Perthshire (1 Viewer)

[burnie]

I can't see a thread for the county, went to visit my daughter who lives in a farmhouse high above the city, pleased and quite surprised to find 4 Ravens flying around for around an hour, they seemed to be doing some kind of display flights.

 

[delia todd]

Oooh Nice one Burnie. Always lovely to see Ravens I think.

Perthshire is included in the Tayforth thread.... that's where I post my sightings (few at the moment as I find getting out and about rather difficult).

 

[aberdeenshirebirdtours]

We had a walk up Kinnoul Hill in September and had a couple of Ravens fly past the viewpoint overlooking the Tay Valley. However, the highlight for me was probably the Nuthatch we saw whilst we were heading back down.

 

[burnie]

Had a wander into Glen Quaich the other day looking for Black Grouse and Capercaillie, both of which I have seen there in the past, sadly apart from a lone Golden Eagle disappearing into the fog, nothing much was seen, though I did hear Crossbills.

Scoth mist by tigerburnie, on Flickr

 

[delia todd]

I love Glen Quaich, one of my all time favourite glens. I always try to take visitors there.

 

[LittleBitOfBreadNoCheese]

Spent a day in Blair Atholl yesterday. In the morning walked up through Old Bridge of Tilt and Fenderbridge, after lunch took the quiet path on the south bank of the River Garry. Outside the village centre I didn't pass a single dog walker so it was pretty undisturbed. Raven, Buzzard, flock of Reed Buntings, two separate Nuthatches, Grey Wagtail on a wire and a Dipper on the Garry south bank. The place was like a ghost town with all the tourist and food/drink places shut except the Atholl Arms hotel.

 

[burnie]

Spent some time on Corsie hill yesterday, quite a lot going on, seems to a lot of Corvids about, several Magpies and Carrion Crows, a few Swallows and House Martins around the buildings and a Garden Warbler, Wren, Starlings and Pheasants.

 

[burnie]

A single Raven flew over Corsie hill today along with a ;lot of Swallows and House Martins, they seem to have gone from the coastal areas near us though. Tawny Owls making a racket in my daughters garden, getting to their territorial scraps now the nights are drawing in.

 

[burnie]

A Tawny Owl flying about at dusk on Corsie Hill

 

[delia todd]

Oh nice one Burnie. I used to hear one round here, but not for a few years now.

 

[burnie]

Had a Red Kite flying over the road near Coupar Angus, they are definitely spreading around a bit.

 

[delia todd]

Oh lovely if they're getting into the hills there too.

Thanks Burnie.

 

[burnie]

Went fishing today, didn't catch anything, but the wildlife was very good. Was on the Ericht below Blairgowrie, firstly greeted by much Beaver damage, but no animals, then found Otter prints in the mud and found what could be a holt. Sand Martins nesting in the river banks, Pied Wagtails, Chaffinch, Wren, Long Tailed Tits all seem to be nesting on the banks of the river, also a Magpies nest found. A lot of Orange tip butterflies, a couple of Peacocks too, proper spring like and 19 degrees, almost summer like. One Red Kite spotted near Forfar on the way home.

 

[Farnboro John]

Went fishing today, didn't catch anything, but the wildlife was very good. Was on the Ericht below Blairgowrie, firstly greeted by much Beaver damage, but no animals, then found Otter prints in the mud and found what could be a holt. Sand Martins nesting in the river banks, Pied Wagtails, Chaffinch, Wren, Long Tailed Tits all seem to be nesting on the banks of the river, also a Magpies nest found. A lot of Orange tip butterflies, a couple of Peacocks too, proper spring like and 19 degrees, almost summer like. One Red Kite spotted near Forfar on the way home.

I think you mean Beaver activity, unless you are going to rewrite the Sand Martin bit to cover their bank erosion damage.

John

 

[burnie]

Whilst Beavers in the right place are environmentally advantageous to the countryside, the illegal machine gun spraying of thousands of them all over Scotland is a disaster for the animals and the environment. The RSPB are having to put chicken wire round trees they want to keep, which I guess is understandable, but what will the Beavers eat next. They have tried chewing the legs off the bird hides, I don't think they were very tasty. Beavers have been illegally sourced, from who knows where, were they checked to see if they were disease free before release? Sadly it's the animals that will suffer from this catastrophe, the River Tay could never have supported a 1000 animals even when most of Scotland was uninhabited and covered in forest.