Gary Tait (RSPB) has made four follow-up visits to Crookedstane and reports sighting a nightjar on every occasion; on one of these feeding on the wing; that a long-eared owl has nested in the forest and produced three fledglings; that he sighted three blackcocks ‘lecking’ (performing their ritual mating dance) on a ride. Plans are now under discussion to run bird-watching holidays up there.
Pictures of all the birds mentioned are available
via the RSPB web site at:
www.rspb.org.uk/
| Black Grouse |
| Blackbird |
| Blackheaded Gull |
| Blue Tit |
| Brambling |
| Bullfinch |
| Buzzard |
| Carrion Crow |
| Chaffinch |
| ChiffChaff |
| Coal Tit |
| Common Gull |
| Crossbill (F) |
| Crossbill (M) |
| Curlew |
| Dipper |
| Field fare |
| Goldcrest |
| Golden Plover |
| Goldeneye |
| Goosander |
| Goshawk |
| Grasshopper Warbler |
| Great Tit |
| Greenfinch |
| Greenfinch |
| Hen Harrier (F) |
| Heron |
| House Martin |
| Jackdaw |
| Kestrel |
| Kittiwake |
| Lapwing |
| Linnet |
| Long-eared Owl |
| Long Tailed Tit |
| Mallard |
| Meadow Pipit |
| Merlin |
| Mistle Thrush |
| Moorhen |
| Nightjar |
| Oyster Catcher |
| Pheasant |
| Piedwagtail |
| Raven |
| Red Grouse |
| Redpoll |
| Redshank |
| Redwing |
| Reed Bunting |
| Robin |
| Sandmartin |
| Shorteared Owl |
| Siskin |
| Skylark |
| Snipe |
| Song Thrush |
| Sparrow Hawk |
| Starling |
| Swallow |
| Tawny Owl |
| Teal |
| Tree Pipit |
| Waxwing |
| Whinchat |
| Willowwarbler |
| Wood Pigeon |
| Wren |
| Yellow Hammer |
Data from Gary Tait (RSPB)
