Scotland Holiday Day 9: RSPB Fowlsheugh 6th June 2016
We left New Deer on the 6th and, as usual, we dropped in at RSPB Fowlsheugh which is a convenient stopping point once you have got south of Aberdeen. It was another fine day and this place never ceases to astonish. It surely must be one of the best places to see nesting Fulmars but that is just part of the story with hundreds of Guillemots and Razorbills and Kittiwakes. There were even a couple of Shags and a single Puffin. Most of these would have been year ticks if it hadn’t been for our discovery of the Bullers of Buchan earlier in the week.
The surrounding fields were full of Skylark, Linnet, Meadow Pipit and Rock Pipit, the last also a year tick. It was actually very busy and there seemed to be a lot of foreign photographers. It is hardly surprising that this place should become a hotspot for photographers as it is a very impressive mainland seabird colony.
Bird Sightings : RSPB Fowlsheugh
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Northern Fulmar | 30 |
| European Shag | 2 |
| Common Guillemot | 500 |
| Razorbill | 100 |
| Atlantic Puffin | 1 |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | 300 |
| Herring Gull | 60 |
| Rock Dove | 40 |
| Eurasian Jackdaw | 50 |
| Sky Lark | 20 |
| Barn Swallow | 10 |
| Meadow Pipit | 6 |
| Rock Pipit | 2 |
| Common Linnet | 2 |