....Then head to an RSPB reserve!
A yellow tag (2010) bird was spotted at Loch Winnoch this morning, the tags were too far away to read, but I'm hoping it might be one of the west coast wanderers heading home from Mull! Hopefully it will pop back in on the weekend and we can identify it. TurquoiseH (2009 female) has been back at Vane Farm this week.
Moving further north turquoiseZ and turquoiseK have been regularly popping into Loch of Lintrathen and Backwater reservoir in Angus over the last couple of week. A 2010 female provided a good meal for a peregrine up on the Lecht in North East Scotland flushing a red grouse as it glided over the moor, this was quickly snatched by a peregrine that had been shadowing the larger bird.
As a wee reminder of how to identify the released East coast birds for anyone out spotting this weekend the markings are below in order from 2007 to 2010