We wandered round Arthur's Seat today. The sky was very grey but it didn't rain and in fact the gorse and cow parsley look particularly pretty against such a dark sky.....
There were plenty of birds around, we enjoyed watching this kestrel hover for a while and Crafty Green Boyfriend took several photos including this one
We didn't see it catch any prey! We were delighted to see the first cygnets on the little loch (again photo by Crafty Green Boyfriend)
There were lots of birds singing, including
willow warbler,
whitethroat,
wren,
chiffchaff,
blackcap and
song thrush.
I also took some photos of
St Margaret's Well, which you can see on my Shapeshifting Green blog.
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9 comments:
just beautiful scenes.
A busy, busy time for birds! My birder friend told me mid-May was what birders here wish would never go away!!!
Thanks Texwis!
Rabbits Guy, here it's mid May and late August (which is when all the passage migrants stop down at Musselburgh)
Looks like it was a great outing. Cygnets--love them. Don't see any here, but here are plenty of Canada goose goslings.
Hi Juliet,
Must have been a lovely day out and love the swan and the cute little cygnets.
Happy Sunday
Carolyn
Lovely cygnets!
Love the songs the birds sing this time of year.
The cygnets are so sweet... the whole scene is magical, looks as if it were lifted from the pages of a fairy tale!
What beautiful photos! Loved the one with the kestrel. Cracking. Thanks.
Greetings from London.
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