Divitwatch changing course

 In line with Cataloguing Cullaloe Divitwatch will now become the place where all things Divit are placed (including potentially Carlingnose). There are some interestnig things there which I don't see elsewhere, so I will begin to place them here. To start with a couple of nice wildflowers that I haven't seen elsewhere - Columbine and Weld. Sweet Cicely is already in see - I didn't even see it in flower!

Mown grass around the harbour

Columbine

Sweet Cicely

Weld

You wait for a bus and then...

... Sedge Warbler and Garden Warbler both show up together. Both new additions to my Divit list, and not only for the year. One of the benefits of spreading the coverage to the south side of the harbour. No Lesser Whitethroat this time though.

I had hoped that Sedge Warbler would show up eventually as a fringe species, but I would never have guessed where. As it happened it was in scrub between the coastal path and the river.

Terns back

Common Terns returned to the Divit this morning with about 10-ish frolicking around and making a din.A handful of Swallows also making their way north, but otherwise pretty quiet.

Nine Magpies means what?

In one tree this morning nine magpies. Also Blackcaps continue to enthusiastically announce their arrival. didn't catch much else of interest about though.

Blackcap, Swallow and mystery bird

Dropped into the Divit for a wee half hour this morning and had a couple of Swallows over. Two Blackcaps were also singing, one either side of the harbour mouth. Both managed to evade the lens, the one from speed and the other from hiding.

Worst 'one that got away' was a passerine which called from the shoreline a bit away from me and then as i approached the source of the sound I heard it calling twice as it passed me. I never set eyes on it. I wondered if it was perhaps a Wheatear, but the call wasn't really there and a flypast Wheatear is usually pretty hard to miss because of th white rump area.

Oystercatcher also added to Cullaloe's list this morning

Swallow darts behind a tree - honest!

Primrose

Hoist

Ringed Plover and Yellowhammer added over the last few days at the Divit, but nothing very exciting