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Lots of bird activity along the motorway between Glasgow and Dumfries today. Lots of Rooks flapping around their nests, at least one Buzzard and two Kestrels showing well - oh, and five Rabbits in a roadside field. Blossom appearing on quite a few hedgerow trees.
News from the web is that a pair of Nuthatches have taken up residence at Dalzell park in Motherwell. The dramatic range extension exhibited by this species over the past decade must be linked to climate change but no-one seems to have worked out the details. Makes me wonder how we can think we understand complex ecosystems abroad when we don't even understand one of our most familiar birds at home.
2 Comments:
I love the nuthatches! Which type do you have there?
Hi rurality,
the Nuthatch we have here is the one I think you call the Wood Nuthatch (Sitta europea). It used to be a very occasional visitor to Scotland, but in the last 10 years it has started breeding all over the south of the country. There are some really good photographs of the species at http://stevenround-birdphotography.com/Nuthatch.htm
Best wishes
Wellchoughed
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