Richard's Pipit present 3 miles northeast of Carnoustie at East Haven, Angus, in coastal fields at NO595365 and Lapland Bunting also. |
Male Great Grey Shrike 4.5 miles south southeast of Forfar off the B9127 at Greenhillock Farm, Whigstreet, Angus. NO497444 |
Shore Lark in second field south of the Tufted Duck Hotel car park c75m from the gate, St. Combs, Aberdeenshire. At NK059623. Bewick's Swan & drake Red-crested Pochard at Vane Farm RSPB, Perth/Kinross. |
Yellow Browed Warbler at Anstruther Harbour, Fife. At the Dreelside by the old railway bridge. Reached along the path by the Dreel Tavern on the A917 in the west of Anstruther or from the small industrial estate opposite Waid Academy and just off the B9131. At NO563035 |
Barn Owl at around 10:00 pm near Rosehill just North of Boghead & just South West of Ethie Mains, Angus. MAP |
x200 Little Gulls 3 mls to the southwest of Arbroath, Angus. In a ploughed field on the seaward side of the A92 at NO609390. x2 Little Egrets at Maryton Ditch, Montrose Basin, Angus, this evening. |
Juvenile Mandarin Duck seen today near Powmyre Piggery, in flooded pools x22 Canada Geese and x6 Snipe at Kinnordy Loch, Angus. |
Buff Breasted Sandpiper at the goose pools near Reres Wood NO493214 on the north side of Eden Estuary, Fife, 2 miles east of Leuchars this morning. |
x200 Little Gulls 3 mls to the southwest of Arbroath, Angus. In a ploughed field on the seaward side of the A92 at NO609390. x2 Little Egrets at Maryton Ditch, Montrose Basin, Angus, this evening. |
Juvenile Mandarin Duck seen today near Powmyre Piggery, in flooded pools x22 Canada Geese and x6 Snipe at Kinnordy Loch, Angus. |
Buff Breasted Sandpiper at the goose pools near Reres Wood NO493214 on the north side of Eden Estuary, Fife, 2 miles east of Leuchars this morning. |
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Juvenile Sabines Gull reported flying west past south end of Kirkcaldy Esplanade, Fife. |
Single Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper at Loch of Kinnordy, Angus. Also x4 Ospreys. |
Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Osprey |
x1 Wood Sandpiper, x1 Ruff, x12 Greenshank seen at the North West Corner of Montrose Basin, Angus. x2 Little Egrets still about. |
Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Greenshank, Little Egret |
Buff Breasted Sandpiper at the goose pools near Reres Wood NO493214 on the north side of Eden Estuary, Fife, 2 miles east of Leuchars this morning. |
Thursday 1st August 2002 (Friday 2nd August also - mid morning only) |
x21 Great Skua North at Girdleness, Aberdeenshire this afternoon between 2:00pm & 5:30pm. Also x3 Arctic Skua North along with c. x750 Great Black-backed Gull. |
Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Great Black-backed Gull |
x3 Bee-Eaters flew south past Aberlady Bay, Lothian, late afternoon. |
Meditteranean Gull still present behind 10 pin bowling alley, Arbroath, Angus, this afternoon. |
Moulting adult White-winged Black Tern was at Rigifa Farm Pool then Loireston Loch, Aberdeenshire, at 6:20pm. Wood Sandpiper from Starnafin farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. |
White Winged Black Tern, Wood Sandpiper |
Surf Scoter seen this afternoon off Blackdog, Aberdeenshire. |
Juvenile Red Backed Shrike seen at the Muir, Fife Ness, Fife. |
Adult Meditteranean Gull still at Arbroath West Links, Angus, along with x131 Little Gulls. Further x25 Little Gulls near cliffs. Osprey at Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. |
Meditteranean Gull, Little Gull, Osprey |
Peregrine falcon roosting this morning on west face of Montrose Steeple, Angus. Remains of tern on pavement below. |
Barred Warbler & CrossbillI on Isle of May, Fife, today. |
Barred Warbler, Crossbill |
Wednesday 7th August 2002 |
Incredible build up of Little Gulls in the last few days. Just x28 at Arbroath west sands, Angus, on Saturday had risen to x155 (inc. one of this years juvs.) on sunday night. Last night I counted x750+ birds there, x50+ of which were this years juvs. x1 Green Sandpiper and x1 Little Egret at Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. |
Little Gull, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret |
Aberdeen to Shetland Ferry produced x3 Storm Petrels, x15 White Beaked Dolphins, x2 White Sided Dolphins, x3 Common Dolphins and x6 Dolphin species. |
Roseate Tern reported at Kinnaber, Angus, tonight. BTO ring on each leg. |
x13 Dotterel, x5 Ptarmigan, x3 Raven and x25 Golden Plover seen today up an an Angus Munro. |
Dotterel, Ptarmigan, Raven, Golden Plover |
x3 Bee-Eaters perched on wires before double bend in the road between Rattray Farm and the coastguard cottages, Rattray, Aberdeenshire. Wood Sandpiper again present from Starnaffin Farm, Loch of Strahbeg, Aberdeenshire. Rose Coloured Starling in Deeside Gardens, in the Manorfield area, west side of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. |
Bee-Eater, Wood Sandpiper, Rose Coloured Starling |
Wednesday 7th August 2002 |
Rose Coloured Starling was seen Saturday 10th at Rowanburn Cottage, Cotton of Lownie, on the B9128 Road, Angus. Grid ref no 489483 x2 Pied Flycatchers, x1 Redstart, x1 Chiffchaff, x1 Tawny Owl at Ethie Mains, Angus. At Lurgies, Montrose Basin x5 Greenshank & x1 Ruff. |
Rose Coloured Starling, Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Chiffchaff, Tawny Owl, Greenshank, Ruff |
An eclipsed male Ring Necked Duck present this evening from Vane Farm RSPB, Perth/Kinross. |
Saturday 10th August 2002 |
Black Tern feeding off Kinghorn Harbour, Fife, at 6:00pm. |
A Hobby flew SE over Slains Pools, Aberdeenshire, this evening. |
Wednesday 7th August 2002 |
Female Red Backed Shrike at Kilminning, Fife, east of car park at 7pm. Also x8 Whimbrel flying south past Fife Ness, Fife, at 6.45pm |
Red Backed Shrike, Whimbrel |
Male Pied Flycatcher viewed from John Hendries House, 38 Auchmithie, Angus. Very accomodating, in front of living room window. |
Sabine's Gull till 1:15pm at least at Kinghorn Harbour, Fife. Also Roseate Tern, x8 Black Tern, Bonxie, x4 Little Gull and x3 Arctic Skua. x4 Sooty Shearwater north past Fife Ness, Fife. x52 Manx Shearwater and x4 Whimbrel by 12.15pm. |
Sabine's Gull, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Bonxie, Little Gull, Arctic Skua, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Whimbrel |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
An eclipsed male Ferruginous Duck, Vane Farm RSPB, Perth/Kinross from Loch Levenfrom Gilman hide. Also male Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Hen Harrier and x4 Osprey. |
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Hen Harrier, Osprey |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
Quail calling near St Monans, Fife. Also a Marsh Harrier over the M90 near Loch Leven this evening. |
Wednesday 14th August 2002 |
x2 Tree Pipit, Sparrowhawk, x2 Spotted Flycatcher at North East end of Windyhills Farm, Angus, this morning. Snipe over also. At least x55 Willow Warblers between Auchmithie Gully and Windyhills Farm in 2 hour watch this morning. Odd Chiffchaff also. |
Tree Pipit, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Chiffchaff |
Wednesday 14th August 2002 |
x1 Sooty Shearwater, x1 Bonxie, x6 Manxies, x40 Little Gulls, Puffins etc. on Angus Pelagic Trip. |
Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Manx Shearwater, Little Gull, Puffin |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
Juvenile Barred Warbler elusive in bushes west of the car park at Barns Ness, Lothian. Garden Warbler also.
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Barred Warbler, Garden Warbler |
Grey Wagtail seen down Dundee Road, Arbroath, Angus, at 3:00pm. |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
Juvenile Mandarin Duck seen today near Powmyre Piggery, in flooded pools x22 Canada Geese and x6 Snipe at Kinnordy Loch, Angus. |
Mandarin Duck, Canada Geese, Snipe |
Possible Long Tailed Skua south by Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire. Red Backed Shrike 2 miles south west of Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, near derelict buildings west of Winnyfold. Black Tern past Aberlady Bay, Lothian. x2 Wood Sandpiper at Belhaven Bay, Lothian. |
Red Backed Shrike, Long Tailed Skua, Black Tern, Wood Sandpiper |
x2 Little Egrets still present and Osprey, x8 Greenshanks seen at the Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. At Kinnaber, Angus, x1 Kingfisher & x3 Ruff. At Redcastle Hide, Angus, x8 Little Gulls. At Boddin Point, Angus, x1 Sooty Shearwater & x6 Manxies. |
Little Egret, Osprey, Greenshank, Kingfisher, Ruff, Little Gull, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater |
Possible Red-Necked Stint seen from Starnaffin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. Not relocated this evening. No more details at present. |
'Stint Species' (Possible Red-Necked Stint) |
Wednesday 21st August 2002 |
x2 Black Terns seen at the sewage outfall, Arbroath Esplanade, Angus, at 8:50am. At 9:10am moved further North up esplanade. |
Sabine's Gull present from 11:00am to 2:30pm at Fife Ness, Fife. |
Saturday 24th August 2002 |
x200 Little Gulls 3 mls to the southwest of Arbroath, Angus. In a ploughed field on the seaward side of the A92 at NO609390. x2 Little Egrets at Maryton Ditch, Montrose Basin, Angus, this evening. |
Little Gull, Little Egret |
x2 Ruff, Peregrine (Male), Tree Pipit, x7 Snipe and x3 Osprey all at Loch of Kinnordy, Angus, this morning. |
Ruff, Peregrine, Tree Pipit, Snipe, Osprey |
Wednesday 21st August 2002 |
Merlin over fields north of Auchmithie, Angus, at 8:45am today. |
x1 Osprey, x1 Green Sandpiper, x3 Greenshanks & x1 Peregrine Falcon seen at the Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. |
Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Peregrine Falcon |
1hr seawatch off Kinghorn Harbour, Fife, x1 Sabines Gull, x1 Roseate Tern at 9:30am. x3 Manx Shearwater flying west, Roseate Tern, Kinghorn Harbour, Fife, at 2:30 - 3:00pm seawatch. |
Sabines Gull, Roseate Tern, Manx Shearwater |
Thursday 29th August 2002 |
x2 juvenile Black Terns seen again today at the North End of Arbroath Esplanade, Angus, at 6:00pm. (Still present just offshore for at least another 20 mins - Mark Caunt) |
Female Pintail, x8 White Wagtails, Common Sandpiper and x3 female/juv type Ruddy Ducks at Powmyre near Kirriemuir, Angus, this evening. |
Pintail, White Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Duck |
Alistair Marcol - Fife Bird Club |
Juvenile Garganey at Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. x29 Crossbills by the 1st layby from Newburgh, Ythan, Aberdeenshire. |
Juvenile Night Heron of unknown origin seen the last 2 days near Riverside Restaurant, Abbey St. Bathans, Lothian. Montagu's Harrier or Pallid Harrier over the A956 Wllington Road, on the south side of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, at 4:45pm, but not relocated. |
Night Heron, 'Harrier Species' |
Wednesday 28th August 2002 |
Juvenile Garganey from the visitor centre, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. Also x2 Marsh Harrier, x2 Ruff, x2 Greenshank. |
Garganey, Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Greenshank |
x1 female Merlin, x3 Sooty Shearwater, x3 Bonxie, Arctic Skua, x5 Manx Shearwater, x2 Whimbrel in 1hr Seawatch midday at Fife Ness, Fife. |
Merlin, Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Arctic Skua, Manx Shearwater, Whimbrel |
Saturday 31st August 2002 |
Alistair Marcol - Fife Bird Club |
At Eden Estuary, Guardbridge, Fife, x5 Ruff, x2 Greenshank, Osprey, Common Sandpiper, at least x16 Black-tailed Godwit & Kingfisher. |
Ruff, Greenshank, Osprey, Common Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Kingfisher |
Saturday 31st August 2002 |
Alistair Marcol - Fife Bird Club |
At Kinghorn Harbour, Fife, x2 Arctic Skua, Bonxie, x3 Manx Shearwater, x1 Little Gull in 1hr Seawatch this evening. |
Saturday 31st August 2002 |
Adult Winter Meditteranean Gull behind 10 pin bowling at west links, Arbroath. Of note - there is also a winter plumage black headed gull present with no black visible in primaries. Also x382 Little Gulls ther, with another x260 at Victoria Park on Foreshore. |
Saturday 31st August 2002 |
Green Sandpiper, Ruff and x8 Greenshank at Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. Bob McCurley also reported x1 Little Egret still present there. |
Saturday 31st August 2002 |
Juvenile Sabines Gull reported flying west past south end of Kirkcaldy Esplanade, Fife. |
Single Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper at Loch of Kinnordy, Angus. Also x4 Ospreys. |
Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Osprey |
x1 Wood Sandpiper, x1 Ruff, x12 Greenshank seen at the North West Corner of Montrose Basin, Angus. x2 Little Egrets still about. |
Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Greenshank, Little Egret |
Buff Breasted Sandpiper at the goose pools near Reres Wood NO493214 on the north side of Eden Estuary, Fife, 2 miles east of Leuchars this morning. |
Thursday 1st August 2002 (Friday 2nd August also - mid morning only) |
x21 Great Skua North at Girdleness, Aberdeenshire this afternoon between 2:00pm & 5:30pm. Also x3 Arctic Skua North along with c. x750 Great Black-backed Gull. |
Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Great Black-backed Gull |
x3 Bee-Eaters flew south past Aberlady Bay, Lothian, late afternoon. |
Meditteranean Gull still present behind 10 pin bowling alley, Arbroath, Angus, this afternoon. |
Moulting adult White-winged Black Tern was at Rigifa Farm Pool then Loireston Loch, Aberdeenshire, at 6:20pm. Wood Sandpiper from Starnafin farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. |
White Winged Black Tern, Wood Sandpiper |
Surf Scoter seen this afternoon off Blackdog, Aberdeenshire. |
Juvenile Red Backed Shrike seen at the Muir, Fife Ness, Fife. |
Adult Meditteranean Gull still at Arbroath West Links, Angus, along with x131 Little Gulls. Further x25 Little Gulls near cliffs. Osprey at Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. |
Meditteranean Gull, Little Gull, Osprey |
Peregrine falcon roosting this morning on west face of Montrose Steeple, Angus. Remains of tern on pavement below. |
Barred Warbler & CrossbillI on Isle of May, Fife, today. |
Barred Warbler, Crossbill |
Wednesday 7th August 2002 |
Incredible build up of Little Gulls in the last few days. Just x28 at Arbroath west sands, Angus, on Saturday had risen to x155 (inc. one of this years juvs.) on sunday night. Last night I counted x750+ birds there, x50+ of which were this years juvs. x1 Green Sandpiper and x1 Little Egret at Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. |
Little Gull, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret |
Aberdeen to Shetland Ferry produced x3 Storm Petrels, x15 White Beaked Dolphins, x2 White Sided Dolphins, x3 Common Dolphins and x6 Dolphin species. |
Roseate Tern reported at Kinnaber, Angus, tonight. BTO ring on each leg. |
x13 Dotterel, x5 Ptarmigan, x3 Raven and x25 Golden Plover seen today up an an Angus Munro. |
Dotterel, Ptarmigan, Raven, Golden Plover |
x3 Bee-Eaters perched on wires before double bend in the road between Rattray Farm and the coastguard cottages, Rattray, Aberdeenshire. Wood Sandpiper again present from Starnaffin Farm, Loch of Strahbeg, Aberdeenshire. Rose Coloured Starling in Deeside Gardens, in the Manorfield area, west side of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. |
Bee-Eater, Wood Sandpiper, Rose Coloured Starling |
Wednesday 7th August 2002 |
Rose Coloured Starling was seen Saturday 10th at Rowanburn Cottage, Cotton of Lownie, on the B9128 Road, Angus. Grid ref no 489483 x2 Pied Flycatchers, x1 Redstart, x1 Chiffchaff, x1 Tawny Owl at Ethie Mains, Angus. At Lurgies, Montrose Basin x5 Greenshank & x1 Ruff. |
Rose Coloured Starling, Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Chiffchaff, Tawny Owl, Greenshank, Ruff |
An eclipsed male Ring Necked Duck present this evening from Vane Farm RSPB, Perth/Kinross. |
Saturday 10th August 2002 |
Black Tern feeding off Kinghorn Harbour, Fife, at 6:00pm. |
A Hobby flew SE over Slains Pools, Aberdeenshire, this evening. |
Wednesday 7th August 2002 |
Female Red Backed Shrike at Kilminning, Fife, east of car park at 7pm. Also x8 Whimbrel flying south past Fife Ness, Fife, at 6.45pm |
Red Backed Shrike, Whimbrel |
Male Pied Flycatcher viewed from John Hendries House, 38 Auchmithie, Angus. Very accomodating, in front of living room window. |
Sabine's Gull till 1:15pm at least at Kinghorn Harbour, Fife. Also Roseate Tern, x8 Black Tern, Bonxie, x4 Little Gull and x3 Arctic Skua. x4 Sooty Shearwater north past Fife Ness, Fife. x52 Manx Shearwater and x4 Whimbrel by 12.15pm. |
Sabine's Gull, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Bonxie, Little Gull, Arctic Skua, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Whimbrel |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
An eclipsed male Ferruginous Duck, Vane Farm RSPB, Perth/Kinross from Loch Levenfrom Gilman hide. Also male Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Hen Harrier and x4 Osprey. |
Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Hen Harrier, Osprey |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
Quail calling near St Monans, Fife. Also a Marsh Harrier over the M90 near Loch Leven this evening. |
Wednesday 14th August 2002 |
x2 Tree Pipit, Sparrowhawk, x2 Spotted Flycatcher at North East end of Windyhills Farm, Angus, this morning. Snipe over also. At least x55 Willow Warblers between Auchmithie Gully and Windyhills Farm in 2 hour watch this morning. Odd Chiffchaff also. |
Tree Pipit, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Chiffchaff |
Wednesday 14th August 2002 |
x1 Sooty Shearwater, x1 Bonxie, x6 Manxies, x40 Little Gulls, Puffins etc. on Angus Pelagic Trip. |
Sooty Shearwater, Bonxie, Manx Shearwater, Little Gull, Puffin |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
Juvenile Barred Warbler elusive in bushes west of the car park at Barns Ness, Lothian. Garden Warbler also.
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Barred Warbler, Garden Warbler |
Grey Wagtail seen down Dundee Road, Arbroath, Angus, at 3:00pm. |
Saturday 17th August 2002 |
Juvenile Mandarin Duck seen today near Powmyre Piggery, in flooded pools x22 Canada Geese and x6 Snipe at Kinnordy Loch, Angus. |
Mandarin Duck, Canada Geese, Snipe |
Possible Long Tailed Skua south by Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire. Red Backed Shrike 2 miles south west of Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, near derelict buildings west of Winnyfold. Black Tern past Aberlady Bay, Lothian. x2 Wood Sandpiper at Belhaven Bay, Lothian. |
Red Backed Shrike, Long Tailed Skua, Black Tern, Wood Sandpiper |
x2 Little Egrets still present and Osprey, x8 Greenshanks seen at the Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. At Kinnaber, Angus, x1 Kingfisher & x3 Ruff. At Redcastle Hide, Angus, x8 Little Gulls. At Boddin Point, Angus, x1 Sooty Shearwater & x6 Manxies. |
Little Egret, Osprey, Greenshank, Kingfisher, Ruff, Little Gull, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater |
Possible Red-Necked Stint seen from Starnaffin Farm, Loch of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire. Not relocated this evening. No more details at present. |
'Stint Species' (Possible Red-Necked Stint) |
Wednesday 21st August 2002 |
x2 Black Terns seen at the sewage outfall, Arbroath Esplanade, Angus, at 8:50am. At 9:10am moved further North up esplanade. |
Sabine's Gull present from 11:00am to 2:30pm at Fife Ness, Fife. |
Saturday 24th August 2002 |
x200 Little Gulls 3 mls to the southwest of Arbroath, Angus. In a ploughed field on the seaward side of the A92 at NO609390. x2 Little Egrets at Maryton Ditch, Montrose Basin, Angus, this evening. |
Little Gull, Little Egret |
x2 Ruff, Peregrine (Male), Tree Pipit, x7 Snipe and x3 Osprey all at Loch of Kinnordy, Angus, this morning. |
Ruff, Peregrine, Tree Pipit, Snipe, Osprey |
Wednesday 21st August 2002 |
Merlin over fields north of Auchmithie, Angus, at 8:45am today. |
x1 Osprey, x1 Green Sandpiper, x3 Greenshanks & x1 Peregrine Falcon seen at the Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. |
Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Peregrine Falcon |
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