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  1. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    or this!http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Forsinard-community-makes-feelings-clear-to-RSPB-27032014.htm
  2. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Hi Roougers, i had a Red Kite over the house a few days ago, at Achavandra Muir, always an exciting bird to see! 3 together is a good record, did you see any wing tags? Dean
  3. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Some good seawatching off Tarbat Ness yesterday, 1000s of kittiwakes huge rafts of Guilliemot and Razorbill with a few Black Guilliemots and Fulmars 12 Arctic terns off the point,a single Great northern diver, tens of Gannets with about 7 Bonxie 5 Arctic skua and 3 Pomarine skua all attacking...
  4. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    I have just seen this and i am really shocked by this idiots behaviour! walking off the beaten track through any known Caper site throughout the year only adds more pressure on this birds very fragile existence and should in my opinion be avoided. Can't believe this guys ignorance.
  5. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Loch Eye can be acessed from the public footpath at the south end that runs through Midoxgate or from the track that runs down to the loch from the fields at the north end, but i prefer to view the loch from the boathouse at Loch eye house!
  6. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    At last the weather is picking up. At Loch Eye today birds singing in the woods included blackbird, robin, wren, great tit, treecreeper, siskin, crossbill and greenfinch. On the loch mute swan, teal, wigeon, tuftie, scaup, pochard, goldeneye, mallard, cormorant, coot and great crested grebe...
  7. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    A quick look from the pier at Embo this afternoon produced loads of Razorbill and Guillemot a few kittiwakes and Gannets with at least 20 Red throated divers 1 Black throated diver 16 Slavonian grebes with good numbers of Long tailed duck and common scoters with a few Eider, Goldeneye and Red...
  8. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    I had an hour to spare this morn so i went to check out the strath to see if the male Hen harrier is still about,didn't see the male but i did get a female mobbing a sub ad Golden eagle.I set the scope up and watched the eagle for 40 mins a stunning bird it's golden head lit up by the sun. also...
  9. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    On the north coast iv'e seen Ptarmigan at 1200ft on Ben Hutig in March!
  10. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Fulmars back on inland cliffs at loch Brora and Rogart quarry. Ravens displaying and a male hen harrier up the strath today!
  11. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    It's still freezing no sign of any thaw and yes there's plenty snow, about 8 to 10 inches around the Dornoch area.
  12. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Had a quick look off Embo pier at lunch time, 200 Eiders (including drake Northern Eider) 300 Long tailed duck, 14 Goldeneye,8 Common scoter,3 Red breasted merganser,a single Red throated diver and a Slavonian grebe.Waders included Ringed plover,turnstone,golden plover, sanderling ,purple...
  13. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Managed to get down to Dornoch this morning for a walk along the beach to the point .From the beach i scanned through the Common scoter flock c>300 with them a couple of velvet scoters and 8 Scaup, further out were some Long tailed ducks and a red throated diver,along the beach were afew rock...
  14. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Another day snowed in ,but plenty birds in the garden to keep me occupied All the usual suspects around the feeders, Goldfinch up to30 now also 2 Brambling,1 yellowhammer,4 Bullfinch 2 great spotted woodpeckers still only 8 greenfinches though! Also this morning a sparrow hawk came in and caught...
  15. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    I remember seeing my first capers 3 hens and a cock together in culbin forest on an SOC outing back in the 70s. Ord hill on the Black Isle is another place i used to see Capers ,now long gone. I think that disturbance plays a big part in the decline of capers with many more people using the...
  16. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Brief glimpse of sub ad last week ,but tends to be quiet this time of year .
  17. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    We do have the excellent Highland and Moray Biirdforum.
  18. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Hi Tim it`s a great area for birds,the autumn is a good time to see black grouse in the area, often feeding on the buds of trees.let me know when you`re in the area and i can let you know whats about. Dean.
  19. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Hi Tim, The Dornoch area is my local patch,and i do BBS in the rogart area.
  20. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    If you can visit Embo you can get excellent views of long tailed ducks from the pier,there are only small numbers at the moment but in early spring numbers can build up.
  21. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    Last may i was out on the uists but it was on benbecula that i managed to connect with red necked phalarope. it was at loch of olavat on the A865 just south of griminish the lochs are easily viewed from the road,
  22. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

  23. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    First time out since christmas ,had to go to co\op ,so went for Brora spent an hour at beach car park. got...2 g n divers,2 rbm, 4 goldeneye, 5 common scoter,12 eider,6 lt duck,2 golden plover,redshank, curlew,oystercatcher,2purple sandpiper,song thrush, redwing,gulls crows.
  24. Dmacaskill

    The Highlands and Islands Thread

    s uist thanks alan for the report.Iwas out there in may,we saw some fantastic birds ,including lt skua , golden oriel ,turtle dove , r,n phalarope,se owl,i was working on n uist in 1991 planting trees and the birds then were pretty much the same .The uists are a brilliant place to spend some...
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