A blog detailing the birds and other wildlife in and around the towns of Stevenston, Kilwinning, and Irvine in Ayrshire.
Friday, 19 September 2008
Wednesday 17th September
A Short-eared Owl was hunting over Bogside Racecourse. A coulpe of Wheatears were at Bogside: one on the saltmarsh and one along the shore debris. A Kingfisher was fishing at the Ardeer Quarry LNR pond. There are Kingfishers everywhere at the moment.
Scattered among Irvine Bay's five towns of Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Stevenston, Kilwinning, and Irvine are many interesting wildlife sites. There is a large estuary, extensive sand dunes, 12 miles of coastline, overgrown Brownfield land, scattered woodland, a string of freshwater wetlands, heath, carr, raised bog...lot's of interesting habitats to visit. A great deal of important habitat in the area has been lost in the recent past and the rate of habitat loss is increasing. Thought I might as well create a blog about the area's wildlife before it's all gone!
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