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Stonefaction
Dundee Birding....(target 150 in 2024).
Late Sunday afternoon seawatching from Victoria Car Park in Arbroath. 1 young Guillemot, 2 Arctic Terns, 5 Sandwich Terns, lots of Gannets, 2 Bonxies, and 3 Arctic Skuas.
kawwauser
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lintrathen /monday
3 ospreys 1 perched/2 little grebes/2 common sandpipers/5 great crested grebes including one on a nest/small gull roost mainly common with some lbb,swift/swallow/sand martin/dipper
i visited glen shee looking for ptarmigan after reading gus,s report,i done a considrable amount of walking and my eyes are still straining from searching the scree but no result,
the scenery was outstanding and i did see 4 ravens/1 red grouse/1 buzzard/1 kestrel/pied wagtail/swallow/m pipits/2 mountain hares
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3 ospreys 1 perched/2 little grebes/2 common sandpipers/5 great crested grebes including one on a nest/small gull roost mainly common with some lbb,swift/swallow/sand martin/dipper
i visited glen shee looking for ptarmigan after reading gus,s report,i done a considrable amount of walking and my eyes are still straining from searching the scree but no result,
the scenery was outstanding and i did see 4 ravens/1 red grouse/1 buzzard/1 kestrel/pied wagtail/swallow/m pipits/2 mountain hares
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/gs6.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/gs5.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/gs4.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/gs3.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/gs2.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/hare1.jpg
gus guthrie
gus guthrie
A couple of nice adult Med Gulls hanging around in Arbroath just now, on the sea-front beside Jumping Joeys. ( used to be the bowling alley for the old-timers ! )
Other highlights are greenshank, green sandpiper, a whimbrel, kingfisher and Ruddy Shelduck at Montrose Basin, seen from the Lurgies.
gus guthrie
gus guthrie
LITTLE EGRET RE- FOUND THIS MORNING BY BOB McCURLY AT THE LURGIES, WAS STILL PRESENT THIS EVENING IN THE COMPANY OF SEVERAL HERONS AT THE OLD PIER.RUDDY SHELDUCK STILL PRESENT TOO.
gus guthrie
gus guthrie
took the dog and went up Glas Maol in Glenshee early this morning. Found 3 dotterel, 12 Golden plover, 2 Raven, 1 Ring Ouzel, plenty wheatear, Meadow pipits and Mountain hares.
2 large covies of Red Grouse on the way down but no sign of ptarmigan today.
The Little Ringed Plover was quite obliging at Vane Farm yesterday. I saw it distantly from the semi-circular bench on the Heritage Trail looking back towards the shore where the camera is. Quite pale, so maybe a young bird. There was a Green Sandpiper nearby.
Later it was visible for a long time from the Carden Hide hunting on the opposite side of the Flood before flying off westward. I did wonder if there might be two of them.
Michael
Later it was visible for a long time from the Carden Hide hunting on the opposite side of the Flood before flying off westward. I did wonder if there might be two of them.
Michael
Woodchatshrike
Registered User
Ring-neck duck and drake ruddy duck at Angle Park this morning One sooty shearwater and 64 Manx shearwaters off Fife Ness this afternoon.
Stonefaction
Dundee Birding....(target 150 in 2024).
Took the train up to Montrose basin this morning to try and see the Ruddy Shelduck, and Little Egret that have been reported there recently. Snapped a few Common and Sandwich Terns, plus a small flock of overflying Goosanders from the bridge en route to the Wildlife Centre.
Once I got into the Center, I managed to pick up the Ruddy Shelducks through a scope. Distant but easily recognisable. No sign of the Little Egret at that point though. Searching again later, I did manage to find it, despite a bit of heat haze. 2 new birds for the year (The Ruddies were a lifer too). Also a single Canada Goose out on the basin.
Also managed to pick up a Whimbrel from the bridge at the railway station, feeding on the shoreline just at the north end of the station.
Once I got into the Center, I managed to pick up the Ruddy Shelducks through a scope. Distant but easily recognisable. No sign of the Little Egret at that point though. Searching again later, I did manage to find it, despite a bit of heat haze. 2 new birds for the year (The Ruddies were a lifer too). Also a single Canada Goose out on the basin.
Also managed to pick up a Whimbrel from the bridge at the railway station, feeding on the shoreline just at the north end of the station.
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kinnordyvolunteer
Darell Berthon
I had a good time at Montreathmont this morning where i saw 8 jays, 6 great spotted woodpeckers, greenwoodpecker, siskin, great tit, blue tit, coal tit, robin, dunnock, chaffinch, blackbird and red squirrel. I then went on to the basin and saw the ruddy shelduck x9, little egret, 12 ruff, greenshank and common sandpiper.
Darell
Darell
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kawwauser
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thats a cracker pic of a jay you got darrel,
i landed really unlucky with the weather today the rain followed me every where,i left kinnordy and headed through the glens intending on walking glen ogil ,didn,t even get out the car,i headed for montrose and the same again,i stopped at the spash area and think i saw a scoter,i took some record pics but it still cant be identified ,i ended up at arbroath and done a short walk to check on the fulmars that have been nesting in a herring gulls nest,there is 1 very well fed chick in the nest,
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there was 9 gannets heading north flying quite close ,3 of them juvs,lots of swallows in the glens and a couple of small groups of linnets
i landed really unlucky with the weather today the rain followed me every where,i left kinnordy and headed through the glens intending on walking glen ogil ,didn,t even get out the car,i headed for montrose and the same again,i stopped at the spash area and think i saw a scoter,i took some record pics but it still cant be identified ,i ended up at arbroath and done a short walk to check on the fulmars that have been nesting in a herring gulls nest,there is 1 very well fed chick in the nest,
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/kawwauser/fulmarchick.jpg
there was 9 gannets heading north flying quite close ,3 of them juvs,lots of swallows in the glens and a couple of small groups of linnets
Yeah... I'm right jealous of that Jay.
One of my visits there, I'd just put the screen up and a Jay popped down onto the table, turned round, saw me and scarpered. I'd not even had time to sit down!
D
One of my visits there, I'd just put the screen up and a Jay popped down onto the table, turned round, saw me and scarpered. I'd not even had time to sit down!
D
Woodchatshrike
Registered User
The RSPB found a Pec Sand at Vane on private land tonight. Could well end up on the scrapes so keep an eye on the news services tomorrow.
airdriebirder
Member
Hi there ,I'm hoping to get up to the Montrose Basin this weekend could you tell me where exactly the Lurgies is . Thanks,
Tony
Woodchatshrike
Registered User
Pleasent day out in Fife. Ring-neck duck and NARD still at Angle Park. 2 Ruff, 18 Greenshank, Golden Plover, 2 ospreys and 5 Whimbrel on the Eden. A seawatch at Fife Ness was quiet but still had a pale pom, a close sooty, 4 Arctic Skuas, 2 Bonxies and 20 Manx.
It was quite exciting at Montrose today. Best things were good close views of the Common Crane (here's a very record shot) and Little Egret. Missed out on the Ruddy Shelduck, unfortunately. Other highlights were Black-tailed Godwit, Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher and Whitethroat.
The exciting bit came when we were approaching the bridge at the end of the Lurgies. When a herd of cattle came running towards us. We soon realised they were being led by a bull, and an angry, aggressive bull at that. We were able to nip through a fence into the adjacent wheatfield and stood still while it brayed and snorted and pawed the ground at us. Eventually it moved past and we were able to carry on. Though we stayed behind the fence till we reached the bridge.
But the worst part of the day was when we stopped for a coffee at Pictavia. I had a florentine (wheat-free) but found that it was made with corn flakes! Ptui!
Michael
The exciting bit came when we were approaching the bridge at the end of the Lurgies. When a herd of cattle came running towards us. We soon realised they were being led by a bull, and an angry, aggressive bull at that. We were able to nip through a fence into the adjacent wheatfield and stood still while it brayed and snorted and pawed the ground at us. Eventually it moved past and we were able to carry on. Though we stayed behind the fence till we reached the bridge.
But the worst part of the day was when we stopped for a coffee at Pictavia. I had a florentine (wheat-free) but found that it was made with corn flakes! Ptui!
Michael
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Stonefaction
Dundee Birding....(target 150 in 2024).
An hour or two at Fife Ness in the sun this afternoon for a bit of sea-watching with StAndrewsBirder. Started well with a dark-phase Arctic Skua relatively close in. Lots of Gannets, probably just as many Kittiwakes, double figures of Sandwich Terns, Fulmars, and 3 Bonxies. Couple of groups of Manx Shearwaters seen too. A flock of 25 Whimbrel circled overhead at one point before heading off to the south.
StAndrewsBirder spoke to a few of the guys scoping from the Fife Bird Club hide and they apparently had a few Sooty Shearwaters and a Pomarine Skua, as well as a lot more Manxies than us.
StAndrewsBirder spoke to a few of the guys scoping from the Fife Bird Club hide and they apparently had a few Sooty Shearwaters and a Pomarine Skua, as well as a lot more Manxies than us.
