• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Search results

thxpress_search_the_forum Search Opus
  1. S

    Tayforth Birding

    A lovely male Hen Harrier this morning, between Portmoak moss and the Airfield near Scotlandwell. A nice surprise on a pleasant morning.
  2. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Also a Med gull at kinneil lagoon and a little stint and curlew sandpiper at skinflat lagoons the afternoon.
  3. S

    Tayforth Birding

    My experience of rossie bog is that it is only really viewable from the road side. The best area probably being from the field to the north of easter kilwhiss farm. It used to be a pretty reliable place for wintering hen harrier but they seem scarcer these days but passage wader are regular and...
  4. S

    Tayforth Birding

    In sight of the influx of awesome birds into the forth following the storm, I tried my luck at Carlingnose point at N. Queensferry. No Leach's petrels but lots of Skuas including 3 adult pale morph Pomarines.
  5. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Had a Kingfisher and a Raven in Glenrothes town park yesterday. First kingfisher i've seen this year and the first raven i've ever seen in the park.
  6. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Actually probably not the same gull as it was a first winter bird. lol
  7. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Probably the same iceland gull this afternoon in ploughed field next to Pandamaran with a load of other gulls, plus around 20 sand martin and a swallow at forfar loch.
  8. S

    Tayforth Birding

    6 Bewicks swans today at loch leven, 4 adults, 2 juveniles. A first for me and a nice surprise on such a gloomy day. In field with 100 whoopers, on west side of "the causeway" road near Scotlandwell.
  9. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Wow thats alot of brambling. I hope some hang around the area.
  10. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Lovely weather today. Slav and red necked grebes at ruddon point today. Also surf scoter and good numbers of velvet and common scoters close to shore. Some long tailed duck, and plenty of waders, grey plover, knot, sanderling. A couple of stonechat at cocklemill burn, a few snipe, no jacks...
  11. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Male Smew at Loch Leven, Findatie this morning in goosander flock.
  12. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Any news on the whereabouts of that white stork that appeared in Glenrothes yesterday ?
  13. S

    Tayforth Birding

    I spent three days camping at Loch Voil near Balquhidder taking advatage of the good weather to do some hillwalking. Notable birds included: Grasshopper warbler Redstart Twite Ring Ousel Whinchat Spotted flycatcher Also seen my first Scottish Nuthatch in the woods from the viaduct near...
  14. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Went back to Vane farm today and was rewarded with some excellent views of the same Grasshopper warbler. It sang for extended periods of time, perched low in a small willow tree and i was able to train the scope on it. My friend who was with me also managed to get some great photos. Ross's goose...
  15. S

    Tayforth Birding

    Hi there folks, I was along at Loch Leven today, not a great deal around but there was a Little Grebe, Pintail, 3 Shovelers, a Pochard and some Gadwall along side the Tufties on the far scrape at Vane Farm. On the loch there were half a dozen G. created grebes, more tufties and a vast number...
  16. S

    Tayforth Birding

    If your at Loch Leven, it is a short trip down to loch ore meadows at Crosshill. This can yeild a variety of waterfowl and the woods surrounding the loch can hold wood warbler and redpoll. If your travelling through fife along the A92 there is a some ponds near Monimail (NO308128), this is...
Back
Top