PERTH AND KINROSS

HIGHLIGHTS: The long-staying and popular drake Ring-necked Duck remained at the Culic. A Green-winged Teal was at Carsebreck (3rd). The Little Egret also remained at Loch Leven throughout. Waxwing numbers declined noticeably but a flock of 60 was in Couper Angus (10th). A Siberian Chiffchaff was reported from Perth (19th). Up to 17 Hawfinches were at Scone Palace (19th). One hundred Whooper Swans were at Broom of Dalreoch (6th ) with a single Greenland White-fronted Goose nearby (16th). Wildfowl highlights at Loch Leven included 25 Scaup (27th), three Smew (14th) and four Slavonian Grebes (27th). A flock of 130 Bramblings were at Tullybelton (27th). A notable flock of 35 Bullfinches was at Mullach Coire nan Dearcag (19th). Two hundred Lesser Redpolls were at Strathbaan (18th) and of note were five Mealy Redpolls at Gleneagles (17th). Scott Paterson, Perth and Kinross County Bird Recorder (pkrecorder@the-soc.org.uk) www.western-isles-wildlife.co.uk)