tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post8544293395937758758..comments2024-03-28T10:30:16.701+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: What? No Garganey?!Gavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-91860694997110206502022-03-24T09:10:25.143+00:002022-03-24T09:10:25.143+00:00Raven is a terrific garden bird to have. Ring-neck...Raven is a terrific garden bird to have. Ring-necked Parakeets, not so much. They are getting a toe-hold in one or two spots down here. The thin end of an unwelcome wedge I suspect... Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-50088376869778296112022-03-23T17:59:15.088+00:002022-03-23T17:59:15.088+00:00Waiting for a Raven to fly over my place Gav. Plen...Waiting for a Raven to fly over my place Gav. Plenty of Red Kites though. Two pairs and a single passing in the space of ten minutes from my front window while watching the telly.<br />Masses of Parakeets too. Neighbour reports them trying out a hole in his soffit boards. <br />He won't need an alarm clock if those start calling from the nest!Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-38580946619917458022022-03-22T09:26:36.224+00:002022-03-22T09:26:36.224+00:00I think I am, Dave. Need to up my game somehow. Or...I think I am, Dave. Need to up my game somehow. Or start lying! 😄 Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-8557396087586367812022-03-22T09:24:33.773+00:002022-03-22T09:24:33.773+00:00At least the Wheatears can be relied upon, Seth. A...At least the Wheatears can be relied upon, Seth. All the other nice-to-haves are just too fickle! 😄<br /><br />I recently listened to a nocmig recording of Garganey, from Spain I think. Amazing sound! Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-68277044396007811682022-03-22T09:00:58.675+00:002022-03-22T09:00:58.675+00:00Are you losing your touch Gav? A couple of years a...Are you losing your touch Gav? A couple of years ago you were regularly pulling rarities out of your hat, and Garganey would have been sat on you shoulders :o)<br /><br />It's never an even spread is it.Dave Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259482046178828401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-8266642297520824962022-03-21T22:57:43.831+00:002022-03-21T22:57:43.831+00:00I reckon you'll get Garganey on your nocmig ki...I reckon you'll get Garganey on your nocmig kit before you see one :) <br /><br />I'm eagerly awaiting my own first Wheatear of the year (there's been 7 reported elsewhere on Skye this week). Two Killer Whales swam past the top of Skye yesterday, then turned south which means they would have been swimming past me early pm. They were picked up at a headland south of me late pm, still heading south. I swear I'll jam into them one of these days, but for now I'll keep waiting for that first Wheatear flicking through the rocks on the shore. Won't be long!Gibsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699055561230102061noreply@blogger.com