What wildlife did you spot today?
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So far this morning a ton of Crows, Jackdaws, a couple Swallows ( they seem to be fewer and fewer ) some Sparrows, couple Blackbirds, some Gulls and a Kestrel and two Buzzards.
Buzzards were out enjoying the cooler air. They haven't really been airborn during the heat wave, hunting mostly from fence posts not far from shady oak trees.
The wildlife here (Shetland) is fantastic - meadows of wild flowers, nesting curlews and Atlantic terns everywhere, and, of course, these clowns 
An adult Bonxie (Great Skua) - the young are (unusually) plain and less mottled. This one had the large white wing-flashes of an adult when it took off. Very impressive birds!
I spotted a hummingbird moth visiting a huge clump of lavender today, no photo unfortunately as they move too fast!
Not today, but Friday morning.
I went scuba diving in Half Moon Bay, near Al Khobar.
It's a shallow dive site, 7m if you're lucky.
Spent about an hour pottering around, saw some seahorses, a species of fish we knew was in there, but had never seen before, and a sea snake.
The highlight, however was at the end of the dive...
We surfaced, and while we were bobbing about on the surface checking everyone was OK, we noticed a pod of dolphins near us.
There were about 6 or 7 of them, and they got very close to us, maybe 2-3m.
We stayed there, watching while they played for about half an hour, then they swam off.
It was magical.
I went scuba diving in Half Moon Bay, near Al Khobar.
It's a shallow dive site, 7m if you're lucky.
Spent about an hour pottering around, saw some seahorses, a species of fish we knew was in there, but had never seen before, and a sea snake.
The highlight, however was at the end of the dive...
We surfaced, and while we were bobbing about on the surface checking everyone was OK, we noticed a pod of dolphins near us.
There were about 6 or 7 of them, and they got very close to us, maybe 2-3m.
We stayed there, watching while they played for about half an hour, then they swam off.
It was magical.
I’m very lucky working as a squirrel ranger, seeing reds often, and of course removing greys. It’s not uncommon to see tawnys in the yews, badgers at night on the camera and more recently… I’ve been lucky to work with englands first pine marten in decades…
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Down the hatch.
Im itchy.
Im itchy too.
Chick almost grown. Still dependent.
Im off to bed.
There are still three tern chicks
