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  1. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Young white-tailed. Rob
  2. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Not hoody I'm afraid. Probably just a scruffy youngster, but may contain some hooded genes Rob
  3. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Had a long gap without smew there (or anything much else for that matter). I think this bird is on at least its 3rd winter (despite Birdguides saying it is a first winter - it was just a slightly delayed moult). There were two drakes one year. If only the access road wasn't in such a state (and...
  4. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Burn mouth just north of Easthaven. Very nice too. Rob
  5. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Waxwing crap being messy stuff, they're probably hanging round for a laugh... Rob
  6. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    I gather it showed very well again yesterday but was rather more elusive when Daniel and I saw it in the afternoon. Nice views of the red-crested pochard at Kilconquhar though. Rob
  7. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Tasty! Rob
  8. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Sand workings near Ladybank. Rob
  9. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Excellent. Rob
  10. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Yes, standing among the curlew. Rob
  11. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    High tide best for whimbrel! Twas my report from Ruddons yesterday when it was calm enough to see grebes (though it could still have been better). Rob
  12. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Yes, it is not terribly reliable though. Best bet is high tide when it roosts on what becomes an island with the curlews etc. It must be knocking on a bit by now (one winter there were 2)! Rob
  13. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    As Ruddons Point WeBS counter I know only too well that it's terrible in a strong wind! The brents were in the field at Kincaple yesterday afternoon btw. Rob
  14. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Last Sunday (19th) the brents were in the field where the swans feed opposite the Kincaple turning. Worth a check as you are passing. Rob
  15. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Suspect the Cuilc froze over. I think it has most recently been reported from Loch Faskally. If there is a big thaw then it will probably reappear on the Cuilc. Hope this helps. Rob
  16. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Afraid that looks like a hybrid. Hoodie is a description species in Fife Rob
  17. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Since the Brunnich's has no flight feathers it may well hang around for you! Rob
  18. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Hi Jonathan, I led an SOC trip to Glen Quaich last month. We had an extraordinary black pheasant above Loch Freuchie - bizarre looking thing. We had much closer black grouse than yours, plus a good array of raptors. Rob
  19. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    British record was actually in Lothian at Gosford Bay: 10 on 13th April 1989 (per Birds of Scotland). Most I have seen at Ruddons is probably 5 (same in St Andrews Bay). Rob
  20. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    We didn't get there until after 11:30 - had to wait for Daniel's swimming lesson! Rob
  21. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    We also went to Scone yesterday, having missed the bash (Daniel had the dreaded winter vomiting bug). Astonishing numbers of hawfinches around the back entrance, mostly up in tall trees but also coming down to feed in the yews. We saw at least 35 but there could have been more than 50! Rob
  22. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Self-found (or not) Having got back from a conference in Spain about midnight I took myself off to Fife Ness mid-afternoon hoping to time it as the rain cleared. I was slightly early(!), but it dried up before long. I began at Fife Ness Muir and picked up a few crests and plenty of...
  23. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Had 2.5h seawatching from Fife Ness yesterday afternoon. Hordes of birds - especially fulmars - also around 500 manx shearwaters, 29 sooty shearwaters, a couple of black terns, a juv. little gull, 5 arctic skuas, 4 bonxies ... The highlight came just as ! was leaving when Ken Shaw screeched...
  24. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Norway, I believe Rob
  25. edenwatcher

    Tayforth Birding

    Sad news indeed. He always seemed pretty fit and healthy. Leaves a hole in Scottish birding. Rob
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