Céanndhubahn
Nifty Wee Nuthatch
[Sitta europaea]
I think this is a young male (more ruddy around the flanks).
He's been flitting in and out of The Pixies for the last couple of months but I've never been able to catch him...This is not a great photo but I was happy to see him on the gate post, this afternoon, and he waited just long enough for my excited clicks.
At The Pixies
SW Scotland
The Pixies is our name for the area where our track crosses The Burn. It is situated about seventy feet down from the natural lie of the land and is heavily wooded with hazel, oak, rowan, sycamore, birch, ash, elder, alder, blackthorn and hawthorn trees.
The wildlife, here, is quite diverse and I've often spotted roe and red deer, grey squirrels, hares, badgers, buzzards, goshawks, merlins, wood pigeon, collared doves, owls, curlews, pine martern, otters, common lizards, pipistrel and Leisler’s bats, among others. The Burn has an array of wee fish (no idea what they are...)
We have always thought of this area as being enchanted, hence the name, The Pixies, who may or may not live here... I recently set up a 'bird-feeding station' (less grand than it sounds) here, as it is about a mile, northwest and about five or six hundred feet lower than my house. I don't want my cats to intrude upon the lives or habits of the wee birdies!
Nifty Wee Nuthatch
[Sitta europaea]
I think this is a young male (more ruddy around the flanks).
He's been flitting in and out of The Pixies for the last couple of months but I've never been able to catch him...This is not a great photo but I was happy to see him on the gate post, this afternoon, and he waited just long enough for my excited clicks.
At The Pixies
SW Scotland
The Pixies is our name for the area where our track crosses The Burn. It is situated about seventy feet down from the natural lie of the land and is heavily wooded with hazel, oak, rowan, sycamore, birch, ash, elder, alder, blackthorn and hawthorn trees.
The wildlife, here, is quite diverse and I've often spotted roe and red deer, grey squirrels, hares, badgers, buzzards, goshawks, merlins, wood pigeon, collared doves, owls, curlews, pine martern, otters, common lizards, pipistrel and Leisler’s bats, among others. The Burn has an array of wee fish (no idea what they are...)
We have always thought of this area as being enchanted, hence the name, The Pixies, who may or may not live here... I recently set up a 'bird-feeding station' (less grand than it sounds) here, as it is about a mile, northwest and about five or six hundred feet lower than my house. I don't want my cats to intrude upon the lives or habits of the wee birdies!