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  1. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    If we're looking at the same bird, it's surely a Bar-tailed Godwit. It's certainly around that size.
  2. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Nice pics - really like the Long-tailed Duck. Note that it's a juvenile Shag rather than a Cormorant.
  3. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Crested Tits were pretty easy to find around Loch Garten when I was there in late July. I suspect they will still be fairly easy, so long as you know the call. I think you'll be too late for Dotterel. I've seen Ptarmigan around Lochnagar, though they should be in all the high mountains. They can...
  4. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    From Birdguides yesterday:
  5. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Might be better asking about Aberdeen stuff in the Aberdeen thread... But anyway, the King Eider has been seen on the Ythan Estuary (I think mostly downstream of the road bridge i.e. near Newburgh) but has also been seen at Blackdog/ Murcar. It seems to move fairly regularly between the two...
  6. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    The following should give some ideas of where to look in Stornoway: http://patchworkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/patch-of-day-stornoway-outer-hebrides.html
  7. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    There are no accepted records of Least Sandpiper for Orkney, at least as far as I can find. This list of birds wasn't from Stronsay was it ;)?
  8. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Weather looks interesting, if slightly hard work. If I was on Tiree I'd definitely be trying to do some seawatching and then would be looking for waders and wildfowl once the weather has cleared a bit. Might even be worth checking the bushes.
  9. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Some proof of the existence of Ptarmigan on Lochnagar! http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/50127/ppuser/3550 http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/50128/ppuser/3550 Those pictures were taken a fair way below the summit.
  10. Andrew Whitehouse

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Do you mean Red-necked Phalarope? Grey would just be a casual visitor at that time of year (and a fairly unlikely one).
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