They're usually miles away, in the top of a tall tree and nowhere near the middle of Edinburgh. Good Luck!

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Having never seen one that close, I was sure it was a Greenfinch until I went to delete the photo...

Chinese Hillside pond.

A scabby Greenfinch in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens aka Unexpected Crossbill. #Birds #BirdingScotland

Treecreepy #Birds

Redshanks #Birds

Frog. #Birds

That logo makes my eyes sore.

Grey Wagtail, probably the most bird amongst birds.

I've spent altogether far too much time looking at mud in the hope of a glimpse of this prehistoric looking creature. I've been rewarded with some great insights into it's behavior. Heard the full gamut of it's calls. I've even seen it fly. He (probably) is my bird now. #Birds

Dipper construction time in the Water of Leith today. Stupidly located nest immediately abandoned for a more quiet outlook. #birds

Just look at the vermiculation on this Teal. Taken in Edinburgh today. #Birds

Kingfisher. I wasn't going to take a photo but rude not to. #Birds

A Water Rail sneaking about. Real shame you so rarely get to see them do this. On the Water of Leith in Edinburgh. #Birds #BirdingScotland

well, I'd like that to be true, but I'll not let it go to my head.

I wish, but can't let the wishful thinking in.

I do in fact think they were red throated. Unfortunately they were too fast and my id is not good enough to be sure.

Does anyone know what kind of divers there are far off the coast at Musselburgh today? Saw 2 or 3 with black/white spotted backs, grey at the back of the neck and white underneath. Surface time limited to slightly shorter than it took me to focus them. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland.

Overwintering Blackcap, the hard to find female in sunshine type. #Birds

#BirdOfTheDay A skating manky pigeon.

My new Kingfisher friend. #Birds #Edinburgh

Oystercatcher on a sea wall

Oystercatchers, knowing full well nobody believes they are busy catching oysters, always look like they are up to something nefarious. #Birds

Here's a new regular Cormorant from the Water of Leith. He regularly sits on this stick pointing the wrong way. #Birds

The delightful camera-dodging coal tit. #birds

Kingfisher perched on a rock

Kingfisher sitting where it ought not to. #Birds

the invariably inverted Nuthatch. #Birds

Go look in exactly the same place for a whole year, eventually a Common Gull will turn up #Birds

I never get bored of jeweled eyed Jackdaws #Birds

Robin #Birds