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Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Cheers everyone for the good luck wishes. I am moving for uni Delia, whilst rest of family is moving to Glasgow. As you and Ian have said, the Edinburgh birding scene should be fantastic as well; looking forward to integrating into that. It's crossed my mind that I might need to do a round of... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Haven't posted here in a long while. It will be my last as well, as I am leaving the Aberdeen area permanently in a couple of weeks time, to Edinburgh for uni in the autumn and prior to that Glasgow. The birding throughout the year, and particularly the spring has been a fitting farewell... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Glad you connected with the Desert Wheatear and the American Wigeon Gus, both cracking birds. Caught up with the former yesterday, which gave fantastic views and allowed for decent photo opportunities, albeit in poor light. At the south end we had two redhead Smew amongst a decent raft of ducks... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
It seems as if Waxwings have arrived in Aberdeen now, with a few flocks dotted throughout the city. I had 35+ on the trees at the back of school late on this afternoon (Aberdeen Grammar School), my first of the autumn, enjoying the late afternoon sun but quickly moving on. Sure it won't be the... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Toddled up the coast for an afternoon session at Strathbeg today. It was very nice to see the long staying juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper there, albeit briefly. It was visible at mid-distance on the Low Ground but was watched only for around 5 minutes after I arrived, at which point it flew... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Hi guys, have popped into Rigifa twice this weekend. There's currently a couple of Black-tailed Godwits hanging around with 35 Curlew, so they might be the un-IDed waders you were talking about. Also a single juv Dunlin on one of the small pools both days and 4+ Snipe today , as well as 4... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
A productive afternoon's birding on what was a beautiful day today. Things kicked off nicely with these two Pectoral Sandpipers pictured below, present for their second day on one of the numerous Slain's Pools. The location of the pool that these birds was very obscure, but with help from others... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Things are hotting up wader wise now it seems. The Ythan was noticeably lively early on in the day. At least 2 Spotted Redshanks were viewable from the Snub, whilst scattered across the estuary were at least 250 Golden Plover, 120 Knot, 10 Dunlin, 7 Bar-tailed Godwits, 6 Ruff, 5 Snipe, 5... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Can add to this a juvenile Wood Sandpiper with the Lapwings from Starnafin today. Also 9 Ruff, 9 Snipe, 5 Greenshanks, 4 Black-tailed Godwits and 2 Golden Plovers were scattered across the Low Ground. Hi Rik, if there aren't many scoters at Blackdog you can always drive down to the nearby... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Spent the day at the Ythan yesterday. It was as you were for the range of waders, but numbers of these species varied from previous visits. The most noticeable arrival was of 250+ Golden Plovers favouring the area by the Waterside Bridge car park; a flock that will no doubt build significantly... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Was back at the Ythan again yesterday afternoon for some more passage wader action. Wader totals were as follows: 80+ Lapwing, 70+ Redshank, 45 Dunlin, 8 Golden Plover, 5 Knot, a couple of Barwits and Common Sandpipers + singles of Whimbrel and Blackwit. At the mouth of the estuary a tatty juv... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
It seems that wader numbers at ther Ythan may have dropped off since I was last there on Friday. I was back again today, and Redshank and Dunlin numbers had dropped down; c.60 of the former and maybe 25-30 of the latter. There probably was more at the estuary mouth though. It seemed that no... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Wader passage certainly seems to be underway in the NE now, with plenty of waders about on the coast today. Things were quite lively on that front this morning at Strathbeg, with singles of Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper and Ruff, 20 Golden Plover, 25 Dunlin, 5 Greenshank and a decent number... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
It was a nice day for ducks yesterday, both with regards to the weather and also literally within Aberdeenshire. The drake American Wigeon at Strathbeg was showing nicely from Starnafin (pictured below), although pretty dingy looking in the early stages of its eclipse plumage. However, it was... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
No problem Danny, glad to hear that it was still reeling from there - by the dune slack is exactly where I heard it reeling last time. Another quite reliable place for them is Logie Buchan Bridge at the top of the Ythan Estuary, several (at least used to) sing there quite regularly on calm and... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Weekend Birding The last few days were spent with a friend of mine up from Durham, with whom I enjoyed a productive long weekend's worth of birding. Saturday saw us spending a day on the coast. An early morning look for the King Eider and Surf Scoter proved unsuccessful in nasty conditions... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Thanks folks for your help. I had already planned to visit Dinnet Oakwood for Redstarts - lovely to have at least 4 singing there last May - but thank you very much for the directions anyway Paul, I don't see to have them at hand any longer so your help will come in handy. No worries about the... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone knows how the Wood Warblers at Cragendarroch have been doing this year (i.e. how many have been singing) ? I am also keen to know the best ways to access Loch Davan/Kinord as I am not familiar with that particular area. Heading up that way over the weekend, any... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Spent most of the day at the Ythan yesterday. Whilst I wasn't able to get up as far as the Snub due to birding the area by foot, it was fair to say that the estuary was very quiet. Wader numbers were at a minimum and seem to have been for the past few days. A number of Curlews, about 10 Ringed... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
I have finally emerged from the other side of my Higher exams, which has seen my birding time in the last few weeks being very limited. Today was my first full day's birding in a long while, and in short in was a well needed release from all previous exam stresses. The Greater Yellowlegs... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Hi Chris, we did indeed meet, I'm glad your enjoying your birding here. Dark phase Arctic would be most likely, Arctics and Bonxies start to come through here around now. Nice one with the Glauc, there was a 2cy in Torry last month but yours could well be a different bird. Joseph -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
If its of any interest, I had a dark phase Arctic Skua going east at Portsoy yesterday early afternoon; there's a few skuas on the move at the moment. No sign of the White-billed Diver there yesterday, but a Black-throated Diver in summer plumage flew rapidly east and many Long-tailed Ducks were... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Great to see you and Matt again today Gus, enjoyed your company and I'm glad that you had a successful day up here. My day was relatively similar to yours, starting with a female Merlin at strathbeg lagoon before getting reasonable views of the Greater Yellowlegs from the Visitor Centre. Missed... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Had an enjoyable time visting a few local sites yesterday. Highlights included an early Sandwich Tern at Donmouth (perhaps the same bird seen in Aberdeen Harbour a couple of weeks ago?), and 2 European White-fronted Geese, many Pinkfeets and a redhead Smew all in the Ythan area, amongst other... -
Wild in Aberdeen - City and Shire
Cracking shots John, some of the best I've seen. The Strathbeg blog mentioned a mammal twitcher that was up during the weekend that also had an exceptionally early Ruff; which must have been you. Glad you managed the ermine stoat and enjoyed your visit up this way. Joseph