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    Tayforth Birding

    Friday 26th February Scone Palace Flock of 6-8 Hawfinches high in the trees halfway down the avenue, and then also to the left at the far end of the avenue. Also, in this far corner to the left of the end of the avenue (where the bio-degradable recycling occurs - lots of logs etc) were 2...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Angus glen - Wed 14 May (9am - 3pm) Woodcock, loads of song & mistle thrushes, lapwing (+ 3 chicks), oystercatchers, redstarts, ring ouzels, wheatear, meadow pipits, willow warblers, blue/great/coal tits, robins, blackbirds, ospreys, buzzard, kestrel, common sandpipers, pied wagtails, sand...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Loch Leven RSPB centre & Letham Pools - 26 Apr Glossy ibis seen from the centre and hides today, and a pair of little ringed plovers showed well from one of the hides too. Also, loads of tufties, greylags, lapwings, a pochard, at least 14 greylay goslings seen and crested grebes on the loch...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Trip into Fife today. Ring billed gull still at Newburgh (favouring the green buoy in the Tay and also loves bread). Firecrest still present at the old quarry near Letham. also had several goldcrests, bullfinches and a single barnacle goose flew around then overhead. Letham pools had plenty...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Thursday 6th Feb Piperdam ~13:00 Canada geese on far side of loch, whoopers, mutes, mallards, goldeneyes, tufted ducks, a greylag goose, loads of coots and black headed gulls. Clatto reservoir ~14:00 Slavonian grebe on far side of reservoir, coots, tufted ducks, goosanders, black headed gulls...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Unusually, 15 common scoters on Montrose Basin for the third day running. Also, an Osprey feeding.
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    Tayforth Birding

    Lurgies (Montrose Basin) - 14 Aug (~9am) 2 Kingfishers flew past, 204 Canade geese, ~10 greylags, lapwing, redshank, greenshanks, common sandpiper, grey herons and the usual gulls. Also saw a yellowhammer chasing a linnet. Balgavies Loch - ~2pm Loads of greylag geese, 2 pochard mixing with...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Montrose Basin - Lurgies - 8-9pm (1hr after high tide: 12 Aug) Miss Erskines Bank - 2 green sandpipers, and the little egret showing well. Had 300 canada geese fly in with 12 greylags. Also, loads of mute swans, black headed gulls, herring gulls, common gulls, 11 dunlin, 7 greenshanks...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Brief visit to Lunan Bay hide today. 6 gannets flying around and feeding, a long tailed duck near one of the fishing nets, a group of sandwich and common terns (~30 of each) and 1 little tern hiding amongst them. 6 oystercatchers, a few razorbills on the sea, herring gulls and not a lot else.
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    Tayforth Birding

    Angus mini tour Popped down to Auchmithie first, missed the rosefinch (but it is still there apparently). Did see several whitethroats, yellowhammers, wren, house martins, fulmars on the cliffs, possibly a few puffins distantly sleeping on the sea and a distant diver. Headed towards Ethie...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Angus Glen - 7 May Went for a slow drive up a glen, followed by a wee walk at the end of it. Jackdaw, rook, woodpigeon, red-legged partridge, chaffinch, pheasant, swallows, sand martins, lapwings, curlew, oystercatcher, pied wagtails, wheatears, mistle and song thrushes, blackbird, buzzard all...
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    Tayforth Birding

    17 Apr -rainy tour of Angus Loch of Kinnordy 10am-12pm Swallows and sand martins flying around. 5 little grebes seen from the Gullery hide. Also Teal, a pair of Gadwall, a single blackheaded gull, coots, mute swans, 1 osprey flying around and sitting in the nestbox tree, a pair of shoveller...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Forfar Loch and Balgavies Loch - 15 March Forfar Loch Went for a wander from the Leisure Centre to the sailing club from 1 - 2pm, then hid at the sailing club from a shower, then wandered back. Loads of small birds were singing their hearts out. The following were seen:- black headed gulls...
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    Tayforth Birding

    Montreathmont Forest - 12 March (am) 2 bullfinches on main track. From the hide:- yellowhammers (2), siskin (2), blue / coal / great tits, robins (4), blackbirds, chaffinches, dunnocks, 2 red squirrels. Heard green wodpeckers, great spotted woodpecker, pheasants and jay. Grey heron flew over...
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    Tayforth Birding

    25th Feb Angus glens: red grouse, black grouse, lapwings, mistle thrush, kestrel, loads of buzzards, red legged partridges, a field full of starlings, lapwing and oystercatchers (and 2 curlew). Rounded a corner on a road and there were 3 black grouse in the top of a tree! More red legged...
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    Tayforth Birding

    7th February Arbirlot (1pm) - 2 grey wagtails flying to and fro under the bridge. Arbirlot to Arbroath road (1:30 pm) - mistle thrush and several fieldfares in the 1st couple of fields up the hill on the right. Keptie Pond, Arbroath (2pm) - as we walked down on to the path around the pond, 2...
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