Reserve Sightings
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The latest Icelandic Goose Count (IGC) was carried out on the reserve this morning, with a total of 7,404 Pink Footed Geese counted. Following the trend from previous counts this …
Thrushed Into the Limelight
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Woken up one morning to see your garden stripped bare, the berries that were there only hours earlier vanished? Thought something strange was going on? No need to panic! It’s …
Grey Phalarope
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The Grey Phalarope first spotted in Arbroath on Tuesday has stuck around the local area, being found at Carnoustie from Thursday to Saturday, before moving up the coast to Westhaven …
Reserve Sightings
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The latest Icelandic Goose Count (IGC) was carried out on the 10th of November, with 20,804 Pink Footed Geese counted. This number is down on the 31,180 counted on the …
Recent Events
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The past few feeks have seen two new events run here in the centre and on the reserve, our Halloween Family Fun Day and the Year of Natural Scotland Pink …
White – Tailed Eagle Update
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The White-Tailed Eagle that was spotted last Thursday (24th October) hung around on the reserve for a further 2 days, being spotted again on Friday the 25th and Saturday the …
White Tailed Eagle
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It has been a busy day here at the Visitor Centre in terms of raptor sightings. At around 12pm a visitor spotted a White-Tailed Eagle sitting out on the mud. …
Reserve Sightings
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Despite the past weeks (predominantly) awful weather, there have still been plenty of good sightings here at Montrose Basin. Although becoming anything but a rare sight here at the Visitor Centre, …
Pink-footed geese count continued…
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With the pink-footed geese count back up to the 40,000 mark it seems likely that we’re getting a steady stream of migrants this year, with them only stopping over for …
Wader varieties at Montrose Basin – part 3.
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This week we’ll be looking at the last of the waders you’re most likely to see at Montrose (of course there are more, but they’re just not as common). This …