Winter visitors – redwings, waxwings and fieldfares
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We’ve been seeing a lot of winter visitors lately in Montrose, especially while the rowan trees were full of berries! Here’s a look at a few bird species that you …
A Hoopoe at Montrose Basin?!
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It’s always exciting when a rare bird is reported on the Montrose Basin reserve – it gives the visitor centre this special ‘buzz’ when birdwatchers come filing in asking about …
Birds Eye View
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One of my favourite events in nature’s calendar is the migration of geese from North to South just before our winter truly begins. In the past few weeks the …
Montrose Basin Goose Breakfast – Viewing the Pink-footed Geese at Dawn
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Every year, the People’s Postcode Lottery Goose Breakfast is held at the Montrose Basin. This unique event involves attendees and staff members willingly (and not so willingly) getting up at, …
Halloween Creatures
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All Hallows’Eve is fast approaching and to get in the spirit this weekend we are transforming our visitor centre into the Magical School of Curious Creatures! Halloween nowadays is synonymous …
Summer Summarisation
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It has been quite the summer here at Montrose Basin! Here’s a few of my highlights… The visitor centre has been quite the attraction for ospreys this summer. We were …
Swallow season is coming to an end
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Spring in Scotland marks the return for many migrant birds that come to breed over the summer months, one of them being swallows. They are part of a family of …
What I’ve Learnt at Montrose Basin
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As my internship is coming to an end I have decided to make a blog telling just how much I have learnt over the past 3 months here at the …
Where Do Our Winter Waders Go? – Part 2
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This week, we are still exploring where our waders go when they leave the Basin at the end of winter. The focus this time will be on the smaller waders, …
House sparrow vs tree sparrow
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The UK is home to two species of sparrow: the tree sparrow and the house sparrow. Once very common birds, both species have suffered significant declines in recent decades and …