24a - JANUARY to DECEMBER 2013 BIRD SIGHTINGS (NON ANGUS)

[Mark Caunt]

Out of Angus Bird Sightings for JANUARY to DECEMBER 2013

[Ken Grant]

had a nuthatch at a feeder in my garden in Grampian View Coupar Angus @ 11am on 2nd January , never seen one in this area before

[Alex Shepherd]

Date & Time: Saturday 23rd February 2013 - 3.00 pm

Species: Red Throated Diver

Details: Inverbervie beach in front of car park 2 Red-throated Diver along with a Merganser and some Eider fishing within 50-100 metres of each other on a small swell and after high water. Original post suggested one diver was a Black-throated but it seems it was likely a juvenile, 1st winter Red-thoated.

Fowlesheugh: The bridge over the burn at the start of the path was damaged by flooding and has been dismantled and is to be replaced. The path is currently closed although access is to my mind still safe and I found many Fulmar at the start of the route along with Herring Gulls, Rock Doves and perhaps c24 Jackdaws. The RSPB website will have updates on progress for re-opening of the path.

[Charles Rough]

1 barn owl sitting on roadside post drumoig in fife 2.45 am today

[Mark Caunt]

AGV Message though technically Perthshire. Monday 18th March 2013

AGV Drake Green Winged Teal west of Kingoodie pier, Tay estuary. Per David Douglas

[Grant Balfour]

Following the major wreck of auks, I walked the shopre from Inverbervie to Gourdon on the 28th March.
Results were:
Razorbill - 2
Guillemot - 3
Puffin - 31 (one with BTO ring which I recovered)
Conger eel - 1

[Claire McGuffie]

13th April in private garden near Inch of Arnhall

Small flock of seven Waxwings. Flew off in NE direction.

[richardblackburn]

1st May 2013 - St Cyrus NNR (bird hide side) 19:30 to 20:30

2 short eared owls, a kestrel and a male sparrowhawk.

The kestrel caught something whilst being watched by one of the owls, which was sitting on a fencepost. The kestrel then landed on a fence post about 10m away from the owl and ate its meal.

[Grant Balfour]

4th May, 2pm: Lesser Whitethroat in the trees near the footbridge at St Cyrus reserve.

[BRIAN LAING]

Fife ness plenty of gannets just off shore and a great skua on rocks also linnets and blackbirds oyster catchers common gulls cormorants
Swallows seen on way back to crail at old farm buildings

[Charles Rough]

tentsmuir point 28/05/13

flock of approx. 200 waders at the point,most were resting with a small group actively feeding,most of the flock were ringed plovers with a handful of dunlin and a few sanderling,other birds about, 2 sandwich terns/1 raven/1 sedge warbler/swallows/skylarks/meadow pipits/pied wagtail/woodpigeon/curlew/coal tit ,there is a larege flock of mute swans at the tayport end

[BRIAN LAING]

white bridge linn of dee 2/6/2013 golden eagle and a wheatear

[Alex Shepherd]

Date & Time: Wednesday 5th June 2013 - 5.00pm at Loch Leven

Species: Little Ringed Plover

Details: A quick look into Loch Leven after an airport drop off and in front of the Carden Hide a Little Ringed Plover with chicks. The birds were on the furthest island or spit and only appeared briefly, preening in the shallows, you'll need a scope to see them. Also Shelducks with broods, Shoveler, Wigeon, Lapwing, Common Gull, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Greylag and I counted 31 Gadwall. The RSPB website will be updated on the progress of the Plovers. Pretty sure I saw a Raven near Inchture on the way home!

[BRIAN LAING]

Loch fruechi 8 6 13. Afternoon lots of lapwings and curlew also oystercatchers and chaffinch mallard ducks Canada geese a buzzard crows blackbirds wagtails lots of young lapwing and curlew

[Alex Shepherd]

Date & Time: Monday June 17th, 11.00am - 3.00pm

Species: Pied Flycatcher and Spotted Flycatcher

Details: I couldn't find Pied Flycatchers at the Visitor Centre in Killiecrankie but as I biked along towards Killiecrankie two birds flitted along the roadside but were scared off by a lorry before I could get a photo. I had to bike all of the way to the bridge past Marble Lodge in Glen Tilt before finding a single Spotted Flycatcher, I'll post a photo and maybe video on my blog. Also seen, Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, Wheatear, Goosander, Buzzard, Meadow Pipit, Song Thrush and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

[BRIAN LAING]

Sunday 30th june garden behind my cottage isle of mull song thrush blackbird magpie. flying around front garden swifts house martins along coast at grasspoint 1 sea eagle 1 grey heron oyster catchers gulls and an otter that came out of water onto rocks 30 feet away and stayed there for around 5 minutes.

[BRIAN LAING]

Isle of mull 1/7/13 two white tailed eagls one golden eagle one hen harrier six ravens one grey heron plenty of hooded crows and corncrakes in field of buttercups in front of monastery on isle of iona and curlews and oyster catchers along at coastline

[Ian Bell]

ROCK THRUSH at Scotstown Head,just north of Peterhead,near the Car Park.

BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE TRAVELLERS CAMPING NEARBYE,SO MAKE SURE CAR DOORS ARE LOCKED AND VALUABLES OUT OF SIGHT.

Also a female Red backed Shrike at St Fergus.

[gus guthrie]

both birds mentioned by Ian were still in place earlier this evening. also reports of Ruff, Green Sandpiper and Spoonbill at Strathbeg reserve nearby.

[Charles Rough]

tentsmuir area

3 ravens flying together ,1 mistle thrush/6 dunlins/1 pied wagtail/1 sedge warbler/1 reedbunting/6rb mergansers/meadow pipit/oystercatchers/lapwings/curlews/carrion crows/cormorants/eiders/woodpigeon/wren/chaffinch/blackbird/buzzard juv calling/flock of mute swans/no stonechats or wheatears seen around their usual areas

[iain buik]

On passage from Uig-Isle of Skye to Tarbert Isle, Sea Eagle getting mobbed by Hoodies,2 Ravens and herring Gulls at same time small rafts of Guilliemots and Puffins throught passage only a few Razorbills 1 Bonxie and Fulmars, Sandwich , Common & Arctic Terns Only one Dolphin (species unconfirmed awaiting photo to confirm. Return via Stornoway to Ullapool produced Guilliemots, razorbills and Puffins Fulmars, 10 Bonxie and 3 Aric Skua Good numbers of White sided Dolphins,2 Common Porpoise and 2 Harbour Dolphins Only 1 Basking Shark (6-7m a tiddler!) weather conditions was warm and Sunny sea flat calm Perfect conditions for both journeys

[Mark Caunt]

Text today (20th August 2013) form Fife Bird Club Textvine....

White-tailed Eagles Have bred successfully in Fife this year

Nice to hear and that its not as cloak and dagger as it sometimes can be with these raptors

[Grant Balfour]

There were a couple of darvic ringed Sandwich Terns at Inverbervie yesterday afternoon. One was ringed as a chick on the Farne Islands on the 17th July and the other as a chick on Coquet Island on the 3rd August.

[barry shaw]

Excellent views of a female goshawk at crieff hydro today,seemed to be very interested in the local corvids.

[Mark Caunt]

14th October 2013

1st Winter Red-flanked Bluetail by the wooden footbridge in Denburn Wood still present midmorning today. NO613080
Per Birdguides

[gus guthrie]

a white morph Snow Goose is with a flock of Pinkfeet Geese just outside Crail feeding in a stubble field next to the old railway bridge on the B940. been there for a day or two.

[Neil Young]

Male blackcap feeding on Rowan berries in our garden in Alyth today.