Your Wildlife Sightings!

Stunning pics Johnie

 

They are a scarce Autumn Passage migrant, mostly seen on coasts but can turn up anywhere with bushes and small trees, a very few winter. The Northern Isles, North and the east coast get the most, but the odd few can be seen in the Glasgow area but Good Friend would be rare there. The Fife coastal sights like Fife Ness are good in the Early Autumn for them with other scarce and rare gems

 

Thanks for the info good friend. I've done a lot of birdwatching in the Fife area. Absolutley stunning part of the country. Elie is a great spot sea-birds and dabblers. We've had many a great day in Fife

 

Thanks Bhoys

 

Beautiful
What's that creature with the spikes and the long snout

 

hmm not sure what one your referring to?

 

I got brief but stunning views of a Beautiful Female Firecrest this morning on my local patch with Ruby Roo

 

I saw a heron getting mobbed by both crows and seagulls this morning over the Hurlet. A big bird that flies fly very slow with heavy wing flaps and long legs trailing behind them. Other birds don't like them because they occasionally take young chicks from their nests.

 

It's on the right hand side next to the clown fish with wee black eyes fascinating looking wee thing

 

Ah that’s a cleaner shrimp, usually found inside the mouths of Moray eels

sample image below.

They clean the parasites, decaying food or old scales from fish. They play an important role in their ecosystem

 

Should have known it was some kind of shrimp by how it looks
Your tanks are beautiful especially the coral you must be so dedicated to be able to manage successful ecosystem in them

 

Junichi fox turning up for breakfast. He's six years old and was born in the garden next door.

 

Beautiful animal Mr Tastic.

 

Yeah, I do love my foxes! They are very cheeky things with different personalities. I normally feed up to 5! At the moment, it's just 2 thank eff!

 

My dad used to feed a family of foxes for months and he loved it then a few of the neighbours complained to him that they were digging up their gardens and he had to stop broke his heart he had name's for them and everything

 

People can be right c*nts at times Sioux.

 

I made a quick visit to Colgagh yesterday morning for a look as i had to drive to Galway and had an hour to kill before leaving, there are a few Whooper Swans on the loch now, there seems to be three or four families with varying amounts of cygnets attached, they were very loud and were constantly bickering, hopefully they'll stay for the winter.

 

A couple from the weekend