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x1 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
Also x1 Wood Sandpiper and x3 Ruff.
x1 Pectoral Sandpiper present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
Also x1 Wood Sandpiper, x1 Green Sandpiper and x3 Ruff.
x2 Green Sandpiper, x1 Common Sandpiper, x2 Ruff, at least x30+ Snipe, x1 Little Stint, x1 Dunlin & Sparrowhawk chasing Pied Wagtail at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.
MAP
x1 Peregrine Falcon, x11 Dotterel, x15 Ptarmigan (including Juv.), x10 Golden Plover,
x1Snipe all seen from 10:30 till 1:30 up an Angus Monroe.
x2 Greenshank, x1 Ruff, x1 Dunlin & x46 Snipe seen at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
Lone Peregrine, at least x10 Whinchat, x2 Stonechat, x2 Golden Plover all seen in Valley north of Glen Ogil, Angus. MAP
x1 Red Crested Pochard at Linlithgow Loch, West Lothian.   MAP
x2 Ruff (including Moulting Male) at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.   MAP
Drake Red-crested Pochard seen again at Linlithgow Loch, Lothian at 5:15 PM  
x4 Ruddy Ducks also.    MAP
x2 Ruff still present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus, including the moulting male.
x6 Snipe also present at the NW end of the marsh.  MAP
x1 Summer Plumaged Spotted Redshank, x2 Greenshank, x1 Common
Sandpiper & x1 Common Tern, seen at Invergowrie Bay, Dundee.
(viewable from train station). MAP
Eclipse drake Mandarin Duck present on the pool at Marywell Pool, Aberdeen.
Adult Whiskered Tern present at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire seen early this morning.
This bird has been reported all day today until at least 8:00pm. MAP NK2030
Wood Sandpiper also.
Adult Whiskered Tern present at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire from 7:55PM till Sundown.
Please view only from the parking area at the end of the track as there is no access around the loch. MAP NK2030

Female at the east end of the lagoons on the wader scrape.
Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian. MAP
Sat 23rd - Citrine Wagtail present from middle hide at Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian. MAP
Sun 24th - seen from the 3rd hide to 6:45am but then flew south and not seen since.
x1 Wood Sandpiper at Garlogie Pool, Aberdeenshire. MAP
Petrel Ringing
will once again be a big feature of the coming summer in Cove harbour, Aberdeenshire.
Anyone is welcome to come along and attend these sessions. Please send Paul Baxter an e-mail to confirm any interest in going along and Paul will create a mailing list to advise those interested of when the sessions are. Send Paul an email to paul.baxter@frco.com to be included on this mailing list. Public sessions will also be broadcast through Birdline Scotland and the pager services.
x1 Osprey fishing at Kinnordy Loch, Angus at 3:30pm.
x2 Ringed Plover at Lendrick Marsh, South of Kirriemuir, Angus. MAP NO 348 503
Adult Male Rose Coloured Starling seen between Elliot (South of Arbroath) and Water Treatment Works, North of Easthaven, Angus. In vegetation between the beach and the railway early this afternoon feeding with Starlings. Showing very well between 11:30am & 12:15pm. MAP NO 608 374
Wood Sandpiper seen at the South West corner of Lendrick Marsh, South of Kirriemuir, Angus. At waters edge, in and out of vegetation with x2 Redshanks. MAP NO 348 503
Adult Rose Coloured Starling seen again at the Southern end of Arbroath golf course, Elliot, Angus between the beach and the railway this afternoon feeding with Starlings. MAP NO 608374 Seen on the grass near the railway by the water treatment complex - access: park near the picnic site at East Haven and walk north east along the railway.
Adult Rose Coloured Starling seen at the Southern end of Arbroath golf course, Elliot, Angus between beach and the railway this afternoon feeding with Starlings. MAP NO608374
Crossbills - Seen prising cones in Glen Clova Forests.
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Little Gull
Species:
Saturday 2nd June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Little Gull from Starnafin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
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Wood Sandpiper
Species:
Friday 1st June 2001
Date Seen:
Wood sandpiper seen at the
Main Slains Pool, North of Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
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Marsh Harrier, Little Gull
Species:
Friday 1st June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Marsh Harrier from Starnafin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Also a Little Gull.
Source:
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Curlew Sandpiper
Species:
Wednesday 6th June 2001
Date Seen:
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Details:
Little Swift
Species:
Sunday 3rd June 2001
Date Seen:
UNCONFIRMED report of one flying with 2 Swifts low over Housing Estate
at Moray Park, Culloden, 3 miles east of Inverness, Highland.
This bird was also reportedly seen near Lunan Bay, Angus, the same day.
Source:
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Spoonbill, Black Swan, Black Tailed Godwits
Species:
Sunday 3rd June 2001
Date Seen:
Spoonbill seen this morning from the Old Pier, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Moved down to 'Lurgies', Montrose Basin by 3:00 P.M. (MC).
Black Swan & x3 Black Tailed Godwits (Summer Plummage) also present (MC).
Spoonbill Flew South at 3:30 P.M.  Not relocated Today.
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Yellow Legged Gull
Species:
Sunday 3rd June 2001
Date Seen:
Adult Yellow Legged Gull (michahellis) present last night between 5.00 and 7.00 pm.
at DonMouth.
Observer:
Chris Gibbins
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Black Tailed Godwit, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Species:
Monday 4th June 2001
Date Seen:
x24 summer plumaged Black Tailed Godwits at Dun's Dish, Brechin, Angus.
x2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers in surrounding woodland.
Observer:
Mark Caunt
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Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper
Species:
Tuesday 5th June 2001
Date Seen:
Seen today at the Main Slains Pool, North of Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
x1 Immature Spoonbill from Starnafin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Wood Sandpiper also present.
Details:
Pectoral Sandpiper, Temmincks Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff
Species:
Wednesday 6th June 2001
Date Seen:
Source:
All seen today from Starnafin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Details:
Spoonbill, Curlew Sandpiper
Species:
Thursday 7th June 2001
Date Seen:
Spoonbill seen this morning at the West End of Montrose Basin, Angus.
Curlew Sandpiper also.
Source:
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Details:
Cory's Shearwater
Species:
Saturday 9th June 2001
Date Seen:
A PROBABLE Cory's Shearwater flew east out of the River Forth, past Fife Ness, Fife,
at 9:55AM.
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Rose Coloured Starling
Species:
Thursday 7th June 2001
Date Seen:
Adult Rose Coloured Starling seen at the Southern end of Arbroath golf course, Elliot, Angus between beach and the railway this afternoon feeding with Starlings. MAP NO608374
Source:
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Details:
Grasshopper Warbler
Species:
Friday 8th June 2001
Date Seen:
Observer:
Bob McCurley
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Details:
Rose Coloured Starling
Species:
Friday 8th June 2001
Date Seen:
Adult Rose Coloured Starling seen again at the Southern end of Arbroath golf course, Elliot, Angus between the beach and the railway this afternoon feeding with Starlings. MAP NO 608374 Seen on the grass near the railway by the water treatment complex - access: park near the picnic site at East Haven and walk north east along the railway.
Observer:
Tom Gillies
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Seen at Clatto Country Park, Dundee.
Taking path right past reservoir, in wood near Raspberry field.
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Wood Sandpiper
Species:
Friday 8th June 2001
Date Seen:
Wood Sandpiper seen at the South West corner of Lendrick Marsh, South of Kirriemuir, Angus. At waters edge, in and out of vegetation with x2 Redshanks. MAP NO 348 503
Observer:
Mark Caunt
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Details:
Long Tailed Skua, Little Tern
Species:
Tuesday 12th June 2001
Date Seen:
Long Tailed Skua flew inland at Elliot Beach, Angus at 7:20 pm pursued by
x2 Little Terns. Bird drifted slowly North about 400 yds inland towards Arbroath Town Centre flying just above buildings. Took about 10 minutes to fly out of sight and could not be re-found despite searching.
No sign of Rose Coloured Starling at Elliot tonight.
Observer:
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Rose Coloured Starling
Species:
Saturday 9th June 2001
Date Seen:
Adult Male Rose Coloured Starling seen between Elliot (South of Arbroath) and Water Treatment Works, North of Easthaven, Angus. In vegetation between the beach and the railway early this afternoon feeding with Starlings. Showing very well between 11:30am & 12:15pm. MAP NO 608 374
Observer:
Mark Caunt
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Stuart R. Green
Details:
Slavonian Grebe
Species:
Monday 11th June 2001
Date Seen:
x20 pairs present, many showing well in front of the hides at Loch Ruthven, Highland.
Source:
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Osprey, Black Swan
Species:
Sunday 10th June 2001
Date Seen:
Osprey fishing on Montrose Basin, Angus at 4:30pm.
Black Swan also, though no sign of Spoonbill.
Observer:
Mark Caunt
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Osprey, Ringed Plover
Species:
Wednesday 13th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Osprey fishing at Kinnordy Loch, Angus at 3:30pm.
x2 Ringed Plover at Lendrick Marsh, South of Kirriemuir, Angus. MAP NO 348 503
Observer:
Mark Caunt
Notice:
Petrel Ringing
will once again be a big feature of the coming summer in Cove harbour, Aberdeenshire.
Anyone is welcome to come along and attend these sessions. Please send Paul Baxter an e-mail to confirm any interest in going along and Paul will create a mailing list to advise those interested of when the sessions are. Send Paul an email to paul.baxter@frco.com to be included on this mailing list. Public sessions will also be broadcast through Birdline Scotland and the pager services.
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King Eider, Wood Sandpiper
Species:
Friday 15th June 2001
Date Seen:
Female King Eider present with a female Common Eider at the northeast end of Aberlady Bay mudflats, Lothian.
Wood Sandpiper present at Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian.

Source:
Details:
Spoonbill, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank,
Black-tailed Godwit, Marsh Harrier   
        

Species:
Saturday 23rd June 2001
Date Seen:
Spoonbill, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit and female Marsh Harrier from Starnaffin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.  

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Red Backed Shrike
Species:
Friday 15th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Red Backed Shrike reported nearby Granton on Spey.
No details due to sensitivity of situation.
Source:
Details:
Manx Shearwater, Great Skua, Red Throated Diver
Species:
Saturday 16th June 2001
Date Seen:
x12 Manx Shearwaters, x1 Great Skua and x2 Red Throated Divers flying North past Arbroath, Angus, in a one and half hour seawatch 3:30pm till 5:00pm.
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Glaucous Gull
Species:
Saturday 16th June 2001
Date Seen:
2nd-Summer Glaucous Gull opposite Caravan Park, Lossiemouth, Moray.
Source:
Stuart R. Green
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Roseate Tern
Species:
Thursday 21st June 2001
Date Seen:
x7 Roseate Terns present this afternoon, with x4 still present at 4:00 P.M. at Fife Ness, Fife.
Source:
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Little Ringed Plover
Species:
Thursday 21st June 2001
Date Seen:
Great White Egret present on the saltmarsh near Spike Island at Heckies Hole, Tyninghame, Lothian. Access from Lime Tree Walk car park off the A198   

Source:
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Bar-headed Goose
Species:
Wednesday 20th June 2001
Date Seen:
x12 Bar-headed Goose seen this evening at Loireston Loch, Aberdeenshire.
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Rose Coloured Starling
Species:
Monday 18th June 2001
Date Seen:
Male Rose-coloured Starling at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire at 9:00am.
Present on the large grass field with 20 Starlings between St. Fittick's church and the South bank.
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Quail
Species:
Monday 18th June 2001
Date Seen:
1 or 2 Quail calling from by the Red Ash Trail, Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife.
Access from the main road turn left on Hugo Avenue at the school and park on the bend to walk north
Source:
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Dipper
Species:
Tuesday 19th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Dipper in Roy's Garden in the Keilor Burn, Lunan Bay, Angus.
Observer:
Roy Adamson
Source:
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Marsh Harrier, Grasshopper Warbler, Osprey
Species:
Thursday 21st June 2001
Date Seen:
Female Marsh Harrier at Loch of Kinnordy, Angus, and a Grasshopper Warbler singing on the reserve around the Lochside Cottages area (west of the reserve car park) - NO540355. Please avoid going onto the reserve and listen along the road verge. Osprey seen on two occasions on the reserve today.
Observer:
Alan Leitch
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Great White Egret
Species:
Thursday 21st June 2001
Date Seen:
Great White Egret present on the saltmarsh near Spike Island at Heckies Hole, Tyninghame, Lothian. Access from Lime Tree Walk car park off the A198   

Source:
x1 Little Ringed Plover present this evening on the Main Slains Pool, Aberdeenshire.
Details:
Rose Coloured Starling
Species:
Friday 22nd June 2001
Date Seen:
Rose Coloured Starling present around the graveyard just north of the visitor centre at
St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire.
Paul Baxter
Observer:
Source:
Details:
Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper
Species:
Saturday 23rd June 2001
Date Seen:
Wood Sandpiper present along with a Green Sandpiper on
Slains Pools, North Of Ythan, Aberdeenshire, this afternoon,

Source:
Details:
Little Gull
Species:
Saturday 23rd June 2001
Date Seen:
x2 1st-summer Little Gull present at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
Details:
Whiskered Tern, Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, Black Tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Little Gull
Species:
Friday 29th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Storm Petrel trapped overnight, also 1 or 2 other birds present at Cove, Aberdeenshire.
Details:
Wood Sandpiper
Species:
Sunday 24th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Wood Sandpiper seen in the ditch left of the Wigeon Hide, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Observer:
Hugh Bell
Details:
Goshawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Species:
Monday 25th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Goshawk seen performing aerobatics and stooping today at 1:15pm over an
Angus Forest. x3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers also.
Observer:
Mark Caunt
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Details:
Wood Sandpiper
Species:
Monday 25th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Wood Sandpiper at Garlogie Pool, Aberdeenshire. MAP
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Citrine Wagtail
Species:
Sat / Sun 23rd / 24th June 2001
Date Seen:
Sat 23rd - Citrine Wagtail present from middle hide at Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian. MAP
Sun 24th - seen from the 3rd hide to 6:45am but then flew south and not seen since.
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Details:
Manx Shearwater, Artic Skua
Species:
Sunday 24th June 2001
Date Seen:
4 hour seawatch - x19 Manx Shearwaters and x1 dark phase Arctic Skua
North past Arbroath, Angus.
Observer:
Stuart R. Green
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Garganey
Species:
Monday 25th June 2001
Date Seen:
Female at the east end of the lagoons on the wader scrape.
Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian. MAP
Source:
Details:
Date Seen:
Summer plummaged Spotted Redshank seen 50 yards up from the
Old Pier, Montrose Basin, Angus, at 4:00pm till 4:45pm.
Details:
Spoonbill
Species:
Tuesday 26th June 2001
Date Seen:
x2 Spoonbill's feeding on Inch Geck Island, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
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Storm Petrel
Species:
Tuesday 26th June 2001
Date Seen:
x1 Storm Petrel trapped overnight, also 1 or 2 other birds present at Cove, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
Paul Baxter
Adult Whiskered Tern present at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire seen early this morning from 5:30 till at least 8:00. (Not reported this afternoon though.)
x2 Spoonbill's seen throughout day on Inch geck Island, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire. Favouring tree stump perch.
Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, Black Tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Little Gull, all from Starnaffin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Details:
Nightjar
Species:
Thursday 28th June 2001
Date Seen:
Observer:
Mark Caunt
Nightjar seen two nights this week at Parkhill Road Bridge, Dyce, Aberdeenshire.
Details:
Whiskered Tern
Species:
Wednesday 27th June 2001
Date Seen:
Source:
Adult Whiskered Tern present at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire from 7:55PM till Sundown.
Please view only from the parking area at the end of the track as there is no access around the loch. MAP NK2030

Details:
Spotted Redshank
Species:
Tuesday 26th June 2001
Date Seen:
Observer:
Dan Carmichael
x3 Summer plummaged Male Spotted Redshanks seen again from
Maryton Ditch, Montrose Basin, Angus at 11:00am.
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Whiskered Tern, Wood Sandpiper
Species:
Thursday 28th June 2001
Date Seen:
Adult Whiskered Tern present at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire seen early this morning.
This bird has been reported all day today until at least 8:00pm. MAP NK2030
Wood Sandpiper also.
Observer:
Dan Carmichael & Bob McCurley
Details:
Alpine Swift 
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Friday 29th June 2001
Date Seen:
UNCONFIRMED REPORT. A large swift species flew south with x2 Swifts in front of advancing heavy rain; no plumage details seen but was clearly larger with the jizz of an Alpine Swift at Kirkcaldy, Fife.
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Mediterranean Gull
Species:
Thursday 28th June 2001
Date Seen:
Mediterranean Gull at Starnaffin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
Birdline Scotland - 09068700234
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Mandarin Duck
Species:
Thursday 28th June 2001
Date Seen:
Eclipse drake Mandarin Duck present on the pool at Marywell Pool, Aberdeen.
Observer:
Paul Baxter
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Details:
Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern
Species:
Saturday 30th June 2001
Date Seen:
Observer:
Stuart R. Green
Details:
Whiskered Tern
Species:
Saturday 30th June 2001
Date Seen:
Source:
Adult Whiskered Tern present all afternoon from 12:33pm onward at
Starnaffin Farm & Savoch Hide, Loch of Strathbeg Aberdeenshire.
x1 Summer Plumaged Spotted Redshank, x2 Greenshank, x1 Common
Sandpiper & x1 Common Tern, seen at Invergowrie Bay, Dundee.
(viewable from train station). MAP
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Spotted Redshank
Species:
Monday 25th June 2001
Observer:
Hugh Bell & Mark Caunt
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JULY 2001
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Little Gull
Sunday 29th July 2001
x110 Little Gulls at Elliot Mouth, Angus.
Also  x170 at Arbroath Esplanade, Angus next to Arbroath F.C. ground.
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Surf Scoter
Friday 27th July 2001
1st summer drake Surf Scoter between Blackdog Rock & Murcar Golf Course, Aberdeenshire,
with around x700 Common Scoters.
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Two Barred Crossbill
Friday 27th July 2001
x1 Two Barred Crossbill trapped and ringed this evening on Isle of May, Fife.
Not seen Saturday though.   
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Crossbill, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Osprey
Thursday 26th July 2001
x4 Crossbills over Loch of Kinnordy RSPB Reserve, Angus, this morning, also
Greenshank, Common Sandpiper and upto x5 Ospreys seen around the reserve today.
Alan Leitch - Loch of Kinnordy Warden
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Ruff, Snipe
Wednesday 25th July 2001
x2 Ruff still present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus, including the moulting male.
x6 Snipe also present at the NW end of the marsh.  MAP
Mark Caunt
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Green Sandpiper
Thursday 26th July 2001
x3 Green Sandpipers at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Source:
Observer:
Stuart R. Green
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Red-crested Pochard
Sunday 29th July 2001
Drake Red-crested Pochard seen again at Linlithgow Loch, Lothian at 5:15 PM  
x4 Ruddy Ducks also.    MAP
Source:
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Crossbill
Tuesday 24th July 2001
x8 Crossbills flying over at Hazlehead 9-hole golf course, Aberdeen.
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Honey Buzzard
Wednesday 25th July 2001
Honey Buzzard flew low southwest over Aberlady Bay, Lothian at 2:40pm.
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Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull
Sunday 22nd July 2001
x1 Mediterranean Gull (summer plumage) & x51 Little Gull at 6.00pm at
Elliot Water River Mouth, South of Arbroath, Angus.
David Robertson
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Ruff
Saturday 21st July 2001
x2 Ruff (including Moulting Male) at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.   MAP
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Leach's Petrel, Pomarine Skua
Sunday 22nd July 2001
x2 Leach's Petrels past Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire, between 11:40 & 12:20.
Pomarine Skua also.
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Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, Little Gull
Sunday 22nd July 2001
x3 moulting adult Curlew Sandpiper's from Waulkmill Hide, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
Also single Ruff and Little Gull.
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Rose Coloured Starling
Mon 16th & Tues 17th July 2001
Rose Coloured Starling seen in private gardens in the South part of Forfar, Angus.
Mixing with a flock of Common Starlings.
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Red Crested Pochard
Saturday 21st July 2001
x1 Red Crested Pochard at Linlithgow Loch, West Lothian.   MAP
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Cory's Shearwater
Tuesday 17th July 2001
x1 Cory's Shearwater lingering off Hound point, Edinburgh, Lothian.
x1 Cory's Shearwater seen off Kinghorn Harbour Car park, Fife.
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Pomarine, Great & Arctic Skua
Wednesday 18th July 2001
x1 Pomarine, x2 Arctic & x2 Great Skua, past Collieston, Aberdeenshire.
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Sooty Shearwater, Curlew Sandpiper, Great Skua
Thursday 19th July 2001
x1 Sooty Shearwater north past Barns Ness, Lothian. Great Skua also.
x1 Curlew Sandpiper on the Wader Scrape at Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian.
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Common Crossbill
Thursday 19th July 2001
x3 Common Crossbills flew over Balmedie village, Aberdeenshire at 11:00am.
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Storm Petrel
Friday 20th July 2001
x15 Strom Petrels feeding offshore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
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Black-Browed Albatross
Saturday 14th July 2001
Report of a Black-browed Albatross following a fishing boat,
50 miles off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, this afternoon.
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Mediterranean Gull
Saturday 14th July 2001
1st Summer Mediterranean Gull at Leven Mouth, Fife.
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Common Crosbill
Monday 16th July 2001
x11 Crossbills seen at Collieston Crandale Viewpoint, Aberdeenshire.
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Surf Scoter
Thursday 12th July 2001
1st Summer Surf Scoter north of Aberdeen, off Murcar Golf Course.
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Little Tern, Ringed Plover
Monday 9th July 2001
Geoff Yarnell
x3 Little Terns from Elliot, Angus. x1 Ringed Plover also.
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Lesser Whitethroat
Monday 16th July 2001
Family party of Lesser Whitethroat in scrub just west of car park at Duddingston Loch, Lothian.
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Grasshopper Warbler
Wednesday 4th July 2001
Mark Caunt
Grasshopper Warbler seen in Hedgerows by Roadside near Lendrick, Angus.
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Peregrine, Whinchat, Stonechat, Golden Plover
Monday 9th July 2001
Mark Caunt
Lone Peregrine, at least x10 Whinchat, x2 Stonechat, x2 Golden Plover all seen in Valley north of Glen Ogil, Angus. MAP
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Cory's Shearwater
Sunday 8th July 2001
Cory's Shearwater off Kinghorn Harbour Car park, Fife, then flew East.
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Ringed Plover, Sandwich Tern, Fulmar, Partridge, Auks, Gulls
Monday 2nd July 2001 (and earlier)
Anne Burgess
x2 adult and x1 juvenile Ringed Plover on Lunan Bay, Angus.
x40+ Sandwich Tern at Milton of Mathers, Aberdeenhire.
x1 or x2 Razorbill on the water at Ethie Haven, Angus.
x30-odd Kittiwake on the sand at the mouth of the River Lunan, Angus.
Guillemot, Razorbill, Kittiwake, Puffins, Fulmar, Herring Gull all along the cliffs and on the water between Ethie Haven and Red Head (I got the canoe to within a few metres of rafts of auks)
x2 Grey Partridge adults and 5-6 chicks on the road near there.
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Red Necked Phalerope, Little Egret, Corys Shearwater
Saturday 7th July 2001
x2 Red Necked Phalerope & Cory's Shearwater flew south past Barns Ness, Lothian.
x1 Little Egret at Tyninghame, Lothian.
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King Eider
Monday 2nd July 2001
Female King Eider again present at Aberlady Bay, Lothian.
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Night Heron, Green Sandpiper
Monday 2nd July 2001
x1 Adult & x1 Juvenile Night Heron present 5 minutes up the River Almond from the River Mouth, Lothian. Green Sandpiper at Musselburgh Laggons, Lothian.
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Temmincks Stint
Sunday 1st July 2001
Temmincks Stint on the Wader Scrape at Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian.
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Whiskered Tern
Sunday 1st July 2001
Summer Plummaged Adult Whiskered Tern again seen at Meikle Loch, Aberdeenshire.
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Spoonbill, Marsh Harrier
Sunday 1st July 2001
x2 Spoonbill on Inch Geck Island, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
x1 Spoonbill at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. Marsh Harrier there also.
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Mediterranean Gull
Wednesday 1st August 2001
An adult Mediterranean Gull was roosting on the mud by Inch Geck, Ythan, Aberdeenshire,
last night.
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Balearic Shearwater
Friday 3rd August 2001
x1 Balearic Shearwater past Fife Ness, Fife, this afternoon.

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Two-Barred Crossbill
Wednesday 1st August 2001
Juvenile male Two-Barred Crossbill still present this afternoon on Isle of May, Fife.
Boats will be leaving Anstruther (cost £13) Thursday at 11:10, Saturday at 13:15
and on Sunday at 13:30
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Leach's Petrel, Storm Petrel
Wednesday 1st August 2001
x1 Leach's Petrel trapped overnight. x12 Storm Petrels also at
Cove Harbour, Aberdeenshire.
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Paul Baxter's Ringing Session
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White-Rumped Sandpiper
Friday 3rd August 2001
x1 White-rumped Sandpiper on view from Starnafin Farm Visitor Centre,
Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire this evening.
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Spoonbill, Greenshank, Ruff
Wednesday 1st August 2001
x1 Spoonbill, x2 Greenshank & x2 Ruff at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Seen at 8:20pm.
Andre Thiel
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Two-Barred Crossbill, Crossbill, Manx Shearwater, Turnstone
Thursday 2nd August 2001
Juvenile male Two-Barred Crossbill still present this afternoon on Isle of May, Fife,
near the Helipad. Staying close to Common Crossbill.
x1 Manx Shearwater seen at 11:45am on the crossing over.
At least x40 Summer Plummaged Turnstone present in Kirkhaven Gully (boat landing area.)
Boats will be leaving Anstruther (cost £13) Saturday at 13:15 and on Sunday at 13:30.
Mark Caunt
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Sooty Shearwater, Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Manx Shearwater
Thursday 2nd August 2001
x2 Sooty Shearwater going North past Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
x2 Great Skua, x2 Arctic Skuas and x20 Manx Shearwaters also.
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Cory's Shearwater, Spotted Redshank
Saturday 4th August 2001
Cory's Shearwater close inshore, going north past Fife Ness, Fife at 4:15pm.
Spotted Redshank at Edenside, Fife.
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Spoonbill, Whimbrel,  Golden Plover, Knot, Greylag Geese,
Snipe, Black-Tailed Godwits, Great Crested Grebe
Friday 3rd August 2001
Good nos. of Whimbrel, Golden Plover and Knot on Ythan Estuary, along with the x2
Spoonbills and c.x20 Greylag Geese. Snipe and x3 Black-Tailed Godwits on Slains Pool, and a Great Crested Grebe on the Meickle Loch. All Aberdeenshire sites.
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Tom Nichols
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King Eider
Friday 3rd August 2001
x1 Female King Eider showing off the sea wall by Methil Power Station car park,
Leven Beach, Fife, this evening.
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Yellow Legged Gull
Saturday 4th August 2001
Adult Yellow Legged Gull in pig field beside road South of Tayport, Fife, with 350+ Lesser Black- backed Gulls. Please park carefully to avoid confrontation with farmer who flushes birds regularly
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Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gull, Green Sandpiper
Wednesday 8th August 2001
Glaucous Gull & Iceland Gull seen at Kinnaber, Angus at the river mouth, this evening.
x2 Green Sandpiper seen in recent days at the Slunks, Montrose Basin, Angus.
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Hugh Bell
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Manx Shearwater, Arctic Skua
Monday 6th August 2001
3 hour seawatch produced ONLY x5 manxies heading North and x1 Arctic Skua heading North. Viewed from Arbroath, Angus.
Observer:
Stuart R. Green
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Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Dunlin, Golden Plover, Long-Tailed Duck
Sunday 5th August 2001
Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. x1 Green Sandpiper with x20+ Dunlin and x2
Greenshank but no sign of the White-rumped Sandpiper. x200+ Golden Plover, and
Long-tailed Duck still on the loch.
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Snow Bunting
Wednesday 8th August 2001
Snow Bunting seen today in the Glas Maol area, Glen Shee, Angus.
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Dan Carmichael
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Gyr Falcon
Wednesday 8th August 2001
Seen at Rossie Spit, Montrose Basin, Angus, at 6:15pm.
Still there at 8:30pm eating a rabbit, then circling and landing on various trees and electric poles. (Mark Caunt) Not a wild bird as it had some rings on both legs, evidence of jesses.
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Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Great Skua
Friday 10th August 2001
x1 Sooty Shearwater, x3 Manx Shearwater & x2 Great Skua north in 1.5 hrs, mid-afternoon today past Girdleness, Aberdeenshire.
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Alan Knox
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Peregrine Falcon, Dotterel, Ptarmigan, Golden Plover, Snipe, Greenshank, Ruff, Dunlin
Friday 10th August 2001
x1 Peregrine Falcon, x11 Dotterel, x15 Ptarmigan (including Juv.), x10 Golden Plover,
x1Snipe all seen from 10:30 till 1:30 up an Angus Monroe.
x2 Greenshank, x1 Ruff, x1 Dunlin & x46 Snipe seen at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
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Dan Carmichael & Mark Caunt
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Rose Coloured Starling
Saturday 11th August 2001
Adult Rose Coloured Starling in garden of 26 Hillside at Pitmedden,
4 miles west southwest of Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Early morning only .
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Hobby, Osprey
Sunday 12th August 2001
x1 Hobby over Snub car park towards Newburgh, Ythan estuary, Aberdeenshire.
An Osprey on the Estuary also.
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Greenshank, Osprey, Crossbill
Monday 13th August 2001
x2 Greenshank, x4 Osprey, x6 Crossbill at Loch of Kinnordy RSPB Reserve, Angus.
Observer:
Alan Leitch - Kinnordy Warden
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Icterine Warbler
Sunday 19th August 2001
x1 Icterine Warbler in the bushes directly behind the dunes at Thorntonloch, Lothian.
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Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ruff, Osprey, Water rail
Friday 17th August 2001
x2 Green Sandpiper, x1 Greenshank, x1 Ruff, x3 Osprey and a juvenile Water rail,
at Kinnordy RSPB Reserve, Angus, from the Swamp Hide.
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Alan Leitch - Kinnordy Warden
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Red Backed Shrike, Icterine Warbler
Sunday 19th August 2001
Juvenile Red-backed Shrike in churchyard with 4 Pied Flycatcher at Collieston, Aberdeenshire.
Icterine Warbler in Foveran Bushes just south of Newburgh village, Aberdeenshire in the evening.
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Long-tailed Skua
Saturday 18th August 2001
x6 Long-tailed Skua flew east along Joppa seawall, Lothian
and then turned south and headed inland at 7:40pm.
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Barred Warbler, Tree Pipit, Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua,
Manx Shearwater, Mediterranean Gull
Saturday 18th August 2001
x1 Barred Warbler on Isle of May, Fife. x2 Tree Pipits also.
Long-tailed Skua seen during 2 hour seawatch late morning from Kinghorn, Fife.
Also x2 Pomarine Skuas, x6 Arctic Skuas, x6 Manx Shearwaters, Mediterranean Gull
& 2 large 'unidentified' Shearwaters.
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Aquatic Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Barred Warbler,
Pied Flycatcher, Wryneck, Green Sandpiper, Whinchat
Sunday 19th August 2001
Aquatic Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, 5x Barred Warbler, x10 Pied Flycatcher,
x2 Wryneck, x19 Green Sandpiper and x10 Whinchat on Isle of May, Fife.
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Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua, Great Skua
Sunday 19th August 2001
x1 Pomarine Skua past the Esplanade, Arbroath, Angus at 2:16pm.
x3 Arctic Skua, and a Great Skua also.
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Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Barred Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat,
Pied Flycatcher, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Fieldfare, Tree Pipit,
Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler
Sunday 19th August 2001
Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Barred Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat x30 Pied Flycatcher,
at least x2 Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler and Fieldfare, on Isle of May, Fife.
NO SIGN of Aquatic Warbler.
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Info from Birders on Isle of May Trip Today  (Included Stuart Green, Hugh Bell, Mark Caunt)
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Barred Warbler
Thursday 23rd August 2001

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1st year Barred Warbler at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire at lunchtime today,
in the large sycamore below the allotments.
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Wryneck, Icterine Warbler
Tuesday 21st August 2001

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Wryneck present 2 miles south west of Arbroath, at the South end of the Elliott Golf Course, Angus, in gorse bushes and on adjacent fenceposts on the seaward side of the railway line.
Icterine Warbler showing well in garden of Invermay Cottage at Easthaven, Angus, and also North-East of Arbroath at West Seaton Farm Orchard.
(Private - do not enter)
Stuart Green
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Little Egret
Tuesday 21st August 2001

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Seen briefly at the River Esk mouth, Musselburgh, Lothian, at 07.10am.
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Little Egret, Greenshank, Wood, Green & Curlew Sandpiper
Wednesday 22nd August 2001

Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the wader scrape, Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian, this evening. 5:44pm.
Little Egret at Tyninghame, Lothian.
x3 Greenshank, x8 Wood Sandpiper, x1 Green Sandpiper and x1 Curlew Sandpiper.

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Red-backed Shrike
Wednesday 22nd August 2001

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Icterine Warbler, Black Tern, Lesser Whitethroat, Pied Flycatcher
Wednesday 22nd August 2001

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Icterine Warbler seen North-East of Arbroath at West Seaton Farm area, Angus.
Lesser Whitethroat & Pied Flycatcher there also.
Black Tern seen along Elliot Coastline, Angus.
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Icterine Warbler
Wednesday 22nd August 2001

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Icterine Warbler seen briefly at Windyhills Farm Entrance way, North of Arbroath, Angus.
Mark Caunt
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Red-backed Shrike, Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Thursday 23rd August 2001

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Juvenile Red-backed Shrike at Fife Ness, Fife.
In gorse bushes beside the path running from Balcomie beach to the golf clubhouse. 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper again on the wader scrape, Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian.
Until 07.25am only, then flew towards Aberlady Bay.
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Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Greenshank, Green & Common Sandpiper, Black Tailed Godwits
Thursday 23rd August 2001

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Today at the Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus, x1 Spotted Redshank, x17 Ruff, x10 Greenshank, x4 Green Sandpipers, x12 Common Sandpipers and x2 Black-Tailed Godwits.
Dan Carmichael
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Montagu's Harrier
Friday 24th August 2001

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Juvenile Montagu's Harrier seen flying upsteam past Waulkmill Hide, Ythan, Aberdeenshire.
At 3:15pm.
Andy Thorpe
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Red Necked Grebe, Wood & Curlew Sandpiper, Peregrine, Mediterranean Gull
Saturday 25th August 2001

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Red Necked Grebe, x29+ Ruff, x9 Black-tailed Godwits, Wood Sandpiper, x2 Little Stints,
Curlew Sandpiper, x1 Whimbrel, x1 Peregrine & adult Mediterranean  Gull
on the 1st lagoon, Musselburgh, Lothian.
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Sabines Gull
Sunday 26th August 2001

Adult Sabine Gull lingered briefly off Fife Ness, Fife, before heading south at 6:30pm.
Seen also distant off the seawall at Seafield, Lothian, & flying towards Musselburgh.
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Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Snipe, Little Stint, Dunlin, Sparrowhawk
Sunday 26th August 2001

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x2 Green Sandpiper, x1 Common Sandpiper, x2 Ruff, at least x30+ Snipe, x1 Little Stint, x1 Dunlin & Sparrowhawk chasing Pied Wagtail at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.
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Mark Caunt
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Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Ruff
Wednesday 29th August 2001

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x1 Pectoral Sandpiper present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
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Kingfisher, Osprey, Wigeon
Wednesday 29th August 2001

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Kingfisher seen from East hide this afternoon at Kinnordy RSPB Reserve, Angus.
Also x2 Ospreys nearby & upto x60 Wigeon on the reserve.
Alan Leitch
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Surf Scoter
Tuesday 28th August 2001

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Adult drake Surf Scoter present this morning from Murcar Golf Course, Aberdeenshire. Viewable from the bench in the dunes.
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Common Rosefinch
Thursday 30th August 2001
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Bar-Tailed Godwit, Common Scoter, Dunlin, Whimbrel, Sanderling, Ringed Plover
Thursday 30th August 2001

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x3 Bar-Tailed godwit, x5 Common Scoter, Dunlin, Whimbrel, Sanderling, Ringed Plover
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Red Backed Shrike, Wryneck
Thursday 30th August 2001

Red Backed Shrike present in bushes below the community hall in the
Coastal Park at Newtonhill, Aberdeenshire.
Wryneck by the car park at the beginning of the footpath to Foveran Bushes,
Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
Roy Adamson
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Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff
Thursday 30th August 2001

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x1 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
Also x1 Wood Sandpiper and x3 Ruff.
Mark Caunt
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Long Eared Owl, Whinchat, Osprey
Thursday 30th August 2001
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A Long-eared Owl was flushed from a clump of willows at the
West end of Kinnordy RSPB reserve, Angus.
Also seen nearby were x4 Whinchats, x2 Ospreys.
Alan Leitch
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Kingfisher
Thursday 30th August 2001

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Kingfisher seen on the River Isla, Alyth, Perthshire.
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Leach's Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Slavonian Grebe, Curlew Sandpiper,
Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Diver
Friday 31st August 2001
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x1 Leach's Petrel going North past Barns Ness, Lothian, at 4:55pm.  
Also x1 Sooty Shearwater.
Slavonian Grebe at Musselburgh, Lothian.
Also x5 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, x1 Red-necked Grebe, x1 Red-throated Diver.
x1 Mediterranean Gull at Crammond, Lothian.
Neil Young
x1 Common Rosefinch in bushes by the small pond at Forvie centre, Aberdeenshire.
Between 3:50-4:00pm.
x1 Common Rosefinch also on the Isle of May, Fife.