Happy New Year to all ! A nice mix of birds at Longniddry, despite weather: Black throated diver, red-necked, slav & G.C.Grebe, L.T.Duck, merganser, mallard,...
Andrew Sandeman
Sandtwen@...
Jan 1, 2003 4:32 pm
1983
Happy New Year and may your scope always be filled with something nice. Like a bloody fool I went to Musselburgh before 10 and got soaked and frozen....
Frank Hamilton
frank.ham@...
Jan 1, 2003 4:49 pm
1984
The Lothian Birding website has been completely re-vamped for 2003! Visit us on: www.geocities.com/lothianbirding/LSOC/Index_pagex.html We are again running...
I counted 89 Whoopers at Chapel Farm (between N.Berwick & Drem) this afternoon - though my first count was also 87 and the light was awful. 17 of these were...
Mark.Holling@...
Jan 2, 2003 10:01 pm
1986
Sorry Colin - missed out your name in the list of last year's participants!...
Happy New Year to one and all! Not quite in the same order as the c.90 Whooper Swans counted by Mark in East Lothian; however..... 1 Whooper Swan on a small...
Brian Minshull
BCMinshull@...
Jan 3, 2003 2:48 pm
1988
A male and female Blackcap were in the sewage plant bushes at Aberlady this afternoon. 5 Purple Sandpipers at Gullane Point. Ray Wilson Ray Wilson ...
Next Wednesday sees the first SOC Discussion Group meeting of the year. The main item will be a presentation by Jon Mercer of the Borders Biological Records...
mark.holling
mark.holling@...
Jan 3, 2003 5:00 pm
1991
Just read this - the only one of the 2000 records that I saw was the Crane at Saltcouts (4/4); it certainly was one but I didn't take a description. I could...
mark.holling
mark.holling@...
Jan 3, 2003 8:10 pm
1992
Lesson 1: Read the message properly! It didn't sink in that Ian was referring to 2000! Yes, I have a few notes on the Crane. I'll try to put together a ...
Paul Speak
Paulspeak@...
Jan 3, 2003 10:41 pm
1993
The tide was in a long way and pushed a lot of birds somewhere else. 2 Golden Plover 2 Purple Sandpiper 1 Red Breasted Merganser 7 Greylag Goose 1 Pink footed...
Barns Ness Water Pipit still Stonechat pr Musselburgh c10,000 gulls (mainly Common) at dusk on sea one large, very dark-mantled Common Gull on roost - any...
Aberlady - Sunday am Greenshank 1 near footbridge Stonechat 3 near scrape...
mark.holling
mark.holling@...
Jan 5, 2003 2:08 pm
1996
Can anyone identify this American bird of prey, photographed in Yosemite in October? I thought it a Red-Tailed Hawk, but couldn't see any red in the tail. The...
... I don't think geese eat tattie shaws. They do take potatoes left behind on the surface (which are inevitable). Mike, Gifford. ...
Mike McDowall
M.A.McDowall@...
Jan 6, 2003 7:54 am
2000
Happy New Year everyone - and 'lang may yer lists grow' :-) 5th : First ringing session since winter feeding started : 22 shelfie (chaffinch) 21 yellie-yite...
Mike McDowall
M.A.McDowall@...
Jan 6, 2003 8:01 am
2001
this woodpecker has to be a nuthatch!! all us lothian listers would be very interested in getting permission to come and view. perhaps you could update us on...
Colin & Margaret Davi...
Colin.Margaret.Daviso...
Jan 6, 2003 9:36 am
2002
Hi Colin, I'll try and get more info. I very much doubt whether this particular person would be amenable to much invasion. The only realistic viewing point...
Mike McDowall
M.A.McDowall@...
Jan 6, 2003 9:57 am
2003
Talk of an "invasion" would no doubt put anyone off - I guess 10-15 considerate, polite, grateful birders at a max would be realistic estimate ... Ian...
On Aberlady Bay at high tide yesterday pm: 1 female Shoveler 4 Scaup (2m, 2f) 2 Slavonian Grebe In the morning there were a lot of Fieldfare on the reserve,...
Yesterday Graham Clark and I, (et. al.!) had the following on a walk between Yellowcraigs and Gullane: 2 (male and female) Peregrine on Fidra 1 Sanderling 1...
Brian Minshull
BCMinshull@...
Jan 6, 2003 1:00 pm
2006
on the incoming tide at Cramond: 3 Black Tailed Godwit 132 Goldeneye 29 Golden Plover 650 Dunlin 5/1/03 Whiteadder 50 Twite 80 Red Legged Partridge 1 Brambling...
I thought everyone may like to know, although i'm sure some of you will have read in the papers that there was an oil spill into Linlithgow Loch over the...
Particularly for Ian Andrews, I spoke to the householder last night. They disputed the original colour scheme - blue and red - reported by a friend. They...
