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 …
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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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Everyone knows that “one swallow doesn’t make a summer”, however, when the first summer migrants start to reappear, you know the worst of the long, harsh winter is well and …