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. |
Dave Dakers (confirmed and put on ADBC Grapevine by Graham Christer) |
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. MAP |
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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SEPTEMBER 2001 |
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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 |
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x1 Peregrine Falcon flew past Auchmithie Harbour, Angus, at 9:15am. |
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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 |