Belhelvie Church
Tuesday 11 June 2024
On Monday evening we got news of 8 Bee-eaters near Balmedie. It was already late though, so we left it to the next day. On Tuesday we saw some reports from the morning, under further investigation, we found that the reports stopped to not disturb the birds from uncaring photographers/birders since there were sightings of some of the birds mating. Knowing to be extra careful we left our house and drove to the Belhelvie Church where they had been seen previously. We saw two birders on the road saying the birds have been seen 2 minutes ago flying SW towards the sand quarry (where they will hopefully be nesting). We got to the car park and saw a quite a few House martins flying to their nests under the eaves of the houses. A few Swallows were also around, flying acrobatically around the houses, catching insects in the air. We checked the telephone wires, since the birds were often seen perched on the wires. Apart from a few Carrion crows and Woodpigeon there wasn't anything of interest perched up. After bumping into a few other birders who hadn't seen them we decided to give up and maybe try another day. On the drive back we did see what we thought was a bee-eater but turned out to be a Kestrel, still a pretty cool bird for the city. Please note: the birds are at their most sensitive now, since they haven't laid yet. Please do not disturb these birds and do not report on any services, if you do see them.
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