24a - JANUARY to DECEMBER 2011 BIRD SIGHTINGS (NON ANGUS)

[Mark Caunt]

Out of Angus Bird Sightings for JANUARY to DECEMBER 2011

[Capercaillie]

Tayport 3rd January 2011 - view over estuary

Bar tailed godwit, grey plover, dunlin, shelduck, wigeon, teal, mallard, black headed gull, ringed plover, redshank, common gull, herring gull, eider, greylag geese , oystercatcher, crows, turnstone, curlew, snipe in grass area near old met office, dunnock, chaffinch, starling.

[gus guthrie]

stunning male Black Redstart down at east end of Roome Bay in Crail, directly below Denburn wood, also a well coloured Grey Wagtail and more Rock Pipits together than i've seen before.
11 pale-bellied Brent geese between Crail and Anstruther with a single Whooper swan.
Red-throated Diver at Lower Largo with Velvet & Common Scoter.
2 Waxwing still in Longforgan beside churchyard.

[Charles Rough]

the black redstart is still showing at the same spot
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i also had grey wagtail/pied wagtail/rock pipit/sanderling/turnstone/redshank/goldeneye/eider/heron/kestrel

[gus guthrie]

QUICK STOP AT ROSSIE BOG PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF PINTAILS WITH WIGEON,TEAL AND MALLARD.CURLEW AND WHOOPER SWANS ALSO PRESENT.
LOCH LEVEN STILL PRETTY WELL FROZEN WITH BIRDS CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN AREAS. BURLEIGH SANDS AREA LOOKS BEST JUST NOW.

[gus guthrie]

Glaucous Gull still present at Torry Harbour in Aberdeen today at 11am.

[gus guthrie]

Great Grey Shrike still present at Red Moss at Netherley, Aberdeenshire. Tends to favour the west side of the bog. I found it behind Lairhillock Inn beside a pony paddock, though it is very mobile.

[joncook]

Red-breasted Goose this afternoon 12/02/11 near Rossie Bog at Dunshalt, Fife, NO266104. Feeding in a field with cattle and 200+ Greylags. Note that it is not at the usual Rossie Bog area, but a bit SSW and accessed by a different road, the Auchtermuchty to Ladybank one. Park with care as this is a bus route.
Jon

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[gus guthrie]

107 whooper swans + 3 Canada Geese on flooded fields between Meigle and Alyth, the majority concentrated in a field on the East side.

[stevendoig]

ST CYRUS

Dozens of Skylarks getting settled in

80+ Fulmars on cliffs with maybe twenty more flying about

Single Grey Plover

One Peregrine

V. bold Fox, three Red Deer + Broon Hare.

[Charles Rough]

female mute at stobbie ponds dundee has been sitting on a nest for a couple of days,i cant remember it nesting this early

[Charles Rough]

single male pintail at morton lochs in fife first time i have seen one here

[joncook]

Green-winged Teal on Rossie Bog, Fife, amongst rushes 300yds N of Easter Kilwhiss Farm, NO278111, still present at 12-45pm
Jon
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[darellberthon]

Ross's Goose at Vane farm. Watched as it flew in with some pink feet yesterday, 26th March 2011

[gus guthrie]

An afternoon visit to Vane Farm produced a Red-Breasted Goose and a Ross's Goose, both lifers for myself and Alex.Then went to Rossie Bog and had close views of Pintail.

[joncook]

Summer plumage Slavonian Grebe in Largo Bay, seen from Ruddons Point late morning. Also a Velvet Scoter.
Jon

[Nicola Main]

Sorry it's late but one Swallow seen from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh on Saturday 2nd April. Summer is here!

[gus guthrie]

Green-winged Teal seen from Guardbridge hide at paper mill, showing well but distant. Seen off to left of hide towards the airbase.

[gus guthrie]

King Eider showing well at mouth of Ythan Estuary, Little Egret further upstream at the Snub. Also Little Gull on Meikle Loch and 6 Ruff at Strathbeg.
Stopped of at Fowlsheugh on the way home and there are plenty of birds back now, noticed more Razorbills than I saw last year.

[Neil Young]

Garden warbler this morning in Alyth Den.

[gus guthrie]

Turtle Dove still showing well in Kilrenny. Feeding in a lady's garden at bird table, next to Kilrenny Common. has been seen with a pair of collared dove, some speculation this may be same bird that visited this same garden 2 years ago.
Also had several manx shearwater at Fife Ness along with another bigger shearwater which i was unable to identify. when I was sitting at Fife ness a mink came within 15ft of me and iI got several photos.

[gus guthrie]

single avocet still present south of aberdeen at Rigifa Pool.

[gus guthrie]

Took Alex to Killiecrankie Visitors centre at the soldiers leap. Found both Pied & Spotted Flycatcher as well as Wood, Garden & Willow Warblers.

[Grant Balfour]

10 June.
Sooty Shearwater - 1. Seen from the Isle of May Ferry on the way out to the island. Got a very good view as it was close to the back of the boat.

[Richard Maurins]

Off to Islay next week on holiday,any tips on where to go,staying near the Oa,so hoping for Choughs there.

[gus guthrie]

Presumed White-winged scoter off Murcar golf Club this afternoon, mixing with a large flock of Common & Velvet Scoter. also 3 Surf Scoter present.
American wigeon also seen at Strathbeg and found a Curlew Sandpiper at Rigifa pool outside Aberdeen.

[Richard Maurins]

Highly recommend Islay as a summer destination,didn't get a Corncrake,but managed a very impressive list,including the Choughs I was after.

[KDO]

23 July 2011
Broughty Ferry Nature Reserve
Rear if new apartments, The Esplanade,
Whitethroat and numerous Goldfinch.
Late entry.

[gus guthrie]

2 ROSEATE TERNS AT YTHAN ESTUARY TERNERY THIS AFTERNOON, ALSO COMMON,ARCTIC,SANDWICH AND LITTLE TERNS.
3 SURF SCOTERS AT MURCAR ,OFF GOLF CLUB AREA.

[Isabel Smith]

Dotterel with chick - Tuesday 27 July 2011
At top of Aonach Mor - to the S of the topmost ski tow hut but very near. At least 2 males and 5 chicks

[Richard Maurins]

Just back from a week visiting family in Norfolk,if you've never been to the area,it's worth a visit.Cley marshes were pretty amazing,similar birds to Montrose,just more of them.Tried to find a bearded tit and failed,I'm told there are some on the Tay between Dundee and Perth,anyone seen any recently?

[gus guthrie]

Kingfishers and up to 4 Little Egrets seen at Eden Estuary. Also Osprey and Canada Geese.

[srgreen]

3 Curlew Sands and 4 Black t Godwits off Invergowrie train station this afternoon, all in Perth and Kinross. SRG

[gus guthrie]

Fife Ness Hide
A couple of hours this afternoon with other Fife club members produced Bonxies, Arctic Skua, Manx Shearwater, 15 sooty Shearwater, a Balearic Shearwater and a Pomarine Skua in very blustery conditions which had birds coming close in.

[KDO]

05/10/11
Broughty Ferry Beach
Opposite The Glass Pavilion.
In high winds.
Wheatear.

[gus guthrie]

Yellow-browed warbler at Kilminning, another seen at the patch at Fifeness and also seen in-hand being ringed . Also a Pomarine Skua off Crail, close inshore.

[Barry Farquharson]

Great Grey Shrike at Guardbridge for the past few days. There is a nature trail on the left as you come into the village from the north, between the fields and the Motray Water/Paper Mill. The bird has been frequenting the area past the gas tanks, I believe. It was very wary when I saw it, but have seen photos from almost directly underneath, so it may just be temperemental.

[gus guthrie]

Coming home tonight from a trip up north Alex spotted a Red Kite at Butterstone on the Blairgowrie to Dunkeld road. It was circling above us and gave good views for over 10 minutes.