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Birds fae Torry
Not a great deal of interest yesterday round the Ness. A few Lapwings and the big flock of Common Gulls in Nigg Bay. The gulls all flew up at one point but I couldn't see the cause of the disturbance. It was bitingly cold but beautifully sunny. However, in keeping with the regular reporting... -
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and festive greetings to you too Mark, and thanks for all your interesting and helpful observations from The Ness. All the best for 2011. -
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Hi Joseph nice to meet you on the Ythan, and thanks for your kind comment on my photo of the Glonk in Torry. I hope you don't mind, but I've made a few adjustments to yours in PSE8 - removal of blue colour cast, brightness, a small crop to get rid of distracting stuff, and a little... -
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Oh dear, if I'd realised you needed a Pheasant for the Girdleness list I could have brought you a pair of them from the garden any time. Ballogie estate is owe me quite a bit for feed, so I'd be glad to lose a few. Anyway, I too found the Glaucous Gull, where Joseph has indicated. As I was... -
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I had a couple of hours at the Ness yesterday. The hole next to the bench has had a tree planted in it. It's only a small one and I wouldn't give it much chance of survival. Anyway, more to the point, there was a steady stream of auks going north, in twos and threes. At first I thought they... -
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The winter plumaged Black Guillemot was still loitering around in Greyhope Bay, and the Red-throated Diver count was into double figures. The Eiders all look like proper Eiders again, the drakes busy tossing their heads back. Couldn't see any with sails. A couple of dolphins had a brief... -
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I didn't get to the Ness until three o'clock this afternoon. I haven't seen so many Goldcrests for a few years, and there were nearly as many Chiffchaffs. Good numbers of Pied Wagtails and thrushes, and a stonking male Grey Wagtail on the rocks along the north bank. As Mark says, there just... -
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I was there too this forenoon and also saw the Lapland Buntings although I couldn't get close enough to photograph them. I also had a quick glimpse of a female Redstart in the Allotments, but there were probably too many plotees at work. I had a nice chat with one of them who said he had seen... -
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I had a look yesterday for the Lapland Buntings but as far as I know I didn't see them. Lots of common stuff going about, a charm of about 100 Goldfinches, lots of Starlings, Swallows, Linnets and Meadow Pipits. And 8 Purple Sandpipers on the Skate's Nose. Meanwhile, Joseph carries out a... -
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Hi Joseph, glad to see you are enjoying your photography. Your photos are pretty good too! I hope you don't mind if I make a suggestion. Your shutter speed of 1/500 sec is really way too slow for birds in flight, or birds in dive. You would obtain a faster speed if you used the camera in... -
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Girdleness - my spellchecker doesn't recognise it. Blatant ignorance. The suggested corrections are: Gridlines, Gardenless, Idleness, Godliness, Grisliness. Actually, some them are quite appropriate. -
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It could have been quite an interesting day today at The Ness, if only I could have seen more than a couple of hundred metres out to sea. But any time the haar did roll back briefly, I saw 8 Common Scoters fly north, 2 Bonxies, quite a few Manxies going north, a pod of 5 dolphins cavorting in... -
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A very pleasant day at the foghorn today. Loads of Gannets, mostly going south, auks going both ways, and a lone Manxie heading north. I probably missed a lot more though. And a dark phase Arctic Skua giving the terns a hard time. -
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talking of the foghorn, I noticed that the gap in the fence has been repaired. No more viewing from the Upper Circle. :C -
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Had a pleasant walk along the beach at Nigg Bay and around the sewage works today. 3 Wheatears on the beach, several parachuting Meadow Pipits, Skylarks singing, Chiffchaffs calling, 2 Blackbirds, 2 Pied Wagtails, several Greenfinches, a Snipe, Dunnocks, a pair of Reed Buntings, Herring Gulls... -
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Mid afternoon until I got there, and no sign of the Black Redstart. Maybe too many people around by then. Nothing at all along the north bank. At least 5 Chiffchaffs round the sewage works, two of them probably a pair, and another one in full song. Most of them were energetically doing the... -
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The best I could come up with today was 2 Chiffchaffs together in the little nook almost at the base of the south breakwater, where there is a small sycamore tree and some other scrub. Numerous Blackbirds, Meadow Pipits and Skylarks. -
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Well, Mark was the closest, only one day out. Cracking male Northern Wheatear this morning, first in Walker Park (as predicted) then a bit later on the edge of the golf course, south side of the Battery. Might have been a different individual of course. Also noted round the Ness today, 4... -
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Can't come soon enough. I had a quick check round The Ness today (well, somebody has to do it). One Great Crested Grebe in Nigg Bay was the best, otherwise 4 Red Throated Divers, the usual Eiders, a few Red-breasted Mergansers and waders. Nothing at all round The Battery. Which wil be first... -
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I'm a day late with this but I've been busy all day today. So, yesterday at The Ness. It was bitterly cold, with a biting west wind (the opposite of what the forecast said) but there were indeed birds about, though maybe not as many as Andrew saw today. Or more likely he's just a better... -
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Of slight concern today, around lunch time, was a seal pup lying on the rocks at Greyhope Bay. It was right in front of the car park, on what is probably the highest rock there, although that is not very high. It seemed quite content though. I would guess it came ashore there at this... -
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Still 7 Snow Buntings in the Greyhope Bay car park, still feeding on corn. Managed a few photos in spite of the darkness and rain at 3.00pm today. The Freak was all alone on the rocks, all his mates were on the golf course. -
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there's enough corn on this thread already without someone spreading it about. ;) Nice pics. -
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It was a surprisingly pleasant day to be out today, cool, cloudy and windless, ideal for spotting any movement in bushes. Unfortunately the only things moving were Blackbirds. After two tours round the Battery I realised I was herding the same four or five birds. A walk the length of the... -
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it was bang on high tide when I counted the Purps, and yes, there had been more arriving just before that. Do you have an email address for Ron Summers? I usually send stuff to Raymond Duncan and he passes it on I think.