I have managed to get great coverage for this BTO survey. Many thanks to all of you who are taking part. I do still have three tetrads which ideally should be...
Dear all, Watching some wonderful Holly Blue butterflies in the lothians today, first I've seen this far north, they same way out of range or does anyone know...
darren.woodhead
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May 2, 2007 9:41 pm
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hi darren according to my millenium atlas of butterflies which has data from 1995-1999 there has been a steady expansion from the south eastern stronghold into...
Tom Delaney had a colony near Loanhead but I don't have the details and he's in Spain at the moment! Frank ... From: pauljoburns To:...
Frank Hamilton
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May 3, 2007 5:57 pm
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Darren I gather there have been Holly Blues over the past couple of years in several sites in a tract from Edinburgh to SE through the Dalkieth/Loanhead area....
Yesterday c12 noon over North Berwick, 1 Swift. This morning at Gullane (Bents out to the Point): Black-throated Diver 8 in the bay including 3 in full...
One "hybrid" crow at the Shell filling station at junction of Gorgie Road and Stenhouse Mill Lane on 3rd May; my first Swift of summer over Kings Buildings on...
Hi all, 140 barnacle geese (east) yesterday morning at 8.30. Also, 27 pink-footed geese and one merlin on tuesday. Is it still winter? 2 common tern and 1...
Not much about today - biggest surprise was a female Long-tailed Duck in summer plumage at Gladhouse Reservoir, mixing with the Tufties. Also Gropper reeling...
Tried sea-watching off Ferny Ness from 14:00hrs today but very little moving in strong wind. 32 Sandwich Terns had taken refuge at mouth of Seton Burn. Down...
Dear Lothian birders the following list are of birds seen in Lothian in 2005 and 2006 for which Lothian Birds Rarities committee(LBRC) has yet to receive a ...
Is there anywhere in the Lothian area where Redstarts occur? Also where is the best place to park to take a walk through Roslin Glen? Thanks in advance...
OK. Mea culpa. Some of these are mine and I will get round to it. But looking at the list just made me wonder, not for the first time, what the rationale is...
You might be interested in looking at the following: www.worldmigratorybirdday.org <http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org%20> Alan Heavisides Napier University ...
Re Redstarts This question seems to crop up with some regularity in this forum. One regular place with breeding Redstarts is the SWT reserve of Woodhall Dean...
There are usually several birds in the Monynut oakwoods - in Borders but close enough to the E lothian sites - I have already heard and seen about 8 birds this...
Re Roslin Glen You can park in the car park just off the glen road (runs between Roslin and Rosewell) and either walk upriver across the road bridge then along...
It has taken until my 70th year to watch a Grasshopper Warbler - at Aberlady this morning. A tick! I also found that my hearing in one ear is considerably...
One singing at Saltoun woods at 11.30 this am No sound from a Wood Warbler. Frank ... From: NEIL GRUBB To: lothianbirdnews@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May...