23 - NOVEMBER 2011 BIRD SIGHTINGS (ANGUS)

[mike.nicoll]

Barn Owl, 1 at Colliston Mill, 0500hrs 21/11/2011. Unfortunately I didn't see it till I was on top of it and wiped it out.
Curiously it was sitting on the road with it's back to me and was virtually invisible in the orangey glow of the Colliston
street lights. It may have been dazed from a previous impact.

[joncook]

Have just received a report with excellent photographs from Forth Valley RSPB Group of a Great White Egret seen from the Wigeon hide on Monday 21st. Could still be around?
Jon

[richardblackburn]

Loch of Kinnordy - Tuesday 22nd Nov (pm)

On the paths were seen Bullfinch, Siskin, a Goldcrest, a Lesser Redpoll, Robin, Coal-Blue-Great Tits, Chaffinches, and a Treecreeper. At one point the treecreeper flew to land on a trunk immediatly in front of us.

On the water were Greylag geese, 2 White fronted Geese, Tufted Ducks, Goldeneye, Whooper and Mute Swans, Teal, Wigeon, Lapwings, Shoveller, Gadwall.

Also had a nice fly by from a Buzzard.

[Mark Caunt]

Date & Time: Thursday 24th November 2011 - 2:00pm
Species:  Waxwing
Details: At 2:00pm another couple of Waxwings briefly in private garden down Gowan Rigg, Forfar. Flew westerly.

[Bob McCurley]

NOV. 24TH. 10-30AM. SMEW 2 Male and Female -At Loch of Kinnordy from both Gullery and East Hides - News of this circulated to ADBC members via Text Mobile Contact System

NOV. 24TH. 10AM . WHITEFRONTED GEESE 9 In Field below Egno Moss NO 3553 In company with small Greylag flock

[Michael Morphy]

25th November 2011. Kinnaber, Montrose.
A single Snow Bunting on the sand dunes.

[GYarnell]

Moving into and flying out of tree on north side of road at NO 575 358. First I've ever seen so cannot be sure but saw and heard it.

[Gordon Linton]

Kinnordy Loch

Friday 25/11/2011 2.30pm Greylag, Mute & Whoopers, Teal & a pair of Snipe on the Island off Gullery hide.

[joncook]

Hooded Crow flying west over fields south of Panbride 12.30pm today.
No sign of Wryneck.
Jon

[gus guthrie]

male and female smew on Kinnordy Loch today, mainly from East Hide, though female did come onto bogbean in front of gullery hide. 3 White-fronted Geese also present , tend to stay near the greylags.
Goldeneye, Wigeon, Teal, Tufted Duck , Gadwall, Shoveller and Mallard present and 25+ Whoopers too.
Smaller birds include Bullfinch, GS Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin,Goldcrest, Reed Bunting and Long-tailed Tit.

[Roy Adamson]

1 mute swan with 3 cygnets alongside a pair of whooper swans with 4 young on irrigation pond near Anniston mill 10.30am

[Ian Hay]

http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php ... 1322495660

Saw this high up an angus glen. What do you think Dodgy Buzzard or Rough Legged? looked light in flight and quite harrier like. Very poor photo due to big crop and poor light.

Ian

[Charles Rough]

male smew still present at kinnordy east hide monday 28/11

[Ian Hay]

Chris

Not white enough for snowy even for a non birder.

Ian

[Mickey Mellon]

29 Nov 2011 Male Snow Bunting on the airfield of RM Condor 11am. Our first record of this species on camp

[Dave Adam]

Ian

Interesting 'light Buzzard' photo. How light did it look in flight & could it be mistaken for a female/imm Snowy Owl, do you think?

Was it taken anywhere near Glen Isla?

Rgds
Chris

Just a thought is this a Rough Legged Buzzard, see pic below.
http://www.birdguides.com/iris/pictures ... 325502&v=0
I think they vary quite a bit in plumage.

[Ian Hay]

Looks like the concensus is dodgy Buzzard. Chris sorry about lack of location info, if it had been something better I would of had a word with the keeper, he has asked that I do not bring to much attention to the site.

Ian

[Nicola Main]

At Loch of Kinnordy RSPB reserve today among the usual commoner birds my partner and I saw the female and male Smew from the East hide. They tended to stay near the eastern corner of the water and would disappear and reappear continually. Also dozens of female Goldeneye and a single male which started displaying to them.