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Bird Report 1998 37
F 63 Falkirk 28 Jan (MA).
C 200 Gartmorn 2 Mar (CJH).
S 250 Arnprior 11 Jan (DAC).
MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus (B,W)
BBS shows 4 per 10 km in conifers, 3 on farmland, 1 in ‘Urban’.
F Widespread in small numbers around Falkirk (AS MA JW GO).
S 1 AoT Plean CP 20 Mar (AB). 20 Doune 4 Feb (DOE). 15 Airthrey 17 Jul (AT). 15
->SW, with Redwings, Kippenmuir 25 Oct (DT).
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia (b)
F 4 Skinflats 23 Apr, 1 to 18 Jul ( BDA GO AB DT). Singing birds at 2 sites
Bonnybridge 27 Apr & 2 by Carron on 1 May, also Camelon, 2 sites Falkirk May-
Jun (MA).
C 1 AoT Devon WBS. 3 Cambus Pools 28 Apr to 24 Jul (CJH WRB).
S 1 Thornhill 1 May, also Lake of Menteith, Gartur, Flanders Moss(2), Drip Carse,
L.Doine (2), Inverlochlarig - feeding Y 17 Jun (SS RAB DOE DT BDA).
SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (B)
1st records April: 26th Kinneil, 28th Cambus, 30th Skinflats (GO WRB AB DT).
Summer records widespread as far north as Inverlochlarig.
C 50 AoT on Devon WBS, 54 in 1997; 20% of birds arrived by 2 May (CJH).
S 3 AoT Doune CBC from 11 May, lst juv on 25 Jun (NB). 5 AoT Thornhill (DOE).
WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis (B)
BBS shows 5 per 10 Km in ‘Urban’, 3 on farmland.
1st records in April: 23rd Skinflats, 27th Kinneil & Doune (GO AB NB).
C 9 AoT on Devon WBS (as 1997), 4 arrived by 2 May but 3 not till 14/24th (CJH).
SWP 4 AoT per sq Km Doune CBC (NB). 4 AoT Dunblane 23 May (WRB). 5 AoT
Doune (Inverardoch) 7 Jun (DOE).
GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin (B)
1st record 30 April at Arnprior, then in May: 2nd Polmont & R.Devon, 3rd Lake
of Menteith, 8th Plean CP (DAC JW CJH WRB AB).
F Bred at 2 sites Polmont (JW).
C 8 AoT Devon WBS, 5 in 1997; 6 arrived by 24 May (CJH).
S 4 AoT Ashfield-Dunblane 23 May (WRB). 5 sites Doune-Trossachs in Jun (DOE),
records north to L.Lubnaig.
BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla (B)
Widespread as breeder but no records north of Trossachs (Ed)
Winter records: M Doune 3 Jan, F Polmont on 17th, F Carronshore on 23rd; F
Dunblane 24 Nov & 2 Dec, Ms at Airthrey 25 Nov (F on 16 Dec), Stirling on 28th
& BoA on 29th, Polmont on 26 Dec (RHD JW DI DMB AB SD). 1st of spring, M
in song BoA 25 Mar, main arrival in April, 24th Lake of Menteith, 25th Larbert,
26th Skinflats (DOE JW GO). Last of autumn M Buchlyvie 24 Sep (DAC).
F In summer at least 6 sites around Falkirk (JW).
WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix (B)
Underrecorded
1st records Lake of Menteith 30 Apr & Thornhill 2 May (DAC DT). 4 M
Kinlochard 18 May (DOE).
CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita (B)
1st records in March: Tillicoultry, Stirling (E) & Plean CP 28th, Stirling (W) 30th;
then Larbert 6 Apr, Invertrossachs on 8th & Blairlogie on 12th; migrant at
Devon WBS on 14th (DAC DT CJM MA DOE BRT CJH). Last, 1 Stirling 18 Sep,
1 Airthrey on 10 Oct & 1 Ashfield on 11th (DT WRB MVB),
F Widespread east of Falkirk (JW).
S 3 AoT Plean CP 26 Apr (AB). 1 Aberfoyle 28 Nov (DI).