Gus's Scottish List 2019 (2 Viewers)

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Much the same as previous years, I'll try and get photographs as often as I can. Work is pretty full on so free time to bird might be tighter than previous years....but will try to get out as often as I can

1.1.19

1. Blackbird ........ Garden
2. Robin
3. Dunnock
4. Carrion Crow
5. Blue Tit
6. House Sparrow
7. Starling
8. Woodpigeon
9. Lesser Redpoll
10. Wren
11. Great Tit
12. Jackdaw

photographs are Great Tit and Robin

 

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13. Rook ....... Garden
14. Herring Gull .......Kirriemuir
15. Pinkfoot Goose ..... Checkiefield
16. Kestrel ...... Craichie

Carnoustie;

17. Linnet .......
18. Reed Bunting ...
19. Skylark ..
20. Long-tailed Duck..
21. Eider..
22. Cormorant..

Barry Buddon;

23. Stonechat
24. Song Thrush
25. Meadow Pipit
26. Red-breasted Merganser
27. Common Scoter
28. Shag
29. Red-throated Diver
30. Great Black-backed Gull
31. Buzzard
32. Pied Wagtail
33. Pheasant

photos are Skylark, GBB Gull & Stonechat

 

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34. Common Gull ....... Padanaram
35. Collared Dove ..... Forfar

Arbroath;

36. Rock Pipit
37. Purple Sandpiper
38. Black-headed Gull
39. Redshank
40. Oystercatcher
41. Turnstone
42. Dunlin
43. Ringed Plover
44. Feral/Rock Dove ( Arbroath Cliffs)
45. Tufted Duck ( Keptie Pond)
46. Wigeon
47. Coot
48. Grey Heron

Elliot;

49. Mute Swan
50. Mallard
51. Snipe
52. Moorhen
53. Sanderling
54. Little Grebe

photograph of Oystercatchers

 

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55. Merlin ...... Collieston

Kinnordy Loch;

56. Chaffinch
57. Tree Sparrow
58. Whooper Swan
59. Shoveler
60. Lapwing
61. Siskin
62. Teal
63. Goosander
64. Coal Tit
65. Goldfinch
66. Brambling
67. Fieldfare
68. Pintail

photograph of male Brambling and Whooper Swans

 

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69. Magpie ...... Kirriemuir
70. Black Grouse ......Angus glens

Lintrathen Loch;

71. Mistle Thrush
72. Goldcrest
73. Treecreeper
74. Bullfinch

Kinnordy Loch;

75. Curlew
76. Goldeneye
77. Greylag Goose
78. Barn Owl (photograph)

 

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Still trying to catch up with putting my list on here , almost there !

79. Short-eared Owl ...... Angus coast

Riverside Nature Park;

80. Black-tailed Godwit
81. Spotted Redshank
82. Yellowhammer

East Kingsway, Dundee ;

83. Redwing
84. Waxwing

Monikie CP ;

85. Gadwall
86. Grey Wagtail

photographs of spotted redshank & waxwing

 

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Glenshee;

87. Red Grouse
88. Ptarmigan
89. Dipper

 

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Shell Bay, Fife

90. Velvet Scoter
91. Long-tailed Tit
92. Grey Plover
93. Water Pipit
94. Peregrine

95. Black-necked Grebe ....... Elie harbour

Cameron Reservoir ;

96. Pochard
97. Smew

St. Andrews ;

98. Scaup
99. Great Crested Grebe
100. Fulmar

photos of Water Pipit & Black-necked Grebe

 

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Popped in to see this little stunner on my way north yesterday afternoon.

101. Mandarin Duck ..... Aberdeen

 

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Kinnordy Loch 11.1.19

102. Great Spotted Woodpecker
103. Bittern

104. Red Kite ..... Forfar

 

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A trip down to Lothian yesterday produced several nice birds ;

Hopes Reservoir;

105. Mealy Redpoll
106. Arctic Redpoll ( lifer)
107. Raven

Kilspindie;

108. Golden Plover
109. Shelduck

110. Red-legged Partridge ..... Gifford

photo of Lesser Redpolls

 

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Went on the Annual January Waderwatch with the Angus & Dundee Bird Club on sunday. These are the birds from then;

111. Bar-tailed Godwit
112. Guillemot
113. Stock Dove
114. Jack Snipe
115. Greenshank
116. Little Egret

 

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117. Corn Bunting ..... Bogside Farm
118. Razorbill .........Lunan Bay
119. Tawny Owl ....... Alyth
120. Jay ....... Montreathmont Wood

 

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A couple of birds from the Angus glens at the weekend, will add pictures when I get a chance.

121. Woodcock
122. Golden Eagle
123. Sparrowhawk

photograph of Woodcock and an unshaved me

 

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Not getting a lot of birding done just now, had a bit of time on saturday down at the coast though and picked up a couple of new ones for the year.

124. Black Redstart ..... Arbroath
125. Greenfinch ....... Montrose Basin
126. Green Sandpiper ..... Monikie CP
127. Common Crossbill .....Montreathmont Forest

 

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128. Snow Bunting .... Glenshee

 

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A visit to a friends garden in Perthshire to see these lovely birds, still pretty scarce around our area.

129. Nuthatch ..... Perthshire glen

 

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Our annual trip to Scone Palace in Perthshire didn't disappoint today, we had at least 15 of these beautiful birds here.

130. Hawfinch ..... Scone Palace
131. Lesser Black-backed Gull ....Loch Leven

 

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A trip down to south-west Scotland to see a beautiful member of the crow family, also picked up several other year ticks too.

132. Chough ....... Turnberry Point
133. Gannet

134. Black Guillemot .....Troon
135. Black-throated Diver

 

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136. Shorelark ....... Rattray Head
137. Taiga Bean Goose .... RSPB Strathbeg