Thursday 1st April: Water Pipit at Barns Ness on the south beach between the shipwreak and the seaweed clump (about 400 yards down the beach). Showing well...
Brilliant Tony, a Ring Ouzel using a scope-what will those cheeky little "Turds" be up to next? Cheers, SRG. ... Stay in touch better and keep protected online...
stuart green
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Apr 2, 2004 8:37 am
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For the record, there was no sign of any at Faseny Water on 24th March, even though it was a lovely day. Frank...
Frank Hamilton
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Apr 2, 2004 11:16 am
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Belhaven 1 ad Mediterranean Gull Musselburgh 1 drake Gadwall ( was also there yesterday, scrapes ) 2 Black-tailed Godwit 36 Slavonian Grebe Dave...
Dave Allan/Alison Gray
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Apr 2, 2004 5:09 pm
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re conversation with mark holling - 3 siskin on feeder today. Half price modem, FREE connection and one month FREE - click here to sign up to BT Broadband....
GREGG CORBETT
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Apr 3, 2004 8:17 am
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For info first Siskin this winter on feeder yesterday. Where have they all gone? Frank...
Frank Hamilton
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Apr 3, 2004 8:41 am
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i've had flocks of up to 30 birds flying around the estate, but these are the first in the garden. they only visited the feeders around this time last year as...
GREGG CORBETT
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Apr 3, 2004 9:18 am
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lots of the birds on the craigleith colony have the 'sinensis' plumage, with the white head, yet most of the books etc show a black head on breeding...
GREGG CORBETT
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Apr 3, 2004 9:21 am
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6 Siskin in the garden this morning - there have been 2-3 all winter. Ian...
Gregg Many 'Atlantic' Cormorants develop a white head in spring, some quite extensively. The key features needed to identify sinensis are a combination of...
two siskin in garden wed one friday 1st this year Ian Richardson Stay in touch better and keep protected online with MSN’s NEW all-in-one Premium Services....
Duddingston Loch 1W drake Smew still present 1 Chiffchaff singing by the car park Musselburgh circa 30 Sand Martins and 1 House Martin over the river Esk f...
I have got about 15 to 20 siskins in the garden (Dunbar) on the feeders. The feeders are full of high energy seed - sunflowers shelled and crushed + other...
This discussion on Siskin seems to have stemmed from a chat I had with Gregg on Thursday, Perhaps I should have spread this news more widely. All the Siskins...
Mark Holling
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Apr 3, 2004 3:53 pm
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not all are in sunny NB, there are a few in innerleithen at the downhill track - both singing males and small flocks feeding, although hard to count at high...
GREGG CORBETT
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Apr 3, 2004 4:07 pm
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At duddingston early this morning 6.30-8.00am 1 smew 4 little grebe 3 great creasted grebe starting nest building 27 grey herons on nests some with well...
1st April Linlithgow Immature Whooper Swan 62 Sand Martin Red-Crested Pochard also tame male Wigeon 2 pairs Great Crested Grebe Duddingston immature male Smew ...
Eleanor Hurley
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Apr 3, 2004 7:27 pm
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Along the R Esk @ Inveresk : 7 Chiffchaffs singing 1 Swallow over the river Duddingston Loch : 1W drake Smew still present 1 Common Buzzard Phil...
Eleanor, Can i ask where about at Linlithgow you spotted the sand martins? Thanks, Martin Gray ... Stay in touch better and keep protected online with MSN’s...
5 singing chiffchaff along shore walk from Queensferry 5 great crested grebe 7 red-throated diver 2 scaup Several guillemot and razorbill Hundreds of common...
At lunchtime, 1 Swallow, 1 House Martin, at least 10 Sand Martins at footbridge. Gadwall and 3 Black-tailed Godwit on scrapes. Ali Nimmo Jim Nicholson...
Lothian SOC members will have just recieved their Lothian Bird Bulletins, including the article by Johan Bos on ringed gulls in the Edinburgh area. By pure...
... I have been amazed over the weekend by one female clearing everything off a peanut feeder - even the other siskins - except the blue tits :-) Would be...
Mike McDowall
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Apr 5, 2004 6:40 am
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Probably the last session of the winter (trying to get a team for next week). Many thanks to all concerned. As the birds arrived, the wind got up :-( Site 3...
Mike McDowall
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Apr 5, 2004 6:59 am
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can't rmember if i put this info out but i found a dead blackheaded gull ringed stavanger 679775 at tyninghame 2 weeks ago. i've sent the data to stavanger...
GREGG CORBETT
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Apr 5, 2004 8:12 am
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1 Shorelark + 38 Twite 1 Osprey 1 (v. dead) Little Auk House Martins, Sand Martins, + 1 Swallow 1 "Snow-type" Goose - found by M Griffin in Inner Bay....
Wilkinson Mark ETG-UK...
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Apr 5, 2004 8:30 am
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Max 17 siskins seen at one time in my garden but males consistently dominate females, but blue tits trump em. Niger seed is expensive but they love it. P ... ...