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Moray CoastWow, the snow's just vanished, never seen such a quick thaw. The river Nethy is a raging torrent and there are branches littered all over the forest floor.See Dead Wood a Bounty for Birds Headed up to the coast, loads of Scaup on the inner Moray Firth and a couple of Iceland Gulls as well as the usual mix of wintering sea-duck. Scoter and Long-tailed Duck numbers very low off the usual haunts of Findhorn Bay, must be somewhere else at moment, probably off Culbin Bar. (It's probably easier to access the central Cairngorm plateau than Culbin bar so didn't go there!). Cool bird of the day was a Tawny Owl blissfully sitting warming it's feet on a Chimney pot oblivious to passers by and traffic. Headed round to the Cromarty Firth, lots of distant grey blobs.........barwits, knot and dunlin was the best my distant grey blob id could manage. A nice flock of Twite and other finches near the hide and as usual no exciting gulls. A word of advice, Udale Bay NEVER has exciting gulls, if you love Common Gulls it's great, but they really are just all Common Gulls. Chanonry Point had a very sad looking Guillemot a nice close flock of Dunlin but little else, Dolphins probably basking off some tropical island if they have any sense. 
11:18 AM - 16 February 2009 - post comment
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