Interesting follow up to last week's post in that I posted a photo of the leaf on the
Dumfries and Galloway Wildlife and Birding Facebook group, a great forum where people are posting pictures of all sorts of things they have seen about the place - notably some fascinating insects recently.
Someone thought my leaf was an aspen rather than an alder, which did not quite tally with my observations of the trunk and structure. Then there was another suggestion of black poplar and on consulting again the Book of Trees, that appears to be spot on.
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A bit of a quiet week this week. Mainly concentrated on improving my Chris Froome imitation during the Wednesday bike ride, but did manage to see half a dozen red kites between Dalbeattie and Haugh of Urr, flying low and very visible next to a field where a farmer was harvesting grass. What might they have been looking for? Mice? On the way to Crocketford there was also a single red
admiral.
On Friday went to visit the Housesteads roman fort. The area was notable for its lack of birds, especially birds of prey but there were a couple of cute baby swallows above the shop entrance, waiting to be fed.
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