Icelandic Goose Count
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32,891 Pink Footed Geese were counted on the Icelandic Goose Count this morning. Although we had hoped for a peak count today, the highest count has still been the 46,769 on Tuesday.This …
Blue YZ: The latest news 12th Oct
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As promised, updates on news of our young satellite tracked osprey as soon as we have them. We too are on the edges of our seats waiting for each new …
Satellite Tracking Udpate: Still Going Strong
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Blue YZ is still going strong on her perilous migration. As of yesterday she was in northern Mali, and was finally starting to make a turn south west towards the …
Satellite Tracking Update: A Dangerous Gamble
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Our young osprey Blue YZ seems to be making habit of taking dramatic routes on her first migration and worrying us all. If you have been following the interactive map …
Pink Footed Goose Count
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Our hardy volunteers got up bright and early this morning and headed out onto the reserve to carry out a Pink Footed Goose count, arriving at a final number of …
Wigs and porcelain
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As Alex mentioned a wee while ago, fungi has become rather abundant on the reserve and now is a great time to go out and spot it. We’ve had such …
Waders at the Montrose Basin
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A series on wader id wouldn’t be complete without video footage of just some of the species you can see here at the Basin (we’ve also thrown in a few goosanders as …
Wader varieties at Montrose Basin – part 2
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The waders we’ll be looking at this week are some of the smallest species you find at Montrose and are often seen at the tide line along with the redshanks. …
Autumn Adventures!
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Today at Loch of the Lowes wildlife artist Derek Robertson gave an excellent talk & presentation on his work & the wildlife he encounters. This has certainly encouraged our audience …
Blue YZ – the field report
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We have a fabulous field report from our friend and keen osprey watcher Chris Wood who twice in the past week has actually visited the Spanish reservoir (Embalse de Piedras) where …