbill
Shag
All of of the Auks were flushed
Yellowhammer in my garden when I got home, one of six
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