Sunshine and haze over Calton Hill this morning, where Friends met under the expert guidance of the Scottish Ornithology Club's Stephen Welch to record breeding pairs of bird.
Patient listening and hard stares helped in identifying 18 different species over 2 hours.
Namely: jackdaw, magpie, carrion crow, common gull, herring gull, lesser black-backed gull …
house martin, swift, blackcap, blackbird, robin, long-tailed tit, blue tit, dunnock …
chaffinch, greenfinch, woodpigeon, wren and, as pictured on this page in gradually increasing magnification, whitethroat.
The first Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Calton Hill will take place at 6.00pm this evening at 4 Royal Terrace.
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