1 December Apart from usual mallard, tufties, Canada and greylag geese,black headed gulls etc. 4 female , 1 male goosanders present plus 2 male, 1 female...
This afternoon while the wind was calm, around 60 finches + tits tweezering out Larch seeds from the cones. Flock consisted of Siskins, Goldfinches, Redpolls,...
Where does the Kingfisher perch if you don't mind saying. I have always wanted to get a decent photo of one but never got close enough. Simon Stuart & Morag...
Graham Clark and I had an adult Herring Gull of the Hawes Car-park in South Queensferry with an orangy-brown darvic ring on its' left leg inscribed with the...
Hi Brian, Colour marks (and BTO metal rings) can be reported via the BTO web site using the following URL. http://blx1.bto.org/euring/main/rings.jsp?LAN=en The...
Cheers, Mark, Tom, Stuart - ring duly reported on website - http://blx1.bto.org/euring/main/rings.jsp?LAN=en - excellent facility! Will probably be from a...
Last winter most times I saw the bird on the stream which runs between the railway and the pond, rather than the pond itself. But yesterday it caught my eye...
Off sea wall 6 long tailed duck 5 Merganser 1 Velvet Scoter 1 Slavonian Grebe 1 Red throated diver At esk mouth 1 Little Gull On walkway to scrapes Meadow...
... I always use this excellent site to first locate info on the particular colour-ringing scheme. A couple of clicks takes you directly to the page listing...
Ringing at site 2 on 2/12/06. Many thanks to all concerned. Blackbird new 2 retrap Blue tit new 2 retrap 2 Chaffinch new 1 retrap Dunnock new 2 retrap 1 ...
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Dear all, Please see the following (very quick) response re the colour-ringed Herring Gull Graham Clark and I saw last week.... Brian Minshull ... From: Sara...
Eskmouth: Kittiwake ad w Live ash lagoon: Little gull ad w Sea wall: Water pipit in flight. Rock pipit. Meadow pipit. 2 Red- necked Grebe. 2 Slavonian Grebe. 1...
Single arctic skua chasing a bh gull off Silverknowes this morning. ********************************************************************** Email Disclaimer -...
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Dec 7, 2006 12:54 pm
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7/12/06 Another garden tick - single crossbill over the house this morning! Jim...
Dear All Of interest - a Kingfisher today on rocks immediately north of Dysart Harbour in Fife - fishing in rocks pools 200 m north of harbour. I also went to...
Just back from hols or would have responded sooner. Pair of kestrel were hunting hillside at varying 50/100 metres apart. Three buzzards also in area. Female...
On the way home from the SOC Recorders' Conference I saw 1 Barn owl and 1 Tawny Owl by the side of the Longniddry - Pencaitland Road just after going under the...
There was also a Barn Owl across the A198 just W of the SOC building at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. I've also heard Blackbirds singing under streetlights on...
The next indoor meeting of the Edinburgh RSPB local group will be on Wednesday 13th December, 7.30pm at the Napier University Craiglockhart campus, in the...
Reminder for all SOC Members in Lothian and other interested birders. Natalie Taylor will give a talk on: Holyrood Park and its Conservation Date: Tuesday 12...
Went back to the Duddingston on Saturday to try to get a better estimate of the corvid roost but disappointed to find hardly any present - only about 200,...
Ringing at site 3 on 8/12/06. Many thanks to all concerned. Blackbird new 1 retrap 1 Blackcap new 1 retrap Blue tit new 9 retrap Chaffinch new 2 retrap ...