North-east Scotlandrecording area

Area covered

Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City. (The former districts of Banff and Buchan, Gordon, Aberdeen City and Kincardine and Deeside of the old Grampian Region.)

Local Recorder

Hywel Maggs
tel 01358 788106

Record submission

Preferably on disk (details from the Recorder), pre-printed forms or A4. Order not critical, but date order acceptable. Depending on volume of records, every 3-4 months and by end of January.

North-east Scotland Bird Report

Editors

Andrew Thorpe, Ian Francis and Richard Schofield.

First year of publication

1974.

Address for purchases

Dave Gill, Drakemyre Croft, Cairnorrie, Methlick, Aberdeenshire, AB41 0JN.

Back numbers/costs

1976-90 - 50p, 1991-93 - £1.50, 1994-95 - £4.00, 1996-98 - £4.50 (p&p 30p single or 50p multiple), 1999 - £5.00 (50p p&p).

Contents of 1999 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 1999 Ringing Summary
• Breeding ecology of Ring Ouzels in Glen Clunie; a preliminary report for 1998/99
• Corn Buntings in and around Aberdeen 1967-1985
• Corn Buntings in NE Scotland 1998-1999
• Water Pipit at Burnhervie 12-30 January 1999 - first record for NE Scotland
• Collared Flycatcher at Cove 30 April-1 May 1999 - first record for NE Scotland
• Short-billed Dowitcher at Rosehearty 11-24 September 1999 - the first record for Britain
• Harlequin Duck at Peterhead, 6th November 1999 - first record for NE Scotland
• Colour-ringed Spoonbill at Loch of Strathbeg 1999

Contents of 1998 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 1998 Ringing Summary
• Black Stork, Ythan estuary 13-19 July 1998 - a first for NE Scotland
• Red-breasted Goose, Loch of Strathbeg 1-18 April - first record for NE Scotland
• Tawny Owls in 1998 - a Grampian Ringing Group Report
• A survey of Rock Pipits on the NE Scotland coast, winter 1998
• Citrine Wagtail, Girdleness -first record for NE Scotland
• Red-flanked Bluetail, Newburgh 27-28 September - first record for NE Scotland

Contents of 1997 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 1997 Ringing Summary - R. Duncan
• A survey of the breeding birds of inland waters in North-East Scotland 1997 - I. Francis
• Desert Wheatear at Girdleness, 7 November 1997; the first record for North-East Scotland - H.I. Scott
• The BTO Breeding Bird Survey and its use in this report - I Francis
• Short note on the range expansion of Common Buzzard in North-East Scotland - I.M. Phillips and C. Cronin

Contents of 1996 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 1996 Ringing Summary - R. Duncan
• 'Tundra' Bean Geese in North-East Scotland - W.R.P. Bourne
• Breeding Merlins in Aberdeenshire during 1993-1996 - B.L. Cosnette and C.W. Rebecca
• A survey of Lapwings in North-East Scotland, 1996 - I. Francis
• Crested Tits in the Frontier Zone - I. Francis

Contents of 1995 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 1995 Ringing Summary
• Common Crossbills in Deeside in 1995
• Mute Swan nesting on the River Dee at Aberdeen: first breeding record for the Dee
• The movement of wildfowl off Peterhead, Grampian

NE Scotland Rarities Committee

Members

Richard Schofield (Chair/Secretary), Tim Marshall, Phil Bloor, Ian Gordon and Paul Baxter.

Species that the committee considers

Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Mediterranean Shearwater, Leach's Petrel (not in hand), Bittern, Little Egret, White Stork, Bewick's Swan, Bean Goose, Snow Goose, Mandarin, Green-winged Teal, Red-crested Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, Honey Buzzard, Red Kite, Hobby, Crane Spotted Crake, Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope, Long-tailed Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Sabine's Gull, Roseate Tern, Black Tern, Little Owl, Nightjar, Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Shore Lark, Richard's Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Nightingale, Marsh Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Firecrest, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Marsh Tit, Willow Tit, Crested Tit, Nuthatch, Golden Oriole, Chough, Common (Mealy) Redpoll, Common Rosefinch, Lapland Bunting, Ortolan Bunting.

Scottish rarities (ie those in capitals on the SBRC List) should also be sent to the Recorder, who will forward them to SBRC.