8 - AUGUST 2016 BIRD SIGHTINGS (ANGUS)

[Mark Caunt]

Angus Bird Sightings for AUGUST 2016

[gus guthrie]

Kirriemuir

Ring-necked Parakeet in our garden this morning, flew to neighbours' eucalyptus tree then went in direction of the Hill 7am.

[Mark Caunt]

AGV:
Monday 1st August:
Med gull still on arbroath beach at 11.55 am, the bird is along at the west end near the sewer pipe.
Charles Rough

[Jim Carter]

02 August 2016
Counted four Magpies at Montrose South Links Holiday Park this afternoon. Two appeared to be juveniles. Magpies have used the trees around the park for several years now. Jim Carter.

[Bob McCurley]

AUGUST 2ND -- ADULT MED GULL - Still present at 10 Pin Bowling Alley Foreshore opposite Childrens Play Park Arbroath - in company with big flock of Sandwich Tern and Black Headed Gulls - - --

August 2nd- Stroll along Craig Mill Den produced - 1 Juv. SEDGE WARBLER- 2 TREE SPARROW - 2 GREY WAGTAIL - HOUSE MARTINS - LINNETS - GOLD FINCH -CHAFFINCH - YELLOW HAMMER-

[Alex Shepherd]

Date & Time: Tuesday 2nd August 2016, 1230

Location: Lurgies, Montrose Basin

Species: Red-necked Grebe, Ruff, Greenshank etc

A Red-necked Grebe landed briefly near the concrete seat and after a couple of dives was lost, perhaps into the reeds. Earlier in the Slunks, 1 Ruff, 2 Snipe, 3 Greenshank, 5 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, also around the Lurgies were 43 Canada Geese, 1 Kingfisher, many Redshanks, Greylags, Mute Swans and 1 Osprey

[gus guthrie]

Fishtown of Usan
4.30pm - 7pm

2 LITTLE TERNS in with mixed flock feeding offshore
1 Whimbrel
6 Arctic Skua
37 Manx Shearwater
1 Bonxie

Also plenty Fulmars & Gannets.
Pod of c. 15 Bottlenose Dolphins too.

apologies for not putting out the message earlier, had left phone at work.

There were Terns roosting on the big rocky area out from the Harbour at Fishtown of Usan, worth looking there.

[Mark Caunt]

AGV:
Tuesday 2nd August:
Ruff on Rossie Spit at 16.15 today.
Harry B

AGV:
Wednesday 3rd August:
Black throated diver at backwater reservoir.
Barry Farquharson

AGV:
Wednesday 3rd August:
BT Diver still halfway up north bank at Backwater Dam, NO 25622 60422 at 1350. Currently out of sight on bank.
Alex Shepherd

AGV:
Wednesday 3rd August:
Seen yesterday...White-rumped Sandpiper seen in the freshwater pool where the wooden camera frame for SWT Montrose at Rossie Spit is situated. It fed in the pool for at least 3 hours. Just confirmed 100% today from photos.
Harry B

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[Jim Carter]

04 August 2016
Peregrine "kicking up a din" on Montrose Steeple at 0930hrs. Flew for a moment before returning for shelter after being spotted by herring gulls.
Jim Carter.

[Mark Caunt]

AGV:
Thursday 4th August:
White-rumped Sand back on pool below video cameras frame on Rossie Spit at Montrose Basin at15.55
Harry B

[Mark Caunt]

Date & Time: Wednesday 3rd / Thursday 4th August 2016
Species: Cuckoo, Peregrine
Details: A Cuckoo south over the A932 near Damside Cotts (inbetween Froickheim and Pitmuies) on Wednesday 3rd at 8:30am.
Female Peregrine on its usual perch on the Church on Seaton Road, Arbroath. (Corner of Ponderlaw Lane) at 6:30pm Thursday 4th.

[Alex Shepherd]

Friday August 5th at 1450.

White-rumped Sandpiper was still on pool as previous reports but lost when horses approached. I'd think it would return

[Jim Carter]

05 Aug 2016
Just watched c.50 Canada Geese flying south over Montrose at c.1830hrs
Jim Carter

[gus guthrie]

A Little Stint at Montrose Basin today, found by Graeme Smith.

too far out for a decent photograph but took a short video of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaKm0SV ... youtu.be&a

[Alex Shepherd]

Date & Time: 9th August 2016 - 1230
Location: Forfar Loch, Sailing Club spit (what little is showing in high water level)
Species: Ruff, Little Ringed Plover

One Ruff and one Little Ringed Plover on the spit at the sailing club. Elsewhere on Forfar Loch, 38 Little Grebe, 3 pairs of Great Crested Grebe, each with only one chick, has the high water again this year affected their breeding success?

Kinnordy, no sign of any of the raptors or much else but thanks to the many full feeders a selection of birds including Tree Sparrows, Siskins and Long-tailed Tits were seen at the feeding station.

Note, last week was my Montreathmont Hide rota and there was little food left, please remember and take some if you visit.

I'll post a Ruff photo here soon, http://aberbrothock.blogspot.co.uk/

[gus guthrie]

Lurgies 7pm

3 x Ruff
2 x Water Rail
13 x Greenshank

[Bob McCurley]

AUGUST 11TH - RSPB BIO-BLITZ BIRD COUNT -- I CARRIED OUT THE BIRD COUNT FOR ANNA AT THIS BIO-BLITZ AND RECORDED THE FOLLOWING
TOTAL OF 32 SPECIES RECORDED HIGHLIGHTS WERE -- MARSH HARRIER Male and Female - OSPREY - BUZZARD- 6 SWIFTS - FROM FEEDING STATION 10 SPECIES WERE RECORDED which included GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER- 3 SISKINS- - 1 TREE SPARROW - and from Gullery Hide- 2 SEDGE WARBLERS - 60 LAPWINGS - A GRAND TOTAL OF 32 SPECIES - A GREAT RESULT FOR ANNA

[joncook]

Report of a Nuthatch this morning on a garden feeder at Letham Grange. No more information as yet.
Jon

[stevendoig]

FORFAR LOCH 1630

DUNLIN or something else at the inch. Need someone better!

[Bob McCurley]

AUGUST 18TH - FORFAR LOCH - 1 OSPREY Circling over the Loch - 110 MUTE SWANS - 2 GREAT CRESTED GREBES with one juvenile each =- near Yachting Club - Also recorded a JUVENILE BULLFINCH

AUGUST 18TH - MURTON RESERVE - 100 + LAPWINGS - 1 DABCHICK- 50+ GREYLAG GEESE - ( No Waders at Forfar Loch today ) The walk did me good !

[Alex Shepherd]

On a Webs count today, 20/8/2016 at around 1500hrs, walking from Craigmill Burn to Easthaven.

3 Little Gulls, 2 Ruff, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Knot, 103 Gannets, 93 Redshank, 29 species in all including terns and gulls

[Bob McCurley]

Lunan Bay Webs Count Saturday August 20th - SANDWICH TERNS 49- KITTIWAKES 350- BLACK HEADED GULLS 217- COMMON GULL 40 -HERRING GULLS 400- COMMON GULL 40- VELVET SCOTER 40- COMMON SCOTER 25- GREAT BLACK BACKED GULL 7- GANNETS 5 - COMMON TERN 50 - OYSTERCATCHER 13- SANDERLINGS 6 - KNOT 2-
TIDE LOW - VISIBILITY SO-SO - CHOPPY WATERS - CARRIED OUT FROM ADBC SEA WATCHING HIDE

[joncook]

One Whimbrel with a bad leg at the Slunks briefly mid afternoon.
At least two Curlew Sandpipers and a Ruff on Rossie Spit 5pm
Jon

[Bob McCurley]

Sunday August 21st Barry Buddon Lighthouse Area - 2 JUV. WHINCHATS - 1 JUV. WHEATEAR 20 SWALLOWS -

[Bob McCurley]

AUGUST 23RD -- CRAIG MILL DEN -JUVENILE DIPPER -1ST FOR AGES AT THIS SITE -- 2 JUV.GREY WAGTAILS - BOTH AT lEY - SMALL WATERFALL - KESTREL -

[Hugh Bell]

2 Ravens over Crombie Park yesterday 23/8/16

[stevendoig]

The two 'Forfar Parakeets' seen over my house at 0630- (Whitehills)

[Bob McCurley]

AUGUST 24TH - CRAIG MILL DEN - 1 SPOTTED FLYCATCHER - 1 GREY WAGTAIL ADULT -

[Alex Shepherd]

Wednesday 24th August 2016 - 0920hrs

Rossie Spit, 7 Curlew Sandpipers on the spit after high tide this morning, more easy to pick out as many of the waders had already left including all of the Dunlin.
Redshanks, Knot, Black-tailed Godwits and Oystercatchers were the only birds remaing as the tide ebbed.

St Cyrus, 1 adult and 2 juvenile Peregrines, male and female Kestrel, Stonechats north and south of the centre, Whitethroats, 210 Canada Geese, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, Teal and 4 Greenshanks. Estimate of 3000+ gulls Cormorants and Kittiwakes on the beach being moved around by walkers.

Lurgies, c300 Canada Geese, 2 Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Kingfisher and a large flock of gulls feeding on bait in the shallows.

Curlew Sandpipers video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YvN3p-sF5k

[gus guthrie]

todays texts;

1 Curlew Sandpiper to the west of visitor centre. montrose basin. Barry Farquharson

58 little gulls at seawall on road to seaton cliffs, arbroath Rob NN

3 Quail flew from barley crop as it was being cut at Shandford Farm, Fern.

[Alex Shepherd]

Still two Curlew Sandpipers at Rossie Spit after high tide today. Also on viewing distant photos taken of ringed Black-tailed Godwits I found a Little Stint with a small group of Dunlin.

Lurgies, 24 Greenshanks most in the Mill Burn and 200+ Canada Geese.

Easthaven Bio Blitz on Friday and Saturday, club members still welcome to contribute as ambassadors and guides.

[gus guthrie]

Kinnordy Loch 9am

1 Black-tailed Godwit at west-end of loch
1 Greenshank
2 juv. Osprey from Gullery Hide

[Mickey Mellon]

27 Aug 2016 Easthaven fete/bio diversity bah. Bob and myself escorted a few of the villagers around for bird life and we had 39 species. Mallard, Collared Dove, Starling, House Sparrow, Mippit, Pied Wag, Willow warbler, Great tit, Blue Tit, Gold finch, Swallow, Herring gull,Black headed gull, Linnet, Little gull, Canada Geese, Cormorants, Wheatear, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Great Black Back Gull, Gannets, Sandwich Tern, House Martin, Yellow Hammer, Wren, Crow, Blackbird, Curlew, Magpie, Stock Dove, Dunnock, Chaffinch, White Throat, Oyster Catcher, Arctic Tern, Eider. Breakfast was provided and very enjoyable it was too. the village did themselves proud.

[Barry Farquharson]

Popped down for what turned out to be a very productive visit to Riverside Nature Park, Dundee from around 0800 till around 1330. As well as 4 species of butterfly - Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Peacock and Green Veined White, I managed to see 52 species of bird. Started well with a rather late Swift overhead, then a Jay passed over towards Invergowrie and kept going. There were a few Tree Pipits passing over (maybe 7 or 8 in total). A Kingfisher was on the burn. Spotted a Curlew Sandpiper among the Dunlins in flight. Had good views of 2 and a Ruff on the mud as the tide came in, before something spooked almost all the waders, leaving a Ruff, Black Tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper and Redshank. Photos of the Dunlin flock shows that there were at least 5 Curlew Sandpipers. 1 Black Tailed Godwit and a Bar Tailed Godwit as well. Still a few Sandwich Terns lingering. Visits by 2 Ospreys (one which had an unsuccessful dive). Saw 2 Sparrowhawks (or maybe the same one twice) being mobbed by Swallows, and by a Carrion Crow. A small flock of Canada Geese dropped in. A few Stock Doves around. A Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, House Martin, Chiffchaff and Willow Warblers were nice to see as well. Heard but didn't see Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Greenshank.

Bar Tailed Godwit, Blackbird, Black Headed Gull, Black Tailed Godwit, Blue Tit, Buzzard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Common Gull, Cormorant, Curlew, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Dunnock, Goldfinch, Great Black Backed Gull, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Herring Gull, House Martin, Jackdaw, Jay, Kingfisher, Lapwing, Lesser Black Backed Gull, Linnet, Magpie, Mallard, Meadow Pipit, Osprey, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Redshank, Robin, Feral Pigeon, Ruff, Sandwich Tern, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, Swallow, Swift, Teal, Tree Pipit, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren, Yellowhammer.

[gus guthrie]

Lurgies. Montrose Basin 10.30am

1 Spotted Redshank ( reported on AGV by GMS)
1 Ruff
1 Whimbrel
1 Curlew with white Darvik on leg
Kingfisher
Osprey

also 2 Curlew sandpipers at Rossie Spit ( GMS)

Arbroath, between Harbour & Football ground 1pm

1 juv. Black Tern found by Martin Scott
4 Little Gull
1 adult Med Gull
1 Black-headed Gull with yellow darvik 2CR7

short video clip of Black Tern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4-p3W9E7Qk