Stonefaction
Stuck in Dundee.....

Public transport, Shanks' Pony and lifts from fellow birders (thanks in advance) will shape this year's list, so without further ado......on with the show....
January 1st - Dundee/Balmossie/Barry Buddon
1. Herring Gull - as usual the first of the year, when I opened my curtains.
2. Feral Pigeon - slightly later glance out the window.
3. Bar Tailed Godwit - on shore at Barry Buddon
4. Blackbird
5. Black Headed Gull
6. Blue Tit
7. Bullfinch - 2 males at Baxter Park
8. Buzzard - distant view at Barry Buddon
9. Carrion Crow
10. Chaffinch
11. Coal Tit
12. Common Gull - Swannie Ponds
13. Cormorant - Balmossie
14. Curlew - Stannergate and Balmossie
15. Dunnock
16. Eider - very large raft of birds well offshore from Balmossie
17. Fieldfare - small numbers at eastern cemetery
18. Goldeneye - a few at Balmossie
19. Goldfinch
20. Great Black Backed Gull - a couple with gull roost at Balmossie
21. Great Tit
22. Greenfinch
23. Grey Heron - 1 on flooded area at Barry Buddon
24. Moorhen - 1 at Swannie Ponds
25. House Sparrow
26. Knot - a small group on beach to east of Balmossie
27. Linnet - 1 at Stannergate
28. Magpie - 1 near Barry Buddon
29. Mallard - Swannie Ponds, Balmossie and Broughty Ferry
30. Mistle Thrush - 1 in Baxter Park, and a few at eastern cemetery
31. Mute Swan - 2 at Swannie Ponds, and usual birds at Broughty Ferry
32. Oystercatcher
33. Pied Wagtail - 2 at Balmossie
34. Pink Footed Goose - a few skeins over
35. Red Breasted Merganser - double figures out on the Tay from Stannergate and Balmossie
36. Redshank
37. Redwing - a few at eastern cemetery
38. Robin
39. Rock Pipit - 2 at Balmossie
40. Sanderling - a few on shoreline at Barry Buddon
41. Sparrowhawk - 3 separate sightings - Clepington Rd, eastern cemetery and Barry Buddon
42. Starling
43. Tufted Duck - a few at Swannie Ponds
44. Turnstone - a few at Balmossie
45. Waxwing - 3 separate sightings - 1 at Baxter Park, 1 by TA Centre, and 30+ in eastern cemetery
46. Wigeon - offshore at Balmossie
47. Woodpigeon
January 1st - Dundee/Balmossie/Barry Buddon
1. Herring Gull - as usual the first of the year, when I opened my curtains.
2. Feral Pigeon - slightly later glance out the window.
3. Bar Tailed Godwit - on shore at Barry Buddon
4. Blackbird
5. Black Headed Gull
6. Blue Tit
7. Bullfinch - 2 males at Baxter Park
8. Buzzard - distant view at Barry Buddon
9. Carrion Crow
10. Chaffinch
11. Coal Tit
12. Common Gull - Swannie Ponds
13. Cormorant - Balmossie
14. Curlew - Stannergate and Balmossie
15. Dunnock
16. Eider - very large raft of birds well offshore from Balmossie
17. Fieldfare - small numbers at eastern cemetery
18. Goldeneye - a few at Balmossie
19. Goldfinch
20. Great Black Backed Gull - a couple with gull roost at Balmossie
21. Great Tit
22. Greenfinch
23. Grey Heron - 1 on flooded area at Barry Buddon
24. Moorhen - 1 at Swannie Ponds
25. House Sparrow
26. Knot - a small group on beach to east of Balmossie
27. Linnet - 1 at Stannergate
28. Magpie - 1 near Barry Buddon
29. Mallard - Swannie Ponds, Balmossie and Broughty Ferry
30. Mistle Thrush - 1 in Baxter Park, and a few at eastern cemetery
31. Mute Swan - 2 at Swannie Ponds, and usual birds at Broughty Ferry
32. Oystercatcher
33. Pied Wagtail - 2 at Balmossie
34. Pink Footed Goose - a few skeins over
35. Red Breasted Merganser - double figures out on the Tay from Stannergate and Balmossie
36. Redshank
37. Redwing - a few at eastern cemetery
38. Robin
39. Rock Pipit - 2 at Balmossie
40. Sanderling - a few on shoreline at Barry Buddon
41. Sparrowhawk - 3 separate sightings - Clepington Rd, eastern cemetery and Barry Buddon
42. Starling
43. Tufted Duck - a few at Swannie Ponds
44. Turnstone - a few at Balmossie
45. Waxwing - 3 separate sightings - 1 at Baxter Park, 1 by TA Centre, and 30+ in eastern cemetery
46. Wigeon - offshore at Balmossie
47. Woodpigeon
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