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  1. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Found a lonely swallow today! Up Stirling hill, Peterhead. Also, last sunday just prior to going out I'd noticed there had been Northern Bullfinch reported in various areas of Aberdeenshire. I looked at a picture of one, couldn't make out any obvious differences and didn't really think much...
  2. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    First post in a wee whiley. I haven't been able to go off patch much over the last year as my son was born a year ago, and I've found out babies take up a lot of time and energy! :LOL: Well today, I knew the weather was going to be good and he would be at nursery so I took a couple days off to...
  3. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    My wife spotted a Waxwing in the garden today! I've never seen one yet! She only seen the one. Amazing what turns up in your garden. Had a male Blackcap a couple of weeks ago. A first for the garden and even better because of the time of year. This is bordering Meethill Park, Peterhead. Hope...
  4. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Finally got onto a Yellow-browed warbler this morning. Berryhill Driving range Peterhead. There's a great walk path called Berryhill Loops, you can park at either the Berryhill driving range or Stella's voice Barn and join the path from there and loop round. Good mixture of woodland and farm...
  5. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Thanks. First time seeing one that wasn't running in front of car headlights! so wasn't too sure. Saying that, there was a dead one in my local park last year on the path :( I didn't actually think to ID it properly or report it. I might have taken a photo though. Would feel like a bit of an...
  6. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Spotted this out and about today, up Stirlinghill, at Boddam. Even after looking online, I'm still not 100% what is it. Weasel or Stoat? I'm leaning towards Weasel..? There were 3 or 4 calling wrens hopping around the heather, so I thought I'd try for some pics as it's not always easy to get...
  7. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Ah ok, I thought I might need something a bit stronger than my binocs or my camera. Never had much success with spotting birds out at sea so far. Maybe I'll treat myself to a scope at some point, seeing as I seem to be taking this birding thing quite seriously :LOL: I've had so many hobbies...
  8. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I considered going down to see these, but didnt bother cause im just not well equipped for seawatching. Have they been quite distant?
  9. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Had a great walk around Willowbank, between Peterhead and Longside today. Either side of the old longside/peterhead railway line there are two "new" walk paths that were made accessible a couple of years ago, Buthlaw River Ugie path, and Faichfield Burn path. Both take you for a farmland loop...
  10. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Ah, nice one! Thanks for that. Even though I've been as honest as possible and provided photos etc I still feel some vindication that someone else has seen it! :LOL: And it feels good to help others find it.
  11. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Just seen its been reported again today on birdguides "still in garden between heath drive and blackhills crescent". I'm glad someone else has finally seen it! Would love to know more about the sighting, who it was and if it was in my garden or some else's this time!
  12. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    It's back! The red-spotted bluethroat was in my garden at 6.50 this morning for about 5 mins then left. It must be still be hanging about the area. Haven't seen it since friday though. Its no longer in the garden at the moment. I've added it to birdguides.
  13. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I'm not on either of those, if you could add to the whatsapp that's be great thanks. You could say that it was around the gardens at the north fenceline of Meethill Park, Peterhead between heath drive and blackhills crescent. At 18.45 - 19.00. Something like that. The marker on this image is...
  14. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I don't mind the information being out there. It's not in my garden now, and is likely in the park nearby I suppose. I've never really reported a bird like this I don't think, I've just put it on birdtrack. Where's best? Or is it something you could easily do on my behalf? Is birdguides good for...
  15. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Here he is! I think he's a red-spotted race Bluethroat. In my own tiny garden!? haha I'm absolutely chuffed like. I thought it was a Dunnock :LOL: He had his back turned in the shade of my hedge, throwing leaves about, n I just thought "dunnock.." then I noticed a faint stripe on his head and...
  16. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Just had a Bluethroat in my own garden! Wow! My gardens right next to Meethill park, Peterhead. It stayed for around 10 mins I got pictures then it headed towards the park. In the area of the pinpoint on map. Will get pics up later!
  17. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Went back again armed with a camera and got some pictures that I'm well pleased with. I struggle to get pictures of every day birds this good. It helps that it sits still rattling away for quite some time! It has this really funny way of shimmying up the stems to call, then basically tumbling...
  18. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Grasshopper Warbler just now at the wasteland near Dales Park School, Peterhead. I spent like 20 minutes standing in one spot hearing it call again and again just a few feet away but took aaages to pinpoint it. Video was taken with my phone. I actually seen two birds standing on the same stem...
  19. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Oh cool, Cheers for that
  20. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Found what I think is an Iceland Gull at Sandford beach, Peterhead today just after 6pm. Flew towards Boddam harbour, where there were hundreds of gulls on the rocks. It's the first one I've seen. I didn't expect it to be so strikingly white. It really stood out from the others.
  21. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Unfortunately though, it looks as though that field is going to be covered with houses in the near future. Quite a few patch ticks have come from there, as it added a bit of wetland and farmland variety to my walks. So I'm bit gutted about that. With houses being built on it, there will be a...
  22. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Had a good few finds this weekend I'm pleased to say. March last year I caught Water Rail on my trail cam that I'd set up in Meethill Park, Peterhead in amongst the reeds. I seen them a couple times that week and never seen them again. That was my only ever sighting of water rail. I'd been...
  23. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Went out to see the Smew at Fyvie loch. First time I've been there. Missed the Mandarin Ducks there last year. Really nice place and the snow really added to the scenery. And I'm glad to say I seen two Smew. Apparently there was a third juvenile, but I only seen two females. Thought I was going...
  24. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    After getting a second opinion on my questionable photo's I'm confident I can add White-fronted Goose to my list of birds spotted at Rattray :)
  25. Andy Strachan

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Even though it was a bit of a gale yesterday, I decided to go to Rattray and see what I could find. As I was pulling up to the "car park" (that's more suited to bmx dirt jumping) I spotted some Twite! Four of them. The pictures are terrible as they were taken through the windscreen. I watched...
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