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    Killer whales in Strait of Gibraltar

    15 metre long yacht sunk near Morocco after being struck by Orca. The sailors were rescued by a passing tanker. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/yacht-sinks-after-latest-incident-involving-orcas-in-strait-of-gibraltar
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    Western Scotland birding

    Good trip to Lochwinnoch today. I think this is the first trip there this year it's not been raining. It was overcast, but it was quite warm and it stayed dry all day. My target species was Garganey which had turned up yesterday. My luck was in and the drake gave excellent views. I don't think...
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    Western Scotland birding

    I say my first hirundines of the year on 14 April (mentioned in a post above) but it was just a few of each. Today it was a mixed flock of several hundred so it sounds like they've really started to arrive now. Hopefully more will turn up where you are in the next few days. One of my favourite...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Hopefully yours will turn up. They built artificial nests for them at Lochwinnoch but the birds never used them, preferring natural riverbanks nearby.
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    Western Scotland birding

    I went to Lochwinnoch today. An unplanned visit. When I left home it was grey but dry, but at Lochwinnoch it was just constant heavy drizzle. This along with it being a Monday meant the reserve was really quiet, but the birds didn't appear to be too bothered by the weather. On the scrape I saw...
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    Mallorca 2024

    Do you ever cover Menorca in this thread? I started reading the Master and Commander books and the first one starts in Mahon where a character gets excited at seeing a Hoopoe. I'd like to visit sometime, perhaps by ferry from Barcelona.
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    Western Scotland birding

    I had five Mute Swans flying over my flat this morning. Not the most exciting sighting in the world, but it was the first time I'd seen them here. They were flying towards a park that has a pond in it, but the park isn't exactly on my doorstep. Heard them before I saw them! It was like seeing a...
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    Western Scotland birding

    Largs is usually a good spot for Black Guillemots. Pretty much guaranteed actually. Just take a walk along the waterfront and you should see some eventually.
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    Western Scotland birding

    Hogganfield Loch today. Saw the two Arctic Terns that have been there for a few days. Really pleased to see these as I missed them last year as they hadn't nested on the Isle of May which I rely on for an annual sighting. Other firsts for year include a mixed flock of House Martins and Sand...
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    Western Scotland birding

    I went to Irvine today. When I left home it was overcast and it looked like it would rain, but it actually hadn't rained for the full trip there - until we got to Irvine! It rained lightly on and off but it was very windy and stormy and the sea was looking really rough. I don't go to the coast...
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    Western Scotland birding

    It was fun watching the Mallards and Goosanders on the Kelvin. The water was really high and flowing really fast, and the birds would fly upriver, then they'd come down on to the water and then let the current carry them downriver. Probably a good way of conserving energy.
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    Western Scotland birding

    I was up the West End of Glasgow today to visit a bookshop but I walked through Kelvingrove Park before heading home. Usual parkland birds, but highlights were my first Dipper of the year and one of the Peregrines that nest in the tower of the Gilbert Scott Building at Glasgow University.
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    Western Isles questions

    Hopefully there will be more stability getting to various islands when the new ferries are in service. I think there's one going through trials now with others due to launch very soon. Unfortunately there's been a lot of strain put on the ferries over the past year or so with stripped back, and...
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    Disturbance of birds by drones

    I've seen footage of large raptors attacking drones too as I'm assuming they see them as a rival.
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    Disturbance of birds by drones

    On a short visit to the Isle of Cumbrae today, an island that has very light vehicular traffic and is popular with walkers and cyclists on its quiet-ish roads, it provides relative peace and quiet for the birds around the shore. But today on my way back to the ferry I heard a buzzing noise and...
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