Braw drive through Torridon this morning, White Tailed Eagle & not 100% sure about this Diver in this plumage but I’ll go with Great Northern as beak looks too big for Black throated but happy to be corrected 👍

1st Wheatear of the year for me at Big sand Gairloch 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏕️

Single Snow Bunting Shore carpark by Golf course Eyemouth Harbour 10am 16/03/26

But while your here Sheila Ritchie can you please tell us how you would make our lives better as a politician?

Usually a lot more than we earn but Google will help you 👍

Last week walk around Myjava & Brezová before back to Bonnie Scotland 🇸🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Braw to see some of our Hard Earned going back into infrastructure rather than politicians coffers 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Took the Bairns to Stara Myjava yesterday for a Ski Lesson, they done really we’ll & learnt the basics 👍🇸🇰⛷️

More of the Black Woodpecker & also seen today another Middle spotted Woodpecker & distant photo of a Grey Headed Woodpecker , also Great spotted seen so no a bad Haul today 👍🇸🇰

Spent hours today in the forests around Zriedlova Dolina in freezing conditions but the effort paid off with my best ever views of Black Woodpecker, one landed not far from me & entered an old nest allowing for a photo of its exit 👍🇸🇰

Very cold in Zriedlova Dolina today but a walk through the forest this morning produced this Marsh Tit , not the closest view but after hearing its call to distinguish it from Willow Tit 👍🇸🇰

Braw wee local walk through the woods in Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia today.. Wild Boar tracks😳 and the best birds seen were a Middle spotted Woodpecker & a distant Hawfinch 👍🇸🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A wee visit to the In-laws Slovakia 🇸🇰and a wee bit of Snow in Zriedlova Dolin & the 1st Fieldfare I’ve had in the Glen 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇰

Braw walk up East Lomond in Fife yesterday 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 a New Sub 2000 summit for us all

This week's convictions show yet again how property is protected better than the lives of animals!

Cheers Pete , thought it looked good 👍

The 13 Snow Bunting Still near the mouth of the Eel Burn yesterday on our family walk From North Berwick to Gullane also a good few Purple sandpipers & this Crow at Fernyness today possibly a Genuine Hoody 🤷‍♂️? @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social

Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!

Braw to see 3 Tree Sparrows at my Garden Feeders again today in Haddington.. 1st time I’ve had 3 together on a feeder 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

River Tyne Haddington in Spate after recent rain & snow melt , Otter below the Cascades seems to be enjoying its swim 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Braw walk up The Graham/Donald, Culter Fell 748m in the Borders last weekend , 1st hill of the year & a new summit for us all , only birds seen were a couple of Raven 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Nice to see Blackcap & Tree Sparrow at my Garden feeders this week also Peregrine Falcon above the Cliffs near Eyemouth on a walk last Weekend👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scottishbirding.bsky.social

Red Kite & Mountain Hare from our Munro walk last year in the Glenshee Hills 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Pheasants everywhere.. probably put up about 300 on my daily off-road cycle home from work between Gifford & Haddington .. most I’ve ever seen in Lothian

Braw.. and an Eagle to boot 👍

Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…

Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.

18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.

#RaptorResearch

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Don’t know if this helps or not but here’s a photo of a little Auk I took in winter plumage December 2015 from the sea wall Torness , tiny & compact about the size of a Starling

Friend in Achiltibuie has had a pair of Red Legged Partridge visit her garden in recent days .. 1 has just succumbed to a bird of prey! Don’t know how common they are in the North West 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good Haul on yer hols.. & I didn’t mean to sound corny 🤪

Nice one Scott 👍