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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    The Great White Egret was at Dinnet again yesterday. I saw it at 16.30 on Loch Davan. I gather it spends a lot of time hunting the edge of the reeds at the North end of the loch. If you approach from the North end of the loch you'll likely spook it and it'll hide in the reeds completely out...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    if this works this should give the place: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=212069989409250154429.0004e073db4bee130acaa&msa=0&ll=57.313325,-1.994877&spn=0.002749,0.008256
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    yhthan warbler Hi All, My very poor pics of the ythan warbler. Having looked at more pics online I'm increasingly thinking it could be an oliveacous warbler and Steve Palmer has listened to the call and said this it is VERY similar to what he heard. So I'm putting this down as a possible...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    king eider on the ythan also elvis was back on the Ythan Mouth - only just started eclipse so plumage still pretty good
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Yhthan Estuary Mystery Warbler Hi Everyone, A little ID help needed…… I saw a warbler today I wasn’t familiar with and would appreciate everyone’s thoughts as I think it might be a bit interesting…. Two points to consider, first I have little experience of non-UK warblers and secondly I was...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Thanks for the tip Joseph - went along there last night and had one singing close in a clump of willows in the dune slack directly behind the beach near the blackdog rock.
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hi Nick and TeamScotch - thanks for tips. Will definitly be heading to Netherley as soon as this weather clears up....
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    King Eider I saw the drake King Eider at Blackdog yesterday evening - was asleep on the beach with hundreds (thousands!?) of other eiders so not the easiest to spot! I went on the low tide
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Grasshopper Warbler Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on where's a good lcoation in NE Scotland to see (hear!) Grasshopper Warblers? Cheers Danny
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    great to hear others have got to see it as well - big thanks to Andrew for getting the news out for me. Think this is my best birding find yet!
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    saw the yellow-billed diver at Portsoy yesterday around 2pm. It's looking fantastic in its summer plumage at the moment - couldn't reccomend people enough to make the journey over there. To see it I stood on the rocks at the end of the harbour wall on the W side of the harbour - the side of...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Rigifa Pools popped by Rigifa Pools this morning - nothing too special but nice to see 14 lapwings, 2 ringed plovers, 2 oystercatchers, a whooper swan and half a dozen linnets on such a small area. does anyone know if its are protected at all? there's a lot of development round there and it...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    otter seen again at Loirston Loch about 3pm last saturday (12th)
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hey Mark, any luck with the Hawfinch? Danny
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Humpback(s?) off Collieston today - got good views of them tail slapping this time :-O Also a Pom Skua close in and harrasing herring gulls - a very unexpected lifer!
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hi All, Had a look for those waxwings that had been reported on the langstracht this lunchtime but didnt see any. Also forgot to mention I had Great Skua off Balmedie the other night at the same time as the Humpbacks. Does anyone know how common winter records are? Cheers Danny
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hey Mark! How's things? Yeah I failed repeatedly with the girdleness Minkes and Humpbacks last year... No luck with the icelands but did get a Glaucous in Fraserburgh on new years day. You had any good birds lately?
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Humpbacks Hi All, 2 humpbacks off Balmedie again tonight at 15.45. I waited 45 mins before seeing them but then we saw them for c.15 minutes before heading home. Weren't giving the best views - no tail flipping or breaching - but did clearly see their backs. We found the best way to view them...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hi Hugh, It was a single Bean Goose in a mixed goose flock (Greylag, Pinks, Barnacle and the Bean) of c.2000 individuals just 100-150m from the Rattray Road. I reckon it was a tundra, not a taiga, bean; but as its my first Bean Goose I could be wrong. I also had an interesting sighting of a...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hi Nick, thanks for replying, I've sent the record to NESBREC and looking at their online map there seems to be past records from the site too. Had a great start to the new year yesterday - didn't manage to leave the house till past 12 but still saw 71 species before sundown! Including...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Loirston Loch Hi All, I briefly stopped by Loirston Loch on my way into Aberdeen today and was amazed to see an Otter swimming around in broad daylight at 1pm! I was wondering if this is a known site for otter and if not if there is anyone I should report it to? This is only the second time...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I stand corrected! That'll teach me to make asusmptions about sites based on 3 or 4 visits.... Hey Andrew, I subscribe to the free version of bridguides so I get to see the species and the location but absolutely no details so thanks for clarifying things. Looks like my chances tommorow...
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    does anyone have any information on the donmouth Sabine's Gull? It's a lifer for me and if it's likely to be there tommorow I'll get up early before work and look for it
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    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hi All, I had a brief stop at the Ythan Estuary today and had 5 Curlew Sandpipers from the layby N of the road bridge - the one that looks up towards Waulkimill Hide. I also saw three earlier in the day from the Inches Car Park. Then this afternoon I stopped in at Rigifa Pools where there...
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