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  1. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I stopped to have a look for the Blyth's Reed Warbler that had been reported at Port Elphinstone as I was passing through Inverurie this morning. After some initial confusion due to a faulty grid reference I found the spot by the Don, near the sewage works. The bird was appearing regularly on...
  2. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    The nest site at Lochter, Oldmeldrum is publicly known and occasionally mentioned in the press. Elsewhere there are a couple of sites that seem to be well known locally though not usually publicised.
  3. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I imagine that Ravens have a hard time spreading east through some of the more heavily keepered parts of the area. I see them most times I head over the Lecht or the Cairnwell but much less frequently to the east (although I saw one near Aboyne last week). Eventually I suspect enough will get...
  4. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I don't seem to have done much birding at all in the second half of this year. Two young children, a dog, and a tendency to be more office-bound with my job all seem to have conspired against much birding. I hadn't realised how much of my birding was done on the fly in the odd spare hour as I...
  5. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Nice photos. I saw my first spotted flycatcher of the year today. They are getting quite scarce these days, and in fact I'm not sure that I saw one at all last year.
  6. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I saw a flock of 50 crossbills (presumed commons) in a wood near Fyvie today - the first decent numbers of crossbills I've seen for a year or two. Also a Mistle Thrush family with 3 well grown fully fledged young.
  7. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Good call. I have seen Canada/Greylag hybrids on the Ythan and the body shape probably fits that better too.
  8. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I think your goose might be a partially albino greylag (maybe a bit of domestic goose influence).
  9. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    First Cuckoos of the year at the Forest of Birse this morning (3 singing males, one seen). Also a singing Whinchat whose mimicry included snippets of Robin, Chaffinch, Curlew, Corn Bunting and Sandwich Tern! Best of all was a singing male Stonechat, the first time I have seen this formerly...
  10. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Common Whitethroat singing from a field of oilseed rape near Oldmeldrum today. My first of the year and a few days earlier than I usually first see this species.
  11. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Hi Gordon I visited the hide a couple of weeks ago. It is still there and fully functional. It does seem to be used as a bit of a teen hangout sometimes (presumably evenings) as there is a bit of graffitti in the hide, but it's not too bad (unless you are mortally offended by the odd swear...
  12. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Nice Dotterel photos, Andrew. I think I saw that brown looking cuckoo last week, when it flew across the road right in front of my car.
  13. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Lochnagar I had a cracking day out yesterday on Lochnagar, making use of a local holiday at work, combined with decent weather and hastily arranged childcare. We set out from Spital of Glenmuick at 10am and made rapid progress up to the Ladder,overlooking the loch from which the mountain gets...
  14. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    It is a very sad state of affairs. Apart from this bird at Bennachie, there was the one at Ballater I referred to a few posts ago and also one at Linn of Dee: all females showing the same behaviour. This suggests they are now finding it very difficult to find lekking males. The lek on Deeside...
  15. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I heard my first cuckoo of the year this afternoon, near Aboyne.
  16. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I have since been told that this type of behaviour is indicative of a hen caper that can't find a mate, rather than it being ill. From a conservation viewpoint, I suppose that is almost as bad as it being on its last legs.
  17. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Apparently there has been a hen capercaillie wandering around the middle of Ballater today too, although sadly it looks not very healthy at all. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/media/set/?set=a.10151561010316380.1073741830.511736379&type=1 It has been taken back up into the forest in Glen...
  18. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I had a productive visit to Strathbeg today. A good selection of the usual species were on display along with 5 White Wagtails in front of the visitor centre and another 6 on the low ground, visible from the Tower Pool Hide. Shortly after arriving at the hide, four Cranes dropped into the low...
  19. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    Under the quick reply box there is a button that says 'Go Advanced'. That takes you to the advanced reply box, under which there are additional options, including a 'Manage Attachments' button. That allows you to browse for images to upload. Note that there are size limits for jpg files...
  20. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I was slightly surprised to see a single Waxwing still present at the same place this morning.
  21. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    More summer migrants arriving on Deeside today -I heard multiple Tree Pipits and one singing Redstart this morning.
  22. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    I saw my first lizard of the year today, running across the road in the Forest of Birse.
  23. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    and a swallow at the same place this morning
  24. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    With the prolonged easterly blocking weather pattern finally being replaced by strong southerly winds and the warmest temperature of the year so far, it was somewhat inevitable that there should be heaps of Sand Martins flying around over the trout ponds at Mill of Strachan this afternoon.
  25. Capercaillie71

    Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire

    There were five waxwings on Raemoir road in Banchory this morning by the junction with Woodside Road. Last night my wife saw a Pine Marten on the roadside on the B974 just past Bridge of Feugh. This is the second time she has seen one in similar circumstances - I have yet to see one (other...
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