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

Editor

Nick Littlewood.

First year of publication

1974.

Address for purchases

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

Back numbers/costs

The price for 1974–1981, 1983, 1985–1996 and 1998–2004 is £2; 2005–2007 is £4; 1982 and 1984 are £10. Postage and package will be charged at cost and advised before posting.

Contents of 2007 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 2007 Ringing Summary
• The Brünnichs Guillemot at Girdle Ness
• Aberdeen Red Kites
• Seasonal distribution and population trends of waterfowl on Loch of Skene
• Birds in Mid Deeside, 1970–2008
• New additions and taxonomic changes that affect the North East Scotland List

Contents of 2006 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 2006 Ringing Summary
• Franklin's Gull on the Ythan Estuary - a first for North East Scotland
• Ospreys in North East Scotland 1993–2007
• Glen Clunie Ring Ouzel breeding ecology project
• Some aspects of Buzzard breeding ecology in mid-Deeside
• Recent trends in numbers of some breeding birds in North East Scotland
• A new breeding bird atlas for North East Scotland: 2006, the final year of the project

Contents of 2005 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 2005 Ringing Summary
• Black Grouse in North East Scotland in 2005
• Barrow's Goldeneye at Meikle Loch - the first record for North East Scotland
• Bonaparte's Gull at Peterhead - a first for North East Scotland
• Belted Kingfisher in Aberdeen - the first Scottish Record
• Black-headed Bunting at Loch of Strathbeg - the first record for North East Scotland
• A new breeding bird atlas for North East Scotland - 2005, the fourth year of the project

Contents of 2004 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 2004 Ringing Summary
• The early autumn fall of 2004 in North East Scotland
• The Black Duck at New Pitsligo - the first record for North East Scotland
• The Pallid Swift at Newburgh - the first record for North East Scotland
• A new breeding bird atlas for North East Scotland - the project's third year

Contents of 2003 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 2003 Ringing Summary
• Thirty years of Birdwatching in North East Scotland, 1974–2003
• Pacific Golden Plover - a new bird for North East Scotland
• Corn Bunting projects and farmland bird surveys in North East Scotland
• A new breeding bird atlas for North East Scotland - 2003, the second year of the project

Contents of 2002 Report

• Grampian Ringing Group 2002 Ringing Summary
• Northern Goshawk in North East Scotland
• Recording 'Scottish crossbills'
• A new breeding bird atlas for North East Scotland
• The Stone-curlew at Blackdog
• The occurrence of the Great Grey Shrike in North East Scotland, 1970–2000
• St. Cyrus - a birding paradise?

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

Paul Baxter (chair), Phil Crockett, David Parnaby, Nick Littlewood, Hywel Maggs, Richard Schofield and Andy Webb.

Species that the committee considers

Bewick's Swan, Bean Goose, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Red-crested Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Balearic Shearwater, Leach's Storm-petrel (not trapped), Bittern, White Stork, Honey Buzzard, White-tailed Eagle (not tagged), Hobby, Spotted Crake, Corn Crake, Crane, Avocet, American Golden Plover, Temminck's Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Grey Phalarope, Long-tailed Skua, Sabine's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Roseate Tern, Little Owl, Nightjar, Bee-eater, Hoopoe, Shore Lark, Richard's Pipit, Yellow Wagtail (all identified races), Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Firecrest, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Bearded Tit, Crested Tit, Willow Tit, Marsh Tit, Nuthatch, Golden Oriole, Chough, Rosy Starling, Common Rosefinch, Northern Bullfinch.

Records of ALL rarities should go to Paul Baxter in the first instance.