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    Tayforth Birding

    An application has been lodged with the Scottish Government to build 18 wind turbines, 125m (410ft) in height along the eastern side of Backwater reservoir and up into the rising land between Glen Taitney and Glen Damff, less than a thousand metres from the Cairngorm National Park. This is...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Spent the morning sea-watching at Usan near Montrose today. Loads of birds moving through, best were Little Auks, a Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Divers, a juvenille Pomarine Skua and over sixty Red-throated Divers mainly all going south. Also had Purple Sandpipers, Gannets, Fulmar...
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    Tayforth Birding

    A quick visit to Kinnordy Loch this morning, very quiet as most of the loch is frozen over though. Went down to Montreathmont wood after that with the dog, lot of Redpoll and Siskin feeding in the larches and then had a couple of Crossbills feeding quietly just a bit further up the track. After...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Spent most of the last couple of days at the coast, Desert Wheatear & Black Redstart were still at Montrose Beach, though can be elusive at times. Had at least 6 Pomarine Skuas and an Arctic Skua past Fishtown of Usan and a bigger surprise getting 5 Sooty Shearwaters off Lunan Bay yesterday...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Black Scoter still at Lunan Bay today but difficult to pin down due to the weather, County tick for me. Also decent numbers of Common & Velvet Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks , Red-throated Divers and a probable Pom. Skua going south.
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    Tayforth Birding

    A late Osprey was at Montrose Basin on Friday fishing at the Lurgies, several Kingfishers there too. A Yellow-browed warbler was feeding in sycamores betwen the Basin visitor centre and the viaduct. Several small skeins of Barnacle Geese continue to pass south and on the Basin the Pinkfeet...
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    Tayforth Birding

    mmm... boar and mustard sandwiches.....could cope with that ! some nice birds being reported in Angus today.... Waxwings in a Carnoustie garden this morning. Snow Goose at Linross farm near Glamis. Smew and Marsh Harrier at Kinnordy Loch. Osprey at Lintrathen Loch. Iceland Gull still at...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Try contacting Malcolm Ware , County recorder for Fife. His contact details are on the Fife Bird Club website.
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    Tayforth Birding

    An interesting day out in Fife today with Barry Farquharson, we headed straight down to Ruddon's Point and managed to see the female King Eider with the help of a couple of local Birders...thanks Cathy & Kim. Decent views of this bird as it bobbed about with some common Eider not far offshore...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Started with a nice Green-winged Teal at Kinnordy Loch this morning ..a good start to the day. nice to see Kinnordyvolounteer again too ! Had a drive south of Kirriemuir and saw hundreds of Fieldfare and Redwings stripping the roadside trees of berries. An afternoon visit to Carnoustie was very...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Grey Phalarope was still at Carnoustie beach today, showed really well this afternoon...despite the dog-walkers. Also there were; Sanderling, Redshank, Grey Plover, Turnstone, Ringed Plover, Brent Geese & Purple Sandpipers.
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    Tayforth Birding

    it was still there last night.
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    Tayforth Birding

    Hi Jim, if you drive into Carnoustie and follow the signs for the Leisure centre ( down past the CO-OP) the area between the playpark and east towards the Coastguard station is really good for waders....well worth a look for sea-ducks,divers etc too..... good luck, maybe the Grey Phalarope will...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Had a walk with the dog at Kinnordy Loch during lunchbreak and found a redhead Smew showing well from the East Hide, plenty of Teal on the loch as well as Greylags,Goldeneye, Goosander, Gadwall, Wigeon and Tufties. I popped down to Carnoustie in the afternoon as a Grey Phalarope was reported on...
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    Tayforth Birding

    winter plumage Slavonian Grebe was still at Lintrathen Loch yesterday lunchtime. lot of Pinkfeet, Canada & Greylags too.
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    Tayforth Birding

    Spent the day leading the Angus & Dundee Bird Club round some of my local lochs; Started off at Forfar loch this morning with a Snipe showing really well sitting preening in the sun. Plenty wildfowl on the loch too; Tufted duck, Teal, Gadwall and quite a few Goldeneye. Excellent views of...
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    Tayforth Birding

    saw my first Crossbills of the year at Montreathmont forest yesterday, a group of around 25 flitting amongst the Pines. Not much signs of Migrants at the coast, though did see 6 Fieldfare come in off the sea at Usan as well as movements of Pinkfeet still coming in too. I spent a couple of hours...
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    Tayforth Birding

    migrants a bit thin on the ground this weekend in Angus, only saw Blackcaps and Goldcrests today, no sign of the Barred Warbler reported at Usan yesterday. Did an hours sea-watching at Fishtown of Usan, plenty Kittiewake movement and a single Pom Skua harrassing them for a while. Had decent...
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    Tayforth Birding

    pectoral sandpiper still showing well at forfar loch today. other highlights were 3 sparrowhawks, curlew sandpiper & ruff at montrose basin, arctic skuas and bottlenose dolphins at usan.
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    Tayforth Birding

    spent the day sea-watching at fishtown of Usan; Bonxies - 14 Sooty Shearwater - 17 Arctic Skua - 28 Pomarine Skua - 2 Whimbrel - 1 R-T Diver - 11 Great Northern Diver - 1 Storm Petrel - 1 ( very close in ) also a minimum of 1100 Manx Shearwaters, probably much more. huge numbers of Fulmar &...
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    Tayforth Birding

    managed an hour sea-watching at Fishtown of Usan after tea-time tonight. huge numbers of seabirds feeding offshore. best bird was a juvenille pomarine skua heading south and 3 arctic skuas doing what skuas do best, harrassing other birds for their catch. A quick stop at the Lurgies produced a...
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    Tayforth Birding

    A Spoonbill was at Monifieth among the swans this morning until it was scared off by the inevitable dog-walkers. Looking around some local Glens later on produced Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Raven, Stonechat and Peregrine. Another rare migrant popped into Kinnordy Loch late...
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    Tayforth Birding

    A lovely summer plumage Spotted Redshank at Montrose Basin just now, cracking bird ! Tends to be up the Lurgies near the slunks. Also a Black Guillemot at Red head , down from Lunan Bay, my 1st one in Angus. Other birds this week included a Shoveler with 6 young near Kinnordy Loch, Peregrine...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Have had a very good weekend birding in Angus, started off by going up Glas Maol on friday after work.....in windy conditions I found Dotterel,Ptarmigan ,Golden Plover and a Swallow not too far from the summit too ! Saturday produced Garganey at Kinnordy loch, Wood Sandpiper at Montrose Basin...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Migrants starting to appear now, Sand Martin, Swallow & Little Gull on lochs near Forfar. Still plenty winter visitors hanging around yet though, hundreds of Goldeneye on the local lochs as well as Whoopers and the Smew at Kinnordy Loch. Have also had a couple of Jack Snipe and quite a few...
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