I travelled through to Musselburgh Lagoons by bus on the 18th and managed 56 bird species including Little Gull, though no photographs.
Since then most of the time has been spent indoors trying to avoid the heat! And it is not just me that's finding things a wee bit too hot; check out this Blackbird photographed in our garden ...
We also had the annual swarming of ants which took place over two days in our estate ...
...... and they attracted hundreds of gulls and corvids circling in the sky and also landing in gardens ....
Lesser Black-backed Gulls hoover up ants
I have also spent the late evenings walking around our garden with a torch looking for moths - goodness knows what my neighbours think I'm doing. I have found a few, with last night's pair being the most interesting, so far ...
Pair of Large Yellow Underwing's mating!
On the birding front, yesterday (25 July 2014) I managed a quick visit to Hogganfield Park LNR and Cardowan Moss LNR before arriving at Frankfield Loch.
At Hogganfield, the Council has resurfaced the footpath from Gartloch Road, which has to be commended ..............
....whilst the loch was just full of gulls and wildfowl - too many to count! There was evidence of successful breeding with there being young Great Crested Grebe, young Coot and two broods/crèches of Tufted Duck, one numbering 14 ducklings!
There were good numbers of Swallows and House Martins hawking over the marshy pools whilst I also saw Whitethroat and Blackcap before heading across the road to Cardowan Moss LNR. Ten minutes later I was overlooking Frankfield Loch ...
With waders having been reported already, elsewhere in the country, I was hoping to pick up a few species. Whilst there was some mud, I had to settle for c105 Lapwing, although a Pintail was a nice find .......
Frankfield Loch - 25 July 2014
By lunchtime it was far too hot to continue so I headed back home to watch the 'tele' and cheer on the Scots athletes at the Commonwealth Games.
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