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Out of Area News of Interest!    FIRST FOR THE UK!
1st Winter Snowy Egret seen at Balvicar Golf Course Lagoons, Argyll.     MAP
By the wooden bridge over the creek on the golf course.
1st Winter Ivory Gull again seen this afternoon at Rossie Spit Area, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Peregrine Falcon and x20 Snow Bunting over aswell.    MAP     PHOTO
Dave Dakers (confirmed and put on ADBC Grapevine by Graham Christer)
1st Winter Ivory Gull seen this afternoon at Rossie Spit, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Seen from 1:30pm to night fall, near & around Rossie Spit Bridge feeding on dead Eider Duck.    MAP    PHOTO
1st Winter Ivory Gull again relocated today.
This morning at 08.30 again seen feeding on carrion on the beach in front of the old salmon bothy
at the western side of Rossie Island, Montrose Basin, Angus.   (G.A)
This afternoon still showing well at basin although much more mobile.
Ranging between train station and north east corner at tayock dump, Montrose Basin, Angus.
At 3:00pm it was just to south of train station on foreshore. (S.G.)    PHOTO
Out of Area News of Interest!
Adult Ivory Gull at Dunnet Head, 6 miles east of Thurso, Highland, at 1:30pm.
On the beach at the northeast end of Dunnet Bay.    MAP
Out of Area News of Interest!   
Snowy Egret again seen this time at north end of north end of Ardrossan, Ayr.
On the beach by the burn mouth opposite Abbotsford Nursing Home this afternoon on the A78 Eglington Road at NS225434.    MAP
x1 Little Auk, x1 Black Guillemot, Slavonian Grebe & x1Great Northern Diver seen in
Carnoustie Bay, Angus.    MAP
Late Curlew Sandpiper seen at Westhaven, Angus.   
Red Crested Pochard at Lochore Meadows, Fife.    MAP
No sign today  of Ring-necked Duck.
x117 Whooper Swans at Loch of Lintrathen, Angus, at 7:00am.    MAP
Also x4000+ Pink-footed Geese, x3 Barnacle Geese and x150 Greylag Geese.
Drake Ring Necked Duck at the west end of Lochore Meadows CP, Fife.   MAP
Access via the north entrance to the west end of the reservoir and viewed through gap in trees.  
Drake Black Scoter 1.5 miles east of Findhorn, Moray & Nairn.
Viewed from the RAF base perimeter fence.  MAP NJ064648
Great Grey Shrike at Red Castle Ruins, Lunan Bay, Angus.   MAP
In the trees near the track leading down to the beach.
x1 Woodcock, x3 Brambling, Reed Warbler, x4 Blackcaps and literally hundreds of
Fieldfares, Redwings & Goldcrests, at Auchmithie, Angus.
Ring Ouzel present at West Seaton, Angus.  MAP
Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, x1000+ Goldcrests and hundreds of thrushes,
present at Ethie Mains, Angus.  MAP
Great Grey Shrike at West Seaton Farm on the east side of Arbroath, Angus.  MAP
Reported later on at East Seaton Farm, a little North of West Seaton.
Female Black Redstart between the two Seaton Farms, near Arbroath, Angus.  MAP
Whinchat also. Goldcrests at West Seaton - difficult to count but 70/80 at least.
3rd Winter Iceland Gull roosting on playing fields at Forfar Academy, Angus, at 4:45pm.
Apparently had a limp.   MAP
Counts from Loch of Kinnordy RSPB Reserve, Angus. x23 Goldeneye, x14 Gadwall, x3 Shoveler, x30 Wigeon, x300 Fieldfare, x110 Redwing and double figures of Song Thrush.
x1 Yellow Browed Warbler seen at Windyhills Farm, South of Auchmithie, Angus.
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x1 Yellow Browed Warbler again seen at Windyhills Farm, South of Auchmithie, Angus.
Seen between 10:30am and 11:30am at least in Sycamores along roadside at the back of farm.
East side.    MAP
x3 Whinchat seen also on track between Auchmithie school house and windyhills farm.
x100's of thrushes (Mistle Thrushes, Fiedfares, Redwings) flying over and landing in this area also.
x1 White Rumped Sandpiper seen this afternoon at Maryton Ditch, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Male Capercaille at the edge of woods near Airlie Monument, Cortachy, Angus, at 12:30pm.
Landranger 44, ref 370, 625.    MAP
Adult pristine plummaged Ring-Billed Gull seen from 3:05 till 3:20pm
at Maryton Ditch, South-West end of Montrose Basin, Angus.
Mixing with Herring Gulls before flying South-West singularly on own.
Not relocated despite searching neighbouring fields.   MAP
Aquatic Warbler, 4 miles west of Montrose, Angus,
just south of Powmouth at NO652573.    MAP
x2 Green Sandpiper, x3 Ruff, x1 Greenshank, x3 Grey Wagtail at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.
Between 2:45 and 3:45pm.    MAP
x1 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
Crossbills - Seen prising cones in Glen Clova Forests.
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Black Tern, Sooty Shearwater
Saturday 1st September 2001
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x1 Black Tern seen flying west close inshore, Kinghorn, Fife.
x4 Sooty Shearwater past Fife Ness, Fife.
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Green Sandpiper, Red Necked Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Velvet Scoter, Common Scoter
Saturday 8th September 2001

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Green Sandpiper seen at 10:45am from the Wigeon Hide, Montrose Basin, Angus.
In the ditch seen from the left window.
x1 Red Necked Grebe, at least x5 Great Crested Grebe and at least x45+ Velvet Scoter
(mixed with Common Scoters), seen from Red Castle, Lunan Bay, Angus.
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Sat 1st / Sun 2nd September 2001

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x1 Pectoral Sandpiper still present at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.  MAP
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Peregrine Falcon
Sunday 2nd September 2001

Observer:
x1 Peregrine Falcon flew past Auchmithie Harbour, Angus, at 9:15am.
Mark Caunt
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Marsh Harrier, Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, Peregrine
Sunday 2nd September 2001

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x2 Marsh Harrier (x1 juv.) also x4 Spotted Redshank, x2 Curlew Sandpiper, x15+
Ruff, juvenile Peregrine from visitor centre or loch hides at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
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Black Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank
Monday 3rd September 2001

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x1 Black Tern showing very well on the first lagoon, Musselburgh, Lothian.
Also Wood Sandpiper, x34 Ruff, x2 Black-tailed Godwit and a Greenshank.
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Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Greenshank, Grey Wagtail
Wednesday 5th September 2001

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x2 Green Sandpiper, x3 Ruff, x1 Greenshank, x3 Grey Wagtail at Lendrick Marsh, Angus.
Between 2:45 and 3:45pm.    MAP
Mark Caunt
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Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Canada Goose, Kingfisher
Tuesday 4th September 2001

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This afternoon at Montrose Basin, Angus.
At Tayock - x4 Curlew Sandpipers, x1 Ruff.
At Lurgies - x1 Green Sandpiper, x4 Greenshanks, x2 Canada Geese, x1 Kingfisher.
Dan Carmichael
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Sooty Shearwater, Long Tailed Skua
Tuesday 4th September 2001

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Sooty Shearwater past Dunbar, Lothian this afternoon,
and also past Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
Juvenile Long Tailed Skua showing well at Hound Point, Edinburgh, Lothian.
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Aquatic Warbler
Wednesday 5th September 2001

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Aquatic Warbler, 4 miles west of Montrose, Angus,
just south of Powmouth at NO652573.    MAP
Dan Carmichael
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Long-tailed Skua, Sooty Shearwater
Monday 10th September 2001
Juvenile Long-tailed Skua past Fife Ness, Fife, by 10:45 am.
x33 Sooty Shearwaters also.
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Marsh Harrier, Brent Goose
Saturday 8th September 2001

Observer:
x1 Marsh Harrier & x13 Brent Geese at Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire, this afternoon.
Darren Wozencroft
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Ring-Billed Gull
Monday 10th September 2001

Observer:
Adult pristine plummaged Ring-Billed Gull seen from 3:05 till 3:20pm
at Maryton Ditch, South-West end of Montrose Basin, Angus.
Mixing with Herring Gulls before flying South-West singularly on own.
Not relocated despite searching neighbouring fields.   MAP
Mark Caunt
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Black Tern, Curlew Sandpiper
Tuesday 11th September 2001

Observer:
x1 Black Tern off Scurdie Ness, Angus.
x2 Curlew Sandpiper at Montrose Train Station, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Stuart Green
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Slavonian Grebe, Curlew Sandpiper, Arctic Skua
Thursday 13th September 2001

Source:
x7 Slavonian Grebes off the seawall, Musselburgh, Lothian.
Curlew Sandpiper & Arctic Skua lingering also.
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Sooty Shearwater, Arctic Skua, Great Skua, Little Gull
Thursday 13th September 2001

Observer:
x4 Sooty Shearwater past the Arbroath esplanade, Angus, in 3 hours this afternoon.
x5 Arctic Skuas, x4 Bonxies and a Little Gull also.
Stuart Green
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Capercaillie
Friday 14th September 2001

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Male Capercaille at the edge of woods near Airlie Monument, Cortachy, Angus, at 12:30pm.
Landranger 44, ref 370, 625.    MAP
Alex Shepherd
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Bairds Sandpiper
Saturday 15th September 2001

Source:
Baird's Sandpiper present this afternoon with 18 dunlin present from approx. 1:00-2:30pm.
Bird flew off with dunlins.
Viewable from Starnafin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg RSPB Reserve, Aberdeenshire.
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Hen Harrier
Sunday 16th September 2001

Observer:
x2 female Hen Harriers flew North over Auchmithie Harbour, Angus.
At 8:15 this morning.
Mark Caunt
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Kingfisher, Goosander, Wigeon, Greylag Goose
Sunday 16th September 2001

Observer:
Kingfisher in front of the Gullery Hide, Kinnordy, Angus, early am.
Also present on the reserve x5 Goosander, x78 Wigeon
and a skein of Greylags overhead in the afternoon.
Alan Leitch
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Icterine Warbler
Saturday 22nd September 2001

Source:
x1 Icterine Warbler opposite allotments in large sycamore this morning
at Girdleness, Aberdeenshire.
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Sabines Gull
Wednesday 19th September 2001

Source:
x1 Juvenile Sabines Gull going North past Cove, Aberdeenshire at 6:30pm.
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Balearic Shearwater, Lapland Bunting, Bairds Sandpiper
Wednesday 19th September 2001

Source:
x1 Balearic Shearwater North close inshore past Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
Lapland Bunting on the estuary near Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Bairds Sandpiper still present.
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Hoopoe
Thursday 20th September 2001 (seen briefly Friday 21st early morning)

Source:
x1 Hoopoe on the beach opposite the lighthouse
at Barns Ness, Lothian..
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Red Breasted Flycatcher
Thursday 20th September 2001

Source:
x1 Red Breasted Flycatcher present in the rough patch of docks at the south bank of
Girdleness, Aberdeenshire, at 12.30pm.
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Barred Warbler
Sunday 23rd September 2001

Observer:
x1 Barred Warbler in walled Garden at Mains of Usan, Angus.
Bob McCurley
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Surf Scoter, Gull Billed Tern, Sabines Gull
Sunday 23rd September 2001

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x1 drake Surf Scoter at Ruddons Point, Fife.
Gull Billed Tern & Sabines Gull flew north past Fife Ness, Fife.
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Little Bunting
Tuesday 25th September 2001

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x1 Little Bunting in Sycamore below the allotments at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
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Red Breasted Flycatcher
Tuesday 25th September 2001

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Red Breasted Flycatcher seen in apple tree's and walled garden at Ethie Mains, Angus.
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Ortolan Bunting, Barred Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Bluethroat, Snow Bunting, Jack Snipe
Wednesday 26th September 2001

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All birds seen on Isle of May, Fife.
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Lapland Bunting
Wednesday 26th September 2001

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Lapland Bunting by the dump, Barns Ness, Lothian.
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Yellow Browed Warbler
Thursday 27th September 2001

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x1 Yellow Browed in gorse by Tory Battery, Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
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Little Gull
Thursday 27th September 2001

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x30 Little Gull present at Arbroath, x50 also at Auchmithie, Angus.
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Forsters Tern
Thursday 27th September 2001

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Forsters Tern flew South past Fife Ness, Fife.
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Raddes Warbler, Rosefinch, Yellow Browed Warbler
Friday 28th September 2001

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All birds on Isle of May, Fife.
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Blyths Reed Warbler, Surf Scoter
Sunday 30th September 2001

Source:
Surf Scoter off shore at Elie, Fife.
Blyths Reed Warbler trapped and ringed at Fife Ness, Fife on Friday.
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Rough Legged Buzzard
Thursday 4th October 2001

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Rough Legged Buzzard reported at Sands of Forvie NNR, Aberdeenshire.
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Honey Buzzard
Thursday 4th October 2001

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x1 Honey Buzzard flew over Ulster Crescent, Edinburgh.
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Whooper Swan
Friday 5th October 2001

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x38 Whooper Swan arrived at Loch of Strarhbeg, Aberdeenshire.
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Surf Scoter
Saturday 6th October 2001

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Drake Surf Scoter at the East End of Largo Bay, off Ruddons Point, Fife.
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Dusky Warbler
Saturday 20th October 2001

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Dusky Warbler trapped at Forveran bushes, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
On the south side of the estuary, released at 11:30am.
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Hoopoe
Tuesday 2nd October 2001

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Hoopoe near Ardallie, Aberdeenshire.
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Sabines Gull
Tuesday 2nd October 2001

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x2 Juveniles flew past Fife Ness, Fife.
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Little Bunting, Snow Bunting
Wednesday 3rd October 2001

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Little Bunting in the community Woodland, Cove, Aberdeenshire.
Snow Bunting near the Battery, Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
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Black Tern
Saturday 6th October 2001

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x75+ Black Terns moving between Cramond and Hound Point, Lothian, at 5:15pm.
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Lapland Bunting, Pink-Footed Goose, Whooper Swan, Curlew Sandpiper,
Scaup, Ruff, Short-Eared Owl
Monday 8th October 2001

Source:
Lapland Bunting, x41,000 Pink-footed Geese, x76 Whooper Swans, Curlew Sandpiper, x2 Scaup,
Ruff & Short-eared Owl at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
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Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Red Throated Diver, Arctic Skua, Great Skua
Sunday 7th October 2001

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All birds seen going past Auchmithie, Angus, in a late afternoon seawatch.
Going North: x1 Sooty Shearwater, x2 Manx Shearwater.
Going South: x3 Red Throated Diver, x1 Arctic Skua, x2 Great Skua.
Mark Caunt
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Sunday 7th October 2001

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x2 juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers near Inch Geck Island, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
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American Golden Plover
Sunday 7th October 2001

Source:
Juvenile American Golden Plover on the easternmost lagoon, Musselburgh, Lothian,
at 10:00am & 2:32pm at least.
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Lesser Grey Shrike
Wednesday 10th October 2001

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1st winter Lesser Grey Shrike at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
Seen at 4-5pm on fence at South West corner of allotments
and then flew towards Torry Battery at 6pm.
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White Rumped Sandpiper
Thursday 11th October 2001

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x1 White Rumped Sandpiper seen this afternoon at Maryton Ditch, Montrose Basin, Angus.
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Black Throated Diver
Friday 12th October 2001

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x1 winter plummaged Black Throated Diver off Auchmithie Harbour, Angus, this morning.
Mark Caunt
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American Golden Plover, Slavonian Grebe, Red Throated Diver, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff
Tuesday 16th October 2001

Observer:
Juvenile American Golden Plover from the first hide at Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian.
Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Knot & Ruff also.
Slavonian Grebe & Red Throated Diver seen from the sea wall.
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Bean Geese
Saturday 13th October 2001

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x40 Bean Geese flew west past Eden Estuary, Fife, this morning.
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Brent Geese, Barnacle Geese, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff
Friday 12th October 2001

Observer:
x7 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, x7 Barnacle Geese, Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff
from Wigeon Hide, Montrose Basin, Angus. No Sign of White Rumped Sandpiper.
Bob McCurley, Dan Carmichael
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Great Grey Shrike
Sunday 21st October 2001
Great Grey Shrike on the fence in front of the reedbed by the old kirk,
at the south end of Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
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Yellow Browed Warbler, Whinchat, Redwing, Fieldfare
Sunday 14th October 2001

Observer:
x1 Yellow Browed Warbler again seen at Windyhills Farm, South of Auchmithie, Angus.
Seen between 10:30am and 11:30am at least in Sycamores along roadside at the back of farm.
East side.    MAP
x3 Whinchat seen also on track between Auchmithie school house and windyhills farm.
x100's of thrushes (Mistle Thrushes, Fiedfares, Redwings) flying over and landing in this area also.
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Yellow Browed Warbler
Saturday 13th October 2001

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x1 Yellow Browed Warbler seen at Windyhills Farm, South of Auchmithie, Angus.
MAP
Mark Caunt
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Olive-Backed Pipit
Monday 15th October 2001

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Olive-Backed Pipit by the entrance to the car park at Thorntonloch, Lothian.
Between 12 & 4:00pm at least.
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Iceland Gull, Goldeneye, Gadwall, Shoveler, Wigeon, Thrushes
Wednesday 31st October 2001
3rd Winter Iceland Gull roosting on playing fields at Forfar Academy, Angus, at 4:45pm.
Apparently had a limp.   MAP
Counts from Loch of Kinnordy RSPB Reserve, Angus. x23 Goldeneye, x14 Gadwall, x3 Shoveler, x30 Wigeon, x300 Fieldfare, x110 Redwing and double figures of Song Thrush.
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Bluethroat
Sunday 21st October 2001
Bluethroat trapped at Fife Ness Muir, Fife.
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Iceland Gull
Tuesday 16th October 2001

Observer:
A 2nd/3rd winter Iceland Gull was seen over the A94 at Finavon by Forfar, Angus.
At 2:30pm.
Alan Leitch
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Water Pipit
Tuesday 16th October 2001
Water pipit seen associating with Rock Pipits on the seaweed by the Westhaven Car Park, Angus.
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Yellow Browed Warbler
Thursday18th October 2001
Yellow Browed Warbler in sycamores by the allotments at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.
(Still present on 19th)
Yellow Browed Warbler present in bushes by the wire dump at Barns Ness, Lothian.
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Thursday 18th October 2001
Pectoral Sandpiper on the goose pools at Eden Estuary, Fife.
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Black Redstart
Tuesday 23rd October 2001
Female Black Redstart between the two Seaton Farms, near Arbroath, Angus.  MAP
Whinchat also. Goldcrests at West Seaton - difficult to count but 70/80 at least.
Observer:
Dan Carmichael
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Swift Species
Thursday 25th October 2001
Swift or Pallid Swift  present until 09:15am over university buildings at North Haugh on the western outskirts, St. Andrews, Fife. Then flew off south.
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Surf Scoter
Monday 22nd October 2001
Drake Surf Scoter seen on the sea 150m from River Esk mouth at Musselburgh, Lothian.
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Yellow Browed Warbler, Pallas's Warbler
Sunday 21st October 2001
Yellow Browed Warbler in Forveran bushes, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
NO SIGN of Dusky warbler though.
Pallas's Warbler at Drums, 2 miles to the north of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire,
this afternoon.
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Pallas's Warbler, Waxwing, Lapland Bunting
Monday 22nd October 2001
Pallas's Warbler at the Muir, Fife Ness, Fife.
Also Waxwing & Lapland Bunting on the Ness this morning.
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Dusky Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Yellow Browed Warbler
Tuesday 23rd October 2001
Dusky Warbler  ringed at Fife Ness Muir, Fife.
Pallas's Warbler also, and nearby a Yellow-browed Warbler at Craighead Farm, Fife.
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Great Grey Shrike
Tuesday 23rd October 2001
Great Grey Shrike at West Seaton Farm on the east side of Arbroath, Angus.  MAP
Reported later on at East Seaton Farm, a little North of West Seaton.
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Reed Warbler, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Brambling, Blackcap, Chiffchaff,
Mealy Redpoll, Thrushes, Goldcrests, Ring Ouzel
Tuesday 23rd October 2001
x1 Woodcock, x3 Brambling, Reed Warbler, x4 Blackcaps and literally hundreds of
Fieldfares, Redwings & Goldcrests, at Auchmithie, Angus.
Ring Ouzel present at West Seaton, Angus.  MAP
Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, x1000+ Goldcrests and hundreds of thrushes,
present at Ethie Mains, Angus.  MAP
Source:
Stuart Green & Mark Caunt
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Yellow Browed Warbler, Hobby, Whinchat, Mealy Redpoll
Tuesday 23rd October 2001
x2 Yellow Browed Warblers between Scurdie Ness lighthouse and Ferryden, Angus.
Juvenile Hobby, Whinchat and Mealy Redpoll also.
Observer:
Rick Goater
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Great Grey Shrike
Wednesday 24th October 2001
Great Grey Shrike at Red Castle Ruins, Lunan Bay, Angus.   MAP
In the trees near the track leading down to the beach.
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Barred Warbler
Wednesday 24th October 2001
Barred Warbler ringed at West Quarry SWT (inland of Crail), Fife.
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Red Necked Grebe, Black Throated Diver, Curlew Sandpiper
Sunday 28th October 2001
Red Necked Grebe & Black Throated Diver seen from Lunan Bay, Angus.
Curlew Sandpiper seen from the Old Pier, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Observer:
Bob McCurley
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Alan Leitch
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Rough Legged Buzzard
Sunday 28th October 2001
Rough Legged Buzzard at Sands of Forvie NNR, Aberdeenshire.
On the east side between the trig point & Hackley Bay this afternoon.
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Black Scoter - (American race 'americana')
Thursday 25th October 2001
Drake Black Scoter 1.5 miles east of Findhorn, Moray & Nairn.
Viewed from the RAF base perimeter fence.  MAP NJ064648
Observer:
Martin Cook
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Firecrest
Saturday 27th October 2001
Firecrest  at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire. By the bridge over the burn this afternoon.
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Black Redstart
Thursday 25th October 2001
Male Black Redstart at South end of Lunan Bay, Angus.
Observer:
Roy Adamson
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Snow Goose
Sunday 28th October 2001
Snow Goose seen at Dun's Dish, Angus at 7:10am.
It then flew in the Basin direction with 79 Greylag Geese.
Ben Herschell
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Surf Scoter, Red-Necked Grebe
Monday 29th October 2001
Drake Surf Scoter present early this afternoon at Lunan Bay, Angus.
Red-Necked Grebe still present.
Bob McCurley
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Mark Caunt
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Thursday 1st November 2001
Rough Legged Buzzard hunting around Foveran Links, Sands of Forvie NNR, Aberdeenshire.
Rough Legged Buzzard
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Friday 2nd November 2001
Drake Surf Scoter showing very well, close to coast, from Red Castle at Lunan Bay, Angus,
at 11:00am. Along with good numbers of Velvet & Common Scoter.
Black Throated Diver, Red Throated Divers, Great Crested Grebes, Long Tailed Ducks
& R.B. Mergansers also present.     NO SIGN of Red Necked Grebe.
Surf , Velevet & Common Scoter, Red & Black Throated Diver, Great Crested Grebe,
Long Tailed Duck, R.B. Merganser
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Friday 2nd November 2001
American Golden Plover still present at Musselburgh Laggons, Lothian.
American Golden Plover
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Sunday 3rd November 2001
x5 White Fronted Geese seen during wildfowl count at Balgavies Loch, Angus.
White Fronted Goose
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Thursday 1st November 2001
Adult Snow Goose on view from the Starnafin Farm Centre, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire, this morning.
Snow Goose
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Friday 2nd November 2001
Common Swift seen over Myrekirk Terrace, Dundee, between 3.00 - 3.30pm.
Swift
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Torcuil Grant
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Thursday 1st November 2001
Drake Surf Scoter seen from Red Castle at Lunan Bay, Angus.
Surf Scoter
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Sunday 3rd November 2001
Slavonian Grebe, 1st Winter Drake Smew & Whooper Swans
seen at the West End of Forfar Loch, Angus.
Smew, Slavonian Grebe, Whooper Swans
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Sunday 3rd November 2001
Drake Ring Necked Duck at the west end of Lochore Meadows CP, Fife.   MAP
Access via the north entrance to the west end of the reservoir and viewed through gap in trees.  
Ring Necked Duck
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Tuesday 6th November 2001
Surf Scoter and Red Necked Grebe still present at Lunan Bay, Angus.
Slavonian Grebe still present on Forfar Loch, Angus.
Surf Scoter, Red Necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe
Dan Carmichael
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Monday 5th November 2001  -  This bird present at least till Sat. 8/6/02.
Snowy Egret
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Friday 9th November 2001
Adult Mediterranean Gull on the boating pond and later at the river mouth at
Musselburgh, Lothian.
Mediterranean Gull
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Wednesday 14th November 2001
x14 Snow Bunting at Rattray, Aberdeenshire.
Snow Bunting
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Friday 9th November 2001
250+ Little Auk past Fife Ness, Fife, this morning going north.
Little Auk
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Saturday 10th November 2001
Grey Phalarope flew north at 12.25pm Barns Ness, Lothian.
x167+ Little Auk North past St. Andrews, Fife. 12:00pm till 1:30pm.
Grey Phalarope, Little Auk
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Sunday 11th November 2001
x117 Whooper Swans at Loch of Lintrathen, Angus, at 7:00am.    MAP
Also x4000+ Pink-footed Geese, x3 Barnacle Geese and x150 Greylag Geese.
Whooper Swan, Pink Footed, Barnacle & Greylag Geese
Alan Leitch
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Saturday 17th November 2001
x47 Slavonian Grebes and x1 Great Northern Diver present at Ruddons Point, Fife.
x26 Slavonian Grebes, x1 Mediterranean Gull , x1 Little Stint and x1 Snow Bunting at
Musselbugh, Lothian.
Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Mediterranean Gull, Little Stint, Snow Bunting
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Friday 16th November 2001
Red Crested Pochard at Lochore Meadows, Fife.    MAP
No sign today  of Ring-necked Duck.
Red Crested Pochard
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Thursday 15th November 2001
Red Kite seen over Rottal Lodge, Glen Clova, Angus.
Red Kite
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Wednesday 14th November 2001
Surf Scoter and Great Northern Diver still present at Lunan Bay, Angus.
Showing well off Redcastle at mid-day.
Surf Scoter, Great Northern Diver
Stuart Green
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Friday 16th November 2001
x1 Little Auk south & x5 Red Throated Diver in hour seawatch off Mains of Usan, Angus. 10:00am.
Brambling seen near Mains of Usan and Ethie Woods, Angus.
x2 Purple Sandpiper seen this afternoon on beach opposite Arbroath Harbour Sea Wall, Angus.
Mixing with Turnstone, Redshank and Dunlin flock.
Little Auk, Red Throated Diver, Brambling, Purple Sandpiper
Dan Carmichael & Mark Caunt
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Thursday 22nd November 2001
Wing tagged Red Kite again seen near Rottel Lodge, Glen Clova, Angus.
Male Merlin also seen in the Glen.
Red Kite
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Saturday 17th November 2001
Drake Surf Scoter, x60+ Velvet Scoter, x25 Red-throated Diver, x35 Long-tailed Duck
& x14 Red-breasted Merganser all at Lunan Bay, Angus. Surf Scoter at South End of the bay.
Surf Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Red-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser
Alan Leitch
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Saturday 17th November 2001
x28 Grey plover, Mains of Usan, Angus. Seen at 3:00pm.
Grey Plover
Gordon Anderson
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Saturday 17th November 2001
x1 Little Auk, x1 Black Guillemot, Slavonian Grebe & x1Great Northern Diver seen in
Carnoustie Bay, Angus.    MAP
Late Curlew Sandpiper seen at Westhaven, Angus.   
Little Auk, Black Guillemot, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Curlew Sandpiper
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Sunday 18th November 2001
x1 Red Breasted Goose seen behind the Railway Station, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Seen during goose count early this morning at least.
Red Breasted Goose
Dan Carmichael
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Saturday 24th November 2001
Snow Goose still present at Loch of Strathbeg RSPB Reserve, Aberdeenshire, today.
x300+ Barnacles, x400+ Whooper Swans, Peregrine, Brambling
and at least x4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers also.
Snow Goose, Barnacle Geese, Whooper Swan, Peregrine Falcon, Brambling,
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Alan Leitch
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Sunday 25th November 2001
Drake Surf Scoter between River Esk mouth and Fisherrow harbour, Musselburgh, Lothian.
Firecrest by the notice board to the north of the bridge, Aberlady Bay, Lothian.
Surf Scoter, Firecrest
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Wednesday 21st November 2001
Juvenile Rose Coloured Starling is in Coronation Road, Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.
Rose Coloured Starling
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Sunday 25th November 2001
Adult Rough-legged Buzzard at Sands of Forvie NNR, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire.
From 2:45pm til 3:15pm at least .
Rough-Legged Buzzard
Malky @ Westhill
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Thursday 29th November 2001
x5 Lapland Bunting by the tennery, Aberlady Bay, Lothian.
Lapland Bunting
DECEMBER 2001
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Saturday 1st December 2001
Drake Ring Necked Duck still present at Lochore Meadows, Fife.
Ring Necked Duck
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Snow Goose again present at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Snow Goose
Saturday 1st December 2001
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Surf Scoter off Ruddons Point, Fife.
Female King Eider off Methill Power Station, Fife.
Great Northern Diver seen off Elie, Fife, this morning.
Surf Scoter, King Eider, Great Northern Diver
Sunday 2nd December 2001
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Redhead Smew seen from Bank Hide, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire.
Smew
Tuesday 4th December 2001
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x1 Great Northern Diver seen at Tyninghame, Lothian.
x2  Great Northern Diver seen at Aberlady Bay, Lothian.
Great Northern Diver
Thursday 6th December 2001
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Around x70 Snow Buntings seen at Rattray, Aberdeenshire.
Snow Bunting
Saturday 8th December 2001
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Bittern flew in from the North and landed in reeds 150m left of Fen Hide, Loch of Strathbeg.
Bittern
Saturday 8th December 2001
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x3 drake Surf Scoter, x10 Slavonian Grebe, x1 Red Necked Grebe
off Ruddons Point, Largo Bay, Fife.
Jack Snipe on Cocklemill Bay, Fife.
Surf Scoter, Slavonian Grebe, Red Necked Grebe, Jack Snipe
Sunday 9th December 2001
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Black Guillemot present off Musselburgh, Lothian.
Firecrest seen in the Sea Buckthorn Thicket, Aberlady Bay, Lothian.
Black Guillemot, Firecrest
Sunday 9th December 2001
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x40 Snow Bunting flew into Monifieth, Angus, from the Fife side of the Tay, (Tenstmuir Point Area) and headed off inland to Barry Buddon Camp, Angus.
x7 Little Gull in Tay off Balmossie, Angus.
Snow Bunting, Little Gull
Stuart Green
Sunday 9th December 2001
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Immature Rough Legged Buzzard hunting near the Trig Point at Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire.
Between 2:00 & 2:15 pm.
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Sunday 9th December 2001
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Magpie an uncommon bird in Angus, spotted in an Arbroath garden, Angus.
Magpie
Geoff Yarnell
Friday 14th December 2001
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x40 Waxwings at Ankum Road Primary School, Dundee.
Waxwing
Sunday 16th December 2001
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Rough-legged Buzzard at young plantation, just west of Longhaven, Aberdeenshire, this morning. Dave Gill had one at Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire, this afternoon, both adults,
possibly, both the same bird.
Rough-legged Buzzard
Malky @ Westhill
Sunday 16th December 2001
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Black Bellied Dipper on the stream 50m north of the dam wall
between Loch of Skene and Garlogie, Aberdeenshire. At NJ783063.
Black Bellied Dipper
Sat 15th / Sun 16th December 2001
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Mediterranean Gull on the boating pond near the wader scrapes at Musselburgh, Lothian.
Mediterranean Gull
Sunday 16th December 2001
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x2 redhead Smew seen on Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, this morning.
Smew
Friday 21st December 2001
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x30 Waxwings in the Asda car park, Dyce, Aberdeenshire.
x4 in treetop next to berry-laiden tree on Spital Walk, off Spital, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire.
Waxwing
Monday 17th December 2001
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Saturday 22nd December 2001
Out of Area News of Interest!   
Snowy Egret again seen this time at north end of north end of Ardrossan, Ayr.
On the beach by the burn mouth opposite Abbotsford Nursing Home this afternoon on the A78 Eglington Road at NS225434.    MAP
Snowy Egret
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Saturday 22nd December 2001
Out of Area News of Interest!
Adult Ivory Gull at Dunnet Head, 6 miles east of Thurso, Highland, at 1:30pm.
On the beach at the northeast end of Dunnet Bay.    MAP
Ivory Gull
Adult Iceland Gull at the sewage outfall at Sandford Bay, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
1st-winter Iceland Gull on the pit by the tip at Collessie, Fife, this morning.
Iceland Gull
Sunday 23rd December 2001
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x9 Waxwings seen in tall tree bordering North Street, Forfar, Angus.
Tree opposite Service Road Junction. 9:45am.
Waxwing
Mark Caunt
Monday 24th December 2001
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1st-winter Glaucous Gull in Boddam harbour, Aberdeenshire.
Glaucous Gull
Sunday 23rd December 2001
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Magpie seen in private garden, Carnoustie, Angus.
Magpie
Pat_Riotic2001@yahoo.com
Wednesday 26th December 2001
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1st-winter Glaucous Gull at the north end of the Arbroath esplanade,
by the toilets at the start of the cliff walk, Arbroath, Angus.
Glaucous Gull
Friday 28th December 2001
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x8 Waxwings seen between Grampian Park & Forfar Loch, Forfar, Angus, at 3:30p.m.
Waxwing
Mark Caunt
Friday 28th December 2001
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1st Winter Ivory Gull again relocated today.
This morning at 08.30 again seen feeding on carrion on the beach in front of the old salmon bothy
at the western side of Rossie Island, Montrose Basin, Angus.   (G.A)
This afternoon still showing well at basin although much more mobile.
Ranging between train station and north east corner at tayock dump, Montrose Basin, Angus.
At 3:00pm it was just to south of train station on foreshore. (S.G.)    PHOTO
Ivory Gull
Gordon Anderson & Stuart Green
Friday 28th December 2001
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1st Winter Ivory Gull seen this afternoon at Rossie Spit, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Seen from 1:30pm to night fall, near & around Rossie Spit Bridge feeding on dead Eider Duck.    MAP    PHOTO
Ivory Gull
Dave Dakers (confirmed and put on ADBC Grapevine by Graham Christer)
Thursday 27th December 2001  -  This bird remained until Friday 4/1/02.
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First Winter Iceland Gull feeding next to Urie at Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Walk up river from graveyard and bird was 300m further, just after the point where river turns away from railway.    NJ781208
Iceland Gull
Sunday 30th December 2001
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Peregrine Falcon hunting over Auchmithie Cliffs, Angus, at around 3:00pm.
Peregrine Falcon
Sunday 30th December 2001
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x7 Waxwing seen in the Laurel Bank Area, Forfar, Angus, at 10:30am.
Waxwing
Mark Caunt
Monday 31st December 2001
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Redhead Smew and Iceland Gull seen on Forfar Loch, Angus, this afternoon.
Viewed from the boat club area on the North Shore.
Smew, Iceland Gull
Torcuil Grant
Monday 31st December 2001
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1st Winter Ivory Gull again seen this afternoon at Rossie Spit Area, Montrose Basin, Angus.
Peregrine Falcon and x20 Snow Bunting over aswell.    MAP     PHOTO
Ivory Gull, Snow Bunting, Peregrine Falcon
Monday 31st December 2001
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Out of Area News of Interest!    FIRST FOR THE UK!
1st Winter Snowy Egret seen at Balvicar Golf Course Lagoons, Argyll.     MAP
By the wooden bridge over the creek on the golf course.