| Species |
Scientific name |
Place |
Lat |
Long |
Date |
Start time |
End time |
Count |
Breeding status |
Comment |
Plumage |
Direction of flight |
Visit weather comments |
Visit comments |
Part of complete list? |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Strathfarrar Culligran/Inchmore |
57.4260544 |
-4.6913227 |
31/05/2000 |
10:00 |
10:00 |
1 |
|
active display over edge of moor |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Balnain |
57.3384128 |
-4.5851884 |
26/05/2001 |
19:00 |
19:00 |
2 |
|
displaying for 20 minutes over woods to N of Loch |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Balnain |
57.3384128 |
-4.5851884 |
28/05/2001 |
09:00 |
09:00 |
1 |
|
single up twice, hanging over territory |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Culbin Forest - Kincorth (NJ06 B) |
57.6414036 |
-3.6684082 |
28/05/2001 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
1 |
|
high up over site on arrival, plunging back into the trees as focusing on it |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Strathfarrar Culligran/Inchmore |
57.4260544 |
-4.6913227 |
30/05/2001 |
11:00 |
11:00 |
1 |
|
very flamboyant display flight down the valley with many dips and rises |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
02/06/2001 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
1 |
|
up very high above site, floating for 5 minutes |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Ptarmigan Lodge (NN30 K) |
56.1686786 |
-4.6509957 |
19/05/2002 |
09:00 |
09:00 |
2 |
|
in brief sunny interlude, 2 floating out of sky at great height, diving down rapidly into trees at end |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Montcrieffe Woods W (NO12 F) |
56.3686837 |
-3.4180919 |
24/05/2003 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
2 |
|
pair displaying low over wood on W side |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Aviemore Kinveachy W (NH91 E) |
57.2440505 |
-3.8161384 |
31/05/2003 |
11:00 |
11:00 |
1 |
|
over woods displaying on W side of road |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Aviemore SW |
57.1896978 |
-3.8465668 |
31/05/2003 |
11:00 |
11:00 |
2 |
|
pair displaying on S end of woods opposite the town |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dalcapon, Pitlochry (NN95 R) |
56.6528126 |
-3.6897321 |
31/05/2003 |
14:00 |
14:00 |
1 |
|
floating north of Logierait |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Cave Craig N (NO04 C) |
56.5818395 |
-3.6214376 |
31/05/2003 |
14:00 |
14:00 |
1 |
|
soaring over hill to N of Dunkeld Hotel |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
31/05/2003 |
14:00 |
14:00 |
1 |
|
flying over us at very low altitude in between one group of trees and another |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Knockman Wood (NX46 E) |
54.9857974 |
-4.4786284 |
30/05/2004 |
12:00 |
12:00 |
2 |
|
single different birds up from 11:23-11:28, then pair display from 11:50-12:00 |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Fleet Forest (NX65 C) |
54.8660453 |
-4.159579 |
31/05/2004 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
2 |
|
singles seen briefly up at 11:05 and 11:20, full display by pair at 13:05 |
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|
N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Hannaston Wood (NX58 W) |
55.1169148 |
-4.2044629 |
01/06/2004 |
16:00 |
16:00 |
2 |
|
2 up briefly at 15:56, one bird flushed in wood at 16:35 |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Pultarson Burn (NX67 C) |
55.0456414 |
-4.1692366 |
02/06/2004 |
12:00 |
12:00 |
3 |
|
displaying together, some calls, perhaps from 2 sites |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Knocknairling Burn (NX67 D) |
55.0633206 |
-4.1858539 |
02/06/2004 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
2 |
|
pair up very high from 12:35-12:40 |
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|
N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Orchars (NX57 M) |
55.0436405 |
-4.2787012 |
02/06/2004 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
1 |
|
flying very purposefully to N |
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|
N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
27/05/2006 |
14:00 |
15:30 |
1 |
|
female up at intervals for 45 minutes |
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|
N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Balnain |
57.3384128 |
-4.5851884 |
28/05/2006 |
09:30 |
17:30 |
1 |
|
female floating over birch wood for about 15 minutes, 10 minutes video taken |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Lochan an Tairt |
57.3563599 |
-4.5864508 |
28/05/2006 |
11:30 |
15:30 |
1 |
|
flushed from moorland edge in sparse tree scrub, flew down hillside, videoed |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Strathfarrar Culligran/Inchmore |
57.4260544 |
-4.6913227 |
29/05/2006 |
11:30 |
15:20 |
1 |
|
flying from valley onto moor, flew over my head, close-up video obtained for 2 minutes |
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|
|
Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Black Isle Bog of Shannon |
57.579345 |
-4.2007907 |
30/05/2006 |
17:00 |
17:00 |
1 |
|
male floating over birch wood |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Aviemore Kinveachy W (NH91 E) |
57.2440505 |
-3.8161384 |
01/06/2006 |
09:00 |
09:00 |
1 |
|
floating over birch and mixed wood W of A9 |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
01/06/2006 |
11:00 |
11:00 |
1 |
|
male up twice in territory to S of Hermitage |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Loch of Lowes/Haughend E |
56.5647102 |
-3.5556088 |
22/08/2006 |
11:30 |
12:40 |
1 |
|
gliding into woodland some distance behind Osprey's nest |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld House Hotel |
56.563879 |
-3.620669 |
22/08/2006 |
17:00 |
17:00 |
1 |
|
floating slowly to SSW towards Hermitage |
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|
N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Cave Craig N (NO04 C) |
56.5818395 |
-3.6214376 |
22/08/2006 |
18:00 |
18:00 |
1 |
|
flapping slowly through tops of trees on crest of hill |
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|
N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Killiecrankie SE (NN96 F) |
56.7237458 |
-3.7582855 |
01/09/2007 |
12:00 |
12:00 |
2 |
|
adult female and juvenile up together in display |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Pitlochry NW |
56.7060163 |
-3.7411228 |
01/09/2007 |
12:00 |
12:00 |
2 |
|
adult female and juvenile up displaying together |
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|
N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Blair Drummond (NS79 J) |
56.162062 |
-4.0546154 |
23/05/2008 |
21:00 |
21:00 |
1 |
1 |
at Safari Park turn off, female floating over wood, mobbed by corvids |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Loch Katrine - Letter (NN41 Q) |
56.2621091 |
-4.4798167 |
24/05/2008 |
13:40 |
15:59 |
2 |
3 |
male up over wood from 13:15-13:35, female up over same wood around 16:30 for 20 minutes |
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|
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a very fine day |
Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Callander -- Gartchonzie (NN60 D) |
56.2305199 |
-4.2518869 |
25/05/2008 |
11:00 |
11:00 |
2 |
3 |
female up briefly at 10:50, then male up though gaps in trees at 16:38, both just to E of caravan site |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Callander - Falls of Leny (NN50 Z) |
56.2478831 |
-4.28519 |
25/05/2008 |
12:10 |
13:10 |
2 |
3 |
male up for 5 minutes at 15:20, female up for 10 minutes at 16:30 |
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another very fine day |
Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Lake of Menteith E (NN50 V) |
56.1760653 |
-4.2809194 |
26/05/2008 |
09:50 |
12:00 |
2 |
3 |
over wood to E of Port Menteith, male up from 11:55-12:05 with female just up through gaps in trees a little later |
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yet another very fine day |
Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Blair Drummond (NS79 J) |
56.162062 |
-4.0546154 |
26/05/2008 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
1 |
1 |
female up hunting over silage field, pounced on some prey when tractor left, video is on website |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dalcapon, Pitlochry (NN95 R) |
56.6528126 |
-3.6897321 |
16/09/2008 |
14:00 |
14:00 |
1 |
|
adult female up over wooded cliff, diving down as if to encourage juvenile into air |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
30/09/2009 |
11:20 |
13:20 |
1 |
|
at 12:10 juvenile soaring very high from position to NW, disappeared into cloud base |
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after drizzle previous day, clearance this morning but some mist around, sunny, light NW wind |
Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Glen Cochill S (NN94 A) |
56.543693 |
-3.7824591 |
01/10/2009 |
13:10 |
14:10 |
1 |
|
at 13:10 juvenile taking off from area where heather met young sitka spruce, climbed steadily, disappearing out of sight into the cloud base, presumed on active migration |
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bright morning, getting duller later, moderate W wind, dry |
Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
08/05/2010 |
14:00 |
15:10 |
1 |
1 |
up on S side, some up and down movements from 14:25-14:28, male on light build and brown-grey colour |
1 Adult Male |
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fine day, sunny, light E wind |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
05/05/2012 |
14:30 |
15:20 |
1 |
5 |
Star area was Hermitage, Dunkeld, where a male Honey-buzzard was floating high in the sky, even doing a little diving around 14:55 (1004). The Tay Valley is an outstanding area for Honey-buzzard, rivalling Tyne Valley, with superb habitat (mixture of mature forests, crags, rivers, meadows) |
1 Adult Male |
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cool, light N wind, weak sunshine, dry |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Inverness Croft na Creich |
57.5057564 |
-4.2965176 |
06/05/2012 |
09:00 |
11:00 |
1 |
1 |
First Honey-buzzard was a female, rising up over woodland near cottage, slowly floating N and then gliding off 2-3km to N to feed at 11:15 (clip 1005 with derived stills, habitat); they fly very long distances to feed on arrival, presumably to favoured feeding areas such as ponds, bogs and dung heaps |
1 Adult Female |
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sunny, cool, dry |
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Y |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Inverness Kilmuir |
57.5069532 |
-4.2298165 |
06/05/2012 |
13:00 |
13:00 |
1 |
1 |
Second Honey-buzzard was also a female, caught on video when flying NW overhead at moderate altitude from Kilmuir, shortly after a Red Kite had moved high to S |
1 Adult Female |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Inverness Bogallan |
57.5237069 |
-4.2976464 |
07/05/2012 |
09:00 |
09:00 |
1 |
1 |
And earlier at 09:15 had a male Honey-buzzard lifting off a wood to N of cottage in brilliant sunshine mobbed by Crow, gaining height effortlessly, hanging and then going S in very long glide of 4km right over the Beauly Firth to S bank near a bright yellow oil seed rape crop; not migrating again I think, just off to feed on quiet shoreline (clip 1007 with derived stills) |
1 Adult Male |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Loch of Lowes/Haughend E |
56.5647102 |
-3.5556088 |
16/09/2015 |
11:00 |
11:00 |
1 |
|
Had to wait until 11:00 for the 1st Honey-buzzard juvenile up over woodland at Haughend E, some 2km to SE of the Bridge (close to Loch of Lowes where species seen before). The bird here floated at low level for 2 minutes before coming down again; at 11:07 it was up again, going a little higher but had a rapid glide back into trees a little N of starting point. At 11:50 the same bird soared much higher in the serious mode (no acrobatics) that migrating birds adopt but again it backed off and came down again a little closer to Dunkeld. Finally at 12:15 it became much more positive, soaring again and going right into the cloud base where it moved off S: what a moment, instinct overcomes known secure facilities in the breeding area, but it can't spend the winter up here! Always find it moving as they start migration: resolution of many conflicting pressures and what a prospect as they move towards tropical Africa for 18 months. |
1 Juvenile |
1 S |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld Hermitage (NO04 A) |
56.5459184 |
-3.6199013 |
16/09/2015 |
12:00 |
12:00 |
1 |
|
Meanwhile from 12:00-12:04 had a juvenile Honey-buzzard soaring to fairly low level to the NW at Hermitage, a well-known site, anyway to me. This bird did not get up high and was clearly practising its exit. |
1 Juvenile |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Dunkeld House Hotel |
56.563879 |
-3.620669 |
16/09/2015 |
12:05 |
12:05 |
1 |
|
Immediately after from 12:05-12:07 another Honey-buzzard juvenile was soaring to a moderate height over the Dunkeld Hilton grounds, but did not stay up long, doing a rapid glide back into the steep hills to the W. So that's 3 Honey-buzzard sites, showing the maintenance of their presence up here. |
1 Juvenile |
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N |
| Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus |
Rotmell |
56.5997999 |
-3.6222071 |
17/09/2015 |
12:25 |
12:25 |
1 |
|
Not a sniff of a Honey-buzzard until 12:22 when a lone juvenile was seen in classical float at low altitude over Rotmell Loch/Wood area on E side of valley; they hang almost like a kite, using as little energy as possible, such a skill being essential for an economical (and successful) migration. It stayed up until 12:29 when it came down again in same area as the drizzle intensified. |
1 Juvenile |
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N |