fnh journal vol 24 - Forth Naturalist and Historian - University of Stirling

34 C.J. Henty
young – twice number for 1999; also one late territory (DOE). 1 Lecropt 5 Aug,
summer records from Carron Valley Res, last 3 on 23 Aug (DT AKM JNW).
KESTREL Falco tinnunculus (B,W)
Difficult to make significant observations, hence greatly underrecorded. BBS shows
overall as frequent as Sparrowhawk; 6 per 100 km in farmland.
F Through year at Skinflats (AB GO).
S Pr + 3 Juv Doune 6 Aug (DOE).
MERLIN Falco columbarius (b,w)
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1 by R.Carron, Camelon, 13 Mar & 8 Oct (MA).
M G.Finglas 14 May, 1 G.nam Meann (Finglas) 29 Aug (DJC). 3 Carse of Stirling
Jan/Feb & 5 Oct-Dec. M with small bird Blairlogie 15 Jan. 1 Kinbuck 25 Mar. 1
Braes of Doune 10 Aug (DOE NB RN MVB SS KD).
PEREGRINE Falco peregrinus (B,W)
F 5 coastal records Jan, Dec – chased Redshank at Blackness. 2 over Falkirk Aug,
Oct (AB MA).
S&C 19 territories checked, 14 pairs & 2 single. 11 successful pairs reared 24 Y
(minimum, PSA). Aberfoyle nest on public CCTV (DOE). 1 on low ground Feb
& 12 Aug-Dec. Records in breeding areas Mar-Nov. Seen over freshly killed
Black-headed Gull, stooped at Crows, Jackdaws, ducks flushed by observer, Teal
– stoop aborted due to near collision with deerfence (DJC DAC DP MA RD SS
AS).
RED GROUSE Lagopus lagopus (B,W)
Generally under-recorded. BBS shows 6 per 10 km on moorland.
S 4 sites in Gargunnocks-Kippen Muir, max 13 Cringate 13 Jan (GO NB). Heard
Flanders Moss 23 May. (SS).
BLACK GROUSE Tetrao tetrix (B,W)
S 25 lek sites totalling 82 Ms (15 % decrease over 1999 – nb data published in 1999
report was based on incomplete sample); one lek visited by hybrid M Black
Grouse/Capercaillie, as 1999, & also, on 13 Apr, by a bird with body colour and
tail shape as Red Grouse but white mark on wing and white undertail –
presumably a hybrid with Black Grouse (DJC). 10 Ardeonaig (L.Tay) 10 Mar
(PWS).
CAPERCAILLIE Tetrao urogallus
S no records received
GREY PARTRIDGE Perdix perdix (B,W)
Coveys increase going east from the central carse of Stirling into Falkirk.
F 6 Blackness 18 Jan (AS). 3 Kinneil 8 Jan & 6 on 4 Nov. 6 Skinflats 1 Jan, 9 on 6
Aug & 11 on 3 Nov. 12 Carronshore 17 Sep( GO AB). 9 Camelon 1 Feb & 16
nearby 28/29 Sep (MA). 30 Lathallan 26 Nov & 26 on 17 Dec (JW).
C 12 Kennetpans 5 Feb (MA).
S 6 Drip Carse 27 Nov, 11 Blairdrummond 31 Dec & 30 Lecropt 4 Nov, 13
Cambuskenneth 2 Jan, 16 Fallin 1 Oct to 9 Nov (IW MVB DT AT RD).
PHEASANT Phasianus colchicus (B,W)
Abundant (usually by releases) on fields next to keepered estates.
F Pr Skinflats to end Mar, M to end year (AB GO).
WATER RAIL Rallus aquaticus (w)
F 2 Kinneil 30 Sep (DMB). Skinflats: 2 on 20 Jan, from 17 Mar to 29 Aug, max 2 on
17 Mar & 1 Apr (AB GO). 1 Falkirk (W.Mains Pond) 16 Jan & 16 Dec (MA).
C 1 Cambus Pools 15 Jul & 18 Aug (CJH). 1 Tullibody Inch 22 Aug, 2 on 1 Sep & 3
on 12th (DMB MVB).
S 1 Killin on 14th (NB).