Wildlife Diary Saturday 4th August
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We had another unexpected visitor today when one of our Red Squirrel kittens decided to see what it was like inside the Visitor Centre. To the great amusement of everyone …
Osprey Migration Update
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As we await the imminent arrival of our famous osprey and her partner I thought I would just provide you with a quick update on the fortunes of the various …
Sightings summary – May 2011
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The month started very early with our Dawn Chorus taking place at 5.30am on Sunday 1st May and those of us to managed to scrape ourselves out of bed were …
WeBS – May 2011
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Yesterday afternoon we carried out the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) for May, the monthly stock-take of all the waterbirds on the Reserve. Unlike last month when the sun was splitting …
Birds “re-tern” to Montrose
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Fantastic news, the colony of common terns has returned to our raft! After a journey of tens of thousands of miles, the first common terns were seen back on the …
Sightings summary – April 2011
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April is always an exciting time in the birdwatching calendar at Montrose Basin, with the last of the winter migrants heading off, summer migrants arriving back and if we’re lucky, …
The beauty of birdsong
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Well, what a wonderful morning we had yesterday as we led an early morning walk around part of the reserve to celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day, taking members of the public …
Reserve sightings – 24/04/11
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Yesterday was an excellent day at Montrose Basin. Throughout the day sandwich terns and an osprey were seen fishing on the reserve and the feeders around the Centre were visited by …
Migrant update
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Summer migrants are certainly dropping in thick and fast here at Montrose and since my last post on returning migrants, we have had our first sightings of sandwich tern and …
Another migrant arrives
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Well, aren’t I glad I didn’t back any horses in last week’s Grand National?! Literally only a few hours after I uploaded my last post saying we hadn’t seen any …