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| Red Grouse |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Lapwing |
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| Carrion Crow mobbing female Marsh Harrier |
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| Osprey |
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Jay |
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| Blackcap |
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| Little Grebe |
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| Osprey |
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| Osprey |
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| Mute Swans |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Little Ringed Plover |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Tawny Owl |
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| Red Throated Diver |
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| Collared Dove |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Eider |
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| Magpie |
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| Skylark |
Four days of blue skies and sunshine. Not just in a month, but in a row. And when I'm not at work. That doesn't happen very often. Thankfully it did this long Easter weekend.
I now have a LOT of catching up to do. I have the editing of hundreds of photos to get through and I have 4 days of birding to type up for here. 4 days of on average just short of 10 hours birding each day. That's gonna be a lot of words. Trying to remember what was seen where and when and in which order and even on what day is gonna be fun. I'll get there.
I've managed to see 99 species in those 4 days. I've been up the Angus Glens, and over at Fife Ness, as well as Loch Leven and plenty of other places too. I've added 8 year ticks taking me to 151 for the year, which is 10 ahead of this time last year.
I've been out birding with my pals Jacqui Herrington, Steph Cowie and Willie and Anne Irvine. I've bumped into Gus Guthrie, Darell Berthon and Iain Hastie among others.
I've seen Roe Deer, Brown Hare, Red and Grey Squirrels, and Rabbits. Small Tortoiseshell, Green Veined White, Small White, Peacock and Orange Tip butterflies.
It's been rather eventful. I will catch up, hopefully by this weekend. In the meantime, here's the 99 species seen.
Year ticks in bold and capitals. Other good stuff in italics.
blackbird
black grouse
black headed gull
black tailed godwit
BLACKCAP
blue tit
buzzard
carrion crow
chaffinch
chiffchaff
coal tit
collared dove
common gull
COMMON SANDPIPER
coot
cormorant
curlew
dipper
dunnock
eider
feral pigeon
fulmar
gadwall
gannet
glossy ibis
goldcrest
goldeneye
goldfinch
goosander
great black backed gull
great tit
GREEN SANDPIPER
greenfinch
grey heron
grey wagtail
greylag
guillemot
herring gull
HOUSE MARTIN
house sparrow
jackdaw
jay
kestrel
kittiwake
lapwing
lesser black backed gull
lesser redpoll
linnet
little grebe
little ringed plover
long tailed tit
magpie
mallard
MARSH HARRIER
meadow pipit
mistle thrush
moorhen
mute swan
osprey
oystercatcher
peregrine
pheasant
pied wagtail
pink footed goose
pochard
raven
razorbill
red breasted merganser
red grouse
red throated diver
redshank
reed bunting
ringed plover
robin
rook
sand martin
SANDWICH TERN
shag
shelduck
shoveler
siskin
skylark
snipe
song thrush
sparrowhawk
starling
stock dove
swallow
TAWNY OWL
teal
tree sparrow
treecreeper
tufted duck
wheatear
wigeon
WILLOW WARBLER
woodpigeon
wren
yellowhammer