Easter weekend weather has been very changeable indeed, we've had rain, high winds and snow! On Friday we did have a lovely walk by Blackford Pond and through the Hermitage of Braid. It's lovely to see so many flowers in bloom, including Marsh Marigolds at Blackford Pond
and Wood Anemones alongside the Braid Burn
We were busily making lists of all the birds we saw, to take part in the
BTO (British Trust for Ornithology)'s
Birds in Greenspaces project. This project is running through the summer, asking people to share their observations of birds in urban greenspaces, such as parks, cemeteries and local nature reserves. We saw plenty of birds on Blackford Pond including
Mallards,
Tufted Ducks and
Little Grebes (also known as Dabchicks). In the Hermitage alongside the Braid Burn we saw and heard several species including
Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Goldcrest,
Long Tailed Tits and
Chiffchaffs. I've now added all our sightings to the Birds in Greenspaces website and look forward to cintinuing with the project throughout the summer. Anyone in the UK can join in!
4 comments:
We have both of those out locally! Lovely to see you have them too
Hello,
It is fun to keep a list of the birds you see on your walks.
The flowers are beautiful.
Take care, have a great day and happy week ahead.
The BTO project sounds very worthwhile. We are busy on our Butterfly Conservation surveys, David doing mainly the general one and as in previous years, I am doing mainly the Garden one. Always such a joy to see the first Brimstone of the year. And today ... our first Bee-fly of 2026, which I'm guessing is quite late. Thank you, CGP, for your kind comment on my Minsmere adder and water vole post. But I find it so sad to see all the trauma and devastation to the surroundings caused by infrastructure for the new power station...
Hi Simon, thanks for commenting.
Elaine, I agree, i enjoy making the lists.
Caroline, we saw our first bee-fly a couple of weeks ago, which felt quite early. It must be very sad to see all the devasation of the construction for the new power station. Particularly somewhere as special as Minsmere.
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