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RecoveringScot
Tuesday 12th April 2005, 07:59
Not bad news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4433471.stm
martin kitching
Tuesday 12th April 2005, 08:44
Taken from that link - "The Scottish Gamekeepers' Association said hen harriers should be encouraged to nest in areas where they come into conflict with grouse moors." Surely that must be a typo?

martin
RecoveringScot
Tuesday 12th April 2005, 17:08
Taken from that link - "The Scottish Gamekeepers' Association said hen harriers should be encouraged to nest in areas where they come into conflict with grouse moors." Surely that must be a typo?

martin

Now fixed I see.
TWM
Tuesday 12th April 2005, 18:37
Hi Phil, saw 2 today, 1 at Strathbeg and one by my house in Longside. Tim
RecoveringScot
Tuesday 12th April 2005, 19:07
Hi Phil, saw 2 today, 1 at Strathbeg and one by my house in Longside. Tim


That's right. Rub it in. However, my building is clad in scaffolding from head to foot at the moment, and should be for about a month more, so I plan to do some rooftop scanning in the next couple of weeks.

Saw Marsh Harrier from the kitchen window last year and Osprey is a deffo possibility. I love visible migration over built-up areas in any case.
maersk
Tuesday 12th April 2005, 23:49
im guessing hen harriers are the same species as the northern harrier found here?
RecoveringScot
Wednesday 13th April 2005, 08:06
im guessing hen harriers are the same species as the northern harrier found here?

Yes, Circus cyaneus. Slight plumage differences but otherwise the same.
Woodchatshrike
Wednesday 13th April 2005, 11:35
This is all good news. It has taken years of grinding away at unsympathetic keepers. I saw a Black Grouse from the A9 the other day so maybe things are looking up.