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phal May 2019 12:51pm, 27 May 2019 2,438 posts	Quote Pin phal Curlew 😍😍😍 To my great surprise, there was a male Mandarin Duck on the Wedge pond this morning 😀😀😉 allegedly it was there yesterday too.... I wonder if there’s a female hiding in a tree somewhere???! The other ducks weren’t too fussed by it’s fancy clothes.
flanker May 2019 1:06pm, 27 May 2019 18,285 posts	Quote Pin flanker You'd have thought it could go somewhere more scenic for it's bank holiday weekend away
Derby Tup May 2019 5:52pm, 28 May 2019 31,654 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup A little owl was perched on a telegraph cable this morning near Slippery Ford. I drove right under it without it moving. Also seen on today’s hospital commute swift, goldfinch, pied wag, mipit, grey wag, house martin, chaffinch and lapwing
jacdaw May 2019 6:00pm, 28 May 2019 2,395 posts	Quote Pin jacdaw I heard a cuckoo from the garden this afternoon. Don't think I have ever heard one from the house before.
alpenrose May 2019 10:23pm, 28 May 2019 39,508 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose I heard a cuckoo when I was in bed at 4.45 this morning. I don't think I've heard one from this house before.
Northern Exile May 2019 4:45pm, 29 May 2019 5,088 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Saw a few ptarmigan today, a solitary male on the approach to Ben Lawers and then a male and female on the bealach before An Stuc 🙂
Derby Tup May 2019 4:54pm, 29 May 2019 31,691 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Nice spots NE And there was me excited to see a pair of nuthatch earlier today and lots of mipit on Penistone inc several carrying food
Northern Exile May 2019 5:51pm, 29 May 2019 5,089 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Also saw lots of mipet today. In terms of wildlife it's been quite exciting. I can't be sure, but we might have spotted a wildcat the other day. I know the odds are against it, but it was definitely a cat of sorts.
Northern Exile May 2019 3:20pm, 30 May 2019 5,092 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile I've been doing a bit of research and have come to the conclusion that the cat we saw the other day must have been a domestic animal. It was late at night and halfway down Glen Orchy, it darted across the road in full view, but this is not wildcat territory. It had a very full tail and a tabby appearance, big too. There were a few domestic dwellings about three miles away, so I have to conclude it belongs there.
Derby Tup May 2019 3:23pm, 30 May 2019 31,716 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup I * think * there are feral cats plus poss hybrid wild / domestic or feral animals too NE

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