After a few wild, wet and chilly days the weather seems to have finally warmed a little. Crested Tits are now getting down to nesting, once they have laid becoming quite tricky to find as they become largely silent and quite skulking until feeding young.
Caper are still lekking, but it won't be long before they have done their stuff, hopefully mated with the hens and nesting begins. After this, the males begin a moult and skulk off to some quiet part of the forest to shed their feathers and recover from a season's lek activity. Fingers crossed June will be dry to allow a decent rate of chick survival this year, they desperately need the boost.
The next two weeks see peak migration in the Highlands, with waders streaming through heading north and a push of passerines also heading on further. The best time for any rarity to turn up so here's hoping. Spring gathering today in Nethybridge, lucky we've got a beautiful day for it. This year I won't be buying a parrot, but that's a long story......
Caper are still lekking, but it won't be long before they have done their stuff, hopefully mated with the hens and nesting begins. After this, the males begin a moult and skulk off to some quiet part of the forest to shed their feathers and recover from a season's lek activity. Fingers crossed June will be dry to allow a decent rate of chick survival this year, they desperately need the boost.
The next two weeks see peak migration in the Highlands, with waders streaming through heading north and a push of passerines also heading on further. The best time for any rarity to turn up so here's hoping. Spring gathering today in Nethybridge, lucky we've got a beautiful day for it. This year I won't be buying a parrot, but that's a long story......
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