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Tayforth Birding (9 Viewers)

There was one at Guardbridge around this time last year and there have been sightings of them in the Tay Estuary around the Invergowrie area and i think there were up to three birds....about 5yrs ago apparently!!

First for me in Scotland and a good TWITCH!!!!!

Not sure if its a first for Angus though. Will find out for you!!
 
There were even 2 avocets at Killconquhar in 2002, apparently!

Good question from Delia... how high is the water at the pools at vane farm, and is there much to see, or are we better off try the kirkgate hide first?
 
llendorin said:
There were even 2 avocets at Killconquhar in 2002, apparently!

Good question from Delia... how high is the water at the pools at vane farm, and is there much to see, or are we better off try the kirkgate hide first?
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I don't really bother with the hide. I scope from the cemetry. There is'nt anything rare about but there are hundreds of common gulls roosting there because the water is so high and all the common ducks apart from Shovelor. The Glaucous Gull was seen again yesterday at Burnside just to the south of Gateside on the Kinross/Fife border yesterday. We assume it is the same bird that roosted here a couple of Sundays ago.

I understand that there are a good number of Hawfinches in reasonable size flock in the Lime tree avenue at Scone. Maybe as many as 30.

I don't know where the geese are hanging out. All my survey blocks have been blank this year.

Rossie Bog had 60 Whoopers yesterday. There were only a couple of hundred Greylag at Angle park yesterday and 1000 or so Herring gulls but no white wingers.

Vane will undoubtably have a Smew or two plus down the road at Findartie there a few Scaup hanging out.
 
Thanks for that report Jeremy... if you don't mind I'll copy it into the Bash thread.

It looks like we might be lucky with the HawfinchB :)

D
 
Good news also there is an Adult Lesser Scaup to the north of Castle Island with the large Pochard flock. There is also a pair of Rb Mergansers, Ruddy Duck and Pintail there.
 
i have had to make a journey over to fife two weeks in a row,i had some waiting time and managed to get some birdspotting in.tayport harbour had 2 pairs of red breasted mergansers plus a cormorant feeding ,the field on the right just before guardbridge had 25-30 curlews about five feet from the road,
a small flock of geese(not sure which species)flew over gaurdbridge just after a jet flew low,on the way to st andrews i saw a very dark plumaged buzzard sitting by the roadside at the rugby fields,it was still sitting there on my return 45 mins later,at st andrews i saw a nice pied wagtail which was very pale in colour (maybe a first year?)

i had to travel to glenrothes today and managed to fit in loch leven
no smew

but plenty pochard/teal tufted duck/goldeneyes/some buzzards,heron.jackdaws,mute swans,tits/robin,flock of lapwings,plus best of all 3 magpies

some pics

merganser/tayport harbour
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/goosander-1.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/goosander2.jpg

unknown geese guardbridge
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/geese-1.jpg

pied wagtail st andrews
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/wagtail.jpg

flock of lapwings leven with a strange bird above them
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/lap.jpg

tufted duck leven
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/t6uft62b.jpg
 
Great action pics of the Mergansers, Kawwauser. The geese have got to be Pinkfeet erm... haven't they;):-O

Lovely weather for a run today.

I had a long overdue run up to my Patch today and on the way was a large flock of finches - very flighty but seemed to be mostly Chaffies and Linnets (these at what I call Migration Corner). Further along a flock of about 30 Fieldfare.

On the way back, again at Migration Corner, a Kestrel and more finches, this time I picked out a Brambling with them.

D
 
There was a nice juv Greenland Whitefronted Goose just south of Kinross yesterday. Very nice indeed. The drake Smew is at Vane and the Lesser Scaup was reported also yesterday.
 
kawwauser said:
i have had to make a journey over to fife two weeks in a row,i had some waiting time and managed to get some birdspotting in.tayport harbour had 2 pairs of red breasted mergansers plus a cormorant feeding ,the field on the right just before guardbridge had 25-30 curlews about five feet from the road,
a small flock of geese(not sure which species)flew over gaurdbridge just after a jet flew low,on the way to st andrews i saw a very dark plumaged buzzard sitting by the roadside at the rugby fields,it was still sitting there on my return 45 mins later,at st andrews i saw a nice pied wagtail which was very pale in colour (maybe a first year?)

i had to travel to glenrothes today and managed to fit in loch leven
no smew

but plenty pochard/teal tufted duck/goldeneyes/some buzzards,heron.jackdaws,mute swans,tits/robin,flock of lapwings,plus best of all 3 magpies

some pics

merganser/tayport harbour
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/goosander-1.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/goosander2.jpg

unknown geese guardbridge
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/geese-1.jpg

pied wagtail st andrews
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/wagtail.jpg

flock of lapwings leven with a strange bird above them
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/lap.jpg

tufted duck leven
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/t6uft62b.jpg
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I think your strange bird is a starling.
 
Great Northern Diver Today at Kirkgate first of all then between Vane Farm and St Serfs.
Aonther rarity being only the forth site record. We've had a great run this year so far!
 
i was over fife way this morning,tayport harbour had 1 male red breasted merganser,1 cormorant,1 little grebe being harrased by the herring gulls,guardbridge had many curlews ,i also saw buzzards,kestrel,oystercatcher,starling,great black backed gull,on the way to st andrews i passed the same dark buzzard as last week sittng on the same post(is it glued there?)on the opposite side was a lighter plumaged bird,st andrews had heron ,eider,1 rock pipit,plus sitting fulmars,i also noticed two pairs of crows siting next to nests,in the afternoon i headed for tullybackart,the loch had 2 pairs of calling coots,some mallards and a small group of goldeneye, the surrounding trees produced buzzard,kestrel,great tit,coal tit,robin,goldfinch,jackdaw,i noticed the wind turbines near delias patch from tullybackart they stand out a mile,ill try and get a pic next time im there
pics
little grebe swimming fast tayport harbour
lgrebe-1.jpg

herring gull tayport harbour
hrng2.jpg

hrng1.jpg


mute swan tayport pond(not sure of the name)
mswan2.jpg


oystercatcher guardbridge
oys.jpg
 
Anybody seen any Osprey at Lindores yet,I know it's early,but I saw one yesterday just north of Orwell farm,it was heading for Loch Leven,coming from the direction of Lindores.
 
I saw your earlier report catkom. I'll keep a look-out up this way

D
 
There's a new Yahoo Group for Perthshire Birders here

It's run by Richard Paul, the local Atlas Organiser.

D
 
Whats the neme of the hill on the home page Delia ? Is Schiellion or something like that ? Looks impressive anyway.
 
It certainly looks like Schiehallion to me Ben

Great picture isn't it.

D

EDIT: it's a bit more than a hill, though LOL that be a Munro:-O
 

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