x8 Small Pearl Bordered Butterfly, x2 Common Blue, and numerous Small Heath & Ringlet Butterflies seen this morning in marsh and fern covered moorland near Auchnacree, Glen Ogil, Angus. MAP Oak Eggar Moth also and x6 Roe Deer. One deer barking at us in alarm only 20 yards away. |
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Common Porpoise - Fairly regularly seen off the Angus Coast. |
Archive Wildlife News Year 2001 |
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Peacock Butterfly |
Friday 27th April 2001 |
Stuart Green |
x1 Peacock butterfly in Dundee city centre. Landed on pavement outside Mary Magdelene church, Constitution Street, Dundee in afternoon. Flew off after a couple of minutes. |
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Stoat |
Thursday 26th April 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
x1 Stoat outside of Auchmithie, near Seaton Den, Angus, this morning at 8:30. |
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Common Seals |
Friday 6th April 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
x3 Seals lazing about on sand uprisings at Montrose Basin, Angus this morning. |
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Stoat |
Sunday 8th April 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
x1 Stoat at Auchnacree, Glen Ogil, Angus this afternoon. In between Winter and Summer Coat. Running in & out of stone wall. |
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At least x35 dolphins showing very well from Arbroath Seafront (Esplanade), Angus. At 1:00p.m. |
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Otter |
Thursday 1st February 2001 |
Hugh Bell |
Lone Otter seen around the Lurgies, Montrose Basin, Angus. |
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Bottlenose Dolphins |
Friday 9th February 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
At least x35 dolphins showing very well from Arbroath Seafront (Esplanade), Angus. At 1:00p.m. |
Red Squirrels very active today on the estate and area around Cortachy Castle, Angus. |
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Red Squirrels |
Wednesday 14th February 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
Red Squirrels very active today on the estate and area around Cortachy Castle, Angus. |
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Otter |
Sunday 28th January 2001 |
Tom Gillies |
x3 Otter seen from the East Hide, Loch of Kinnordy, Angus. |
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Pine Marten, Red Squirrel, Red Deer |
Saturday 6th May 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
x1 Pine Marten seen at 5:00am in Abernethy Forest, Highland. Carrying blackbird. x2 Red Squirrels feeding from bird feeders near Osprey centre at Loch Garten. Over x700 Red Deer in Findhorn Valley, North of Aviemore, Highland. |
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Bottlenose Dolphins |
Wednesday 20th June 2001 |
Nathan Bailey |
A school of Bottlenose Dolphins off Seaton Cliffs, Arbroath, Angus. |
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Bottlenose Dolphins |
Monday 2nd July 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
A school of Bottlenose Dolphins off Auchmithie, Angus at 9:00pm. At least x20. |
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Small Pearl Bordered Butterfly, Common Blue, Small Heath, Ringlet, Oak Eggar Moth, Roe Deer |
Monday 2nd July 2001 |
Mark Caunt, Aaron Newbold |
x8 Small Pearl Bordered Butterfly, x2 Common Blue, and numerous Small Heath & Ringlet Butterflies seen this morning in marsh and fern covered moorland near Auchnacree, Glen Ogil, Angus. MAP Oak Eggar Moth also and x6 Roe Deer. One deer barking at us in alarm only 20 yards away. |
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Harbour Porpoise |
Thursday 2nd August 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
x1 Porpoise seen on the Isle of May to Anstruther Crossing, Fife at around 4:00pm. |
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Saturday 4th August 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
Bottlenose Dolphins |
A school of Bottlenose Dolphins lingering off Auchmithie, Angus at 10:45am till 12:30pm at least. At least x20 with at least x5 being young ones. Heading South. |
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Monday 6th August 2001 |
Stuart R. Green |
Bottlenose Dolphins |
x6-8 Bottlenose Dolphins patrolling off Arbroath Bay, Angus. |
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Thursday 9th August 2001 |
Aaron Newbold |
Badger |
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Saturday 11th August 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
Harbour Porpoise |
x1 Porpoise lingering off Auchmithie Harbour, Angus, at around 2:30pm. |
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Sunday 19th August 2001 |
Roy Adamson |
Harbour Porpoise |
x2 young porpoise shot through Lunan Head, past Lunan beach, Angus, this am. |
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Tuesday 21st August 2001 |
Mark Caunt, John Armstrong |
Adder, Stoat |
x1 Adder & x1 Stoat seen up Glen Esk, Angus, this am. |
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Friday 31st August 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
Bottlenose Dolphins |
x15+ Bottlenose Dolphins seen at 5:30pm from Girdleness, Aberdeenshire. |
x1 Badger seen near Knowehead, North of Tannadice, Angus, at around 10:30pm. |
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Saturday 8th September 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
Red Fox, Common Seal |
Red Fox seen from Wigeon Hide, Montrose Basin, Angus, at 10:15am. Field behind the ditch, seen from the left window. Common Seal seen just off shore, at Auchmithie, Angus, at 8:30am. |
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Wednesday 31st October 2001 |
S. Walker |
Roe Deer |
x4 Roe Deer seen at Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Angus, at 4pm. |
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Sunday 14th October 2001 |
Mark Caunt |
Bottlenose Dolphins |
A school of Bottlenose Dolphins seen past Auchmithie Harbour, Angus from 10:00am till 11:00am at least. At least x30 heading North. |
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Saturday 17th October 2001 |
Alan Leitch |
Bottlenose Dolphins |
x14+ Bottle-nosed Dolphins were off Lunan Bay, Angus. Breaching and generally mucking about. |
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