From letters to the Guardian:
In St Andrews, the problem of gulls (Report, 19 August) has become so bad that one food outlet, The Cheesy Toast Shack, will insure your toastie for a small extra charge and give you a second one if a gull flies away with the first.
Margaret Squires
St Andrews, Fife
We’ve had their fish, now the gulls want our chips.
Andy Sharp
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
The highlight of the month (so far) was a splendid Merlin in Feal plantation, albeit very distant. Nevertheless, it was a real treat having not seen one since 19th April.
Beautiful
Ruff isn’t a common bird here with usually no more than 2 or 3 sightings each Autumn. So I was pleased to find this juvenile at Funzie this afternoon.
Like the Jackdaw pic!
Rubbish photos, but the marsh harrier spent plenty of time swooping around and taunting me by staying just a hair too far away for a good shot.
And swallows have taken up residence in most of the hides, noisy buggers.
A typically “yellow” looking juvenile Willow Warbler at Tresta today and a cracking male “Greenland” type Wheatear at Funzie
Fantastic, is that a female?
Yeah, a young one, I think.
Lovely Paul - something that always surprises me (and is brilliant) about birds when photographing them is ‘the pose’ - the cocked head, ‘perfect prance’ or sometimes the ‘I’ve clocked you’ stare back. These looks are invariably not visible to me at moment of taking the photo, but only apparent in replay.
