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Recent content by danny_heptinstall

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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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    Birds fae Torry

    single grey plover still on the rocks in Greyhope Bay this morning at 0900
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    blogging red kites

    Hi All, Please check out the following website to see red kites writing their own blogs! http://redkite.abdn.ac.uk This is a new concept developed by University of Aberdeen ecologists and computer scientists. It uses "Natural Language Generation" software to automatically create blogs...
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    Forget tweeting, now birds can blog!

    Hi everyone, I thought you might be interested in this website that has been developed by a team of ecologists and computer scientists at the University of Aberdeen that allows birds to blog! Follow the link to see the blogs: http://redkite.abdn.ac.uk Four red kites have had satellite tags...
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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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    Birds fae Torry

    had a look round this afternoon - saw the male wheatear at greyhope bay but other than 3 sandwhich terns no other migrants seen did find a washed up porpoise carcass in the southern corner of greyhope bay though! far smaller than I thought it'd be, but then it was missing its head.... i moved...
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    Cetaceans - Aberdeen and beyond

    saw a single Minke Whale below the cliffs at Troup Head on Saturday around 2pm - incredibly close views! Lots of rafts of birds in the distance so may have been more if I'd have looked with a scope Cheers Danny
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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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    Birds fae Torry

    a single whimbrel flying north, 3 common terns resting on the outer breakwater and half a dozen or more wheatears in the walled area by the lighthouse this evening also 9 RTD in Nigg Bay
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