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Bird Report 1998 35
S 20 Killin 2 Apr (PWS). 45 migrants Ashfield & 36 at Cornton 11 Apr (WRB CJH).
Passage through Doune CBC noted 22 Apr to 8 May (NB). 130 L.Watston 7 Sep
(CJH). 200 Sheriffmuir 12 Sep, following a Hen Harrier (MVB).
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava
F Skinflats: 1 on 29 Apr, thought to be Grey-headed (thunbergi) race (BDA GO). 1
on 6 & 9 Sep (GO AB).
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea (B,w)
Only 7 January records and few after mid November except for 12 on the
Devon Dollar-Menstrie 6/9 Dec (GEL PD DE). Widespread records from 21 Feb
to 8 Mar suggest spring return.
Still many traditional sites unoccupied W.Stirling (HR). 2 pair Doune CBC, 1st
juv seen 13 May (NB). Summer records at 12 sites Stirling & Ochils. Family
parties on R.Avon at Grangemouth & R.Carron at Larbert (JW MA).
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba (B, w)
Noted at 7 sites Jan-Feb (DAC AT).
F White Wagtails M.a.alba : At Skinflats from 24 Apr (10) to 3 May (2), max 20 on
27 Apr (DT AB GO); also 12 Alloa Inch (Clacks) 2 May (DMB).
C 1 AoT on Devon WBS, 3 in 1997. 21 Blackdevonmouth 19 Jul & 20 on 23rd, 3 on
5 Dec (CJH).
S 10 AoT per sq Km Doune CBC, 5 in 1997, 1st juv seen 5 Jun (NB). 25 Airthrey
3 Apr (AT). 45 Barbush 3 Sep (WRB).
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
F 1 Stirling 30 Jan to 12 Feb, 3 Bannockburn 16 Feb (DT BDA). 20 L.Katrine 6 Mar
(per HR).
DIPPER Cinclus cinclus (B,W).
F 8 on Carron above Larbert 15 Feb & 6 on 12 Oct (MA).
C Frequent on middle Devon, max 17 below Dollar 20 Oct (DE).
S Average year W.Stirling (HR). 2 pair on Doune CBC (NB). 9 on Teith Callander-
Deanston (DJC).
WREN Troglodytes troglodytes (B,W)
Under-recorded (Ed). BBS shows 63 per 10 Km in conifers, 20 on farmland & 17
in ‘Urban’.
F 1 on foreshore at Bo’ness 2 Jan. 12 Wallacebank wood 21 Feb (AS).
C 16 AoT on 5 Km of lower Devon, 11 in 1997 (CJH).
S 17 AoT per sq Km Doune CBC, highest ever; juv seen from 11 Jun (NB).
HEDGE SPARROW Accentor modularis (B,W)
Under-recorded (Ed). BBS shows 20 per 10 Km in ‘Urban’, 10 in conifers & 2 in
farmland.
C 7 AoT on 5 Km of lower Devon, 5 in 1997 (CJH).
S 8 pair per sq Km on Doune CBC, 6 in 1997, Juv seen from 4 Jun (NB).
ROBIN Erithacus rubecula (B,W)
Under-recorded (Ed). BBS shows 38 per 10 km in conifers, 12 on farmland & 18
in ‘Urban’.
F nest building Bo’ness 30 Mar, feeding young 30 May (AS).
C 6 AoT on 5 Km of lower Devon, 2 in 1997 (CJH).
S 4 pairs per sq Km on Doune CBC, as 1997, 1st juv seen 1 Jun (NB). Autumn song
at Airthrey from 6 Aug, sang at night on 18 Jan (CJH AT).
REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus (B)
1st of spring 2M L.Ard 23 (DT). 1st autumn migrant Skinflats 16 Jul (BDA).
S 45 nest attempts at Trossachs colony produced 230 Y (HR).
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra (B)
BBS shows 2 per 10 km in conifers, 2 on moorland & 1 on farmland.