April 6. Birdwalk Pentland Hills (c50 species) my first Ring Ouzel singing in valley (0800, up at 0530 to get there!), also good views of Dippers, a Greenshank, Little Grebes ... @btoscotland.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #birdingscotland
I’ve gone for the #RareEncounters Alt option for #BirdOfTheDay today as I’ve only seen a Slavonian Grebe once. Nice image of the Sedge Warbler Alan.
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Large movement of Pink-feet over 10.15pm - 10.30pm. #birdingscotland
Exciting to see this young female Sparrowhawk trying to conceal itself behind a bush in the garden. It flew off chasing a blackbird, not sure if it caught it or not.
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Nice #BirdOfTheDay theme and set to illustrate it Rob.
Here’s a pair of Black Guillemots in summer plumage showing off their stunning #Black&Red colours.
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A few more new arrivals on the Tiree patches: Sandwich Tern today at Balephetrish Bay and large-race Canada Goose at Loch a' Phuill - both are annual spring migrants here @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
Presumed Grey-bellied Brant in with the Barnacle Geese at Cornaigmore, Tiree today, with the long-staying Todd's Canada Goose also there #BirdingScotland
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female Merlin
A Merlin, showing very well on Benbecula today. #BirdingScotland #BirdingOuterHebrides
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A wee wander along the Dighty Burn.
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The enormity of the white-tailed eagle is always more obvious when it’s being mobbed by another bird. This buzzard looked so small in comparison. No surprise when a sea eagles wingspan can reach 2.4 metres.
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"I'm Sisky and I Know It"
male Siskin (Spinus spinus) at Grimbister, #Orkney, yesterday.
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At least 5 Wheatear at the north end of Thorntonloch beach (and a few Kittiwake at Dunbar harbour) #BirdingScotland
My third white-tailed eagle in the last month, all in different locations, & also saw my first Merlin of the year yesterday too, but didn’t have my camera ready for that one, unfortunately.
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One of the great philosophical ponderings of the day, if not of the age, there Alan! 😉
Going for a #BirdOfTheDay double dip here with a Yellowhammer #BirdInABush showing of its amazing #Feathers.
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A new species for my 2026 Dundee 150 list, though not one of those I was actually looking for, at Riverside Nature Park.
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#SmallBirdsInFlight - now you've really set us a challenge for #BirdOfTheDay! Nice set, showing us how to do it Rob. Here's my late submission - I love the look on the face of the Blue tit still on the feeder!
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Hadn’t seen a Brambling in Highland for over two years, so it was great to see this one today & also a surprise hawfinch too.
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"The Joy of Sisk"
female Siskin (Spinus spinus) at Grimbister, #Orkney, today.
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The Red Grouse is now recognized as a distinct endemic species found only in the uplands of Great Britain and Ireland.
Spotted my first two of the year yesterday
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"Catcher Caught on Camera"
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) at Scapa, #Orkney.
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Swallow, Clatto Reservoir, Dundee, 3/4/26
First sighting this year in poor weather.
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In search of Jack Snipe around sunrise, then a return trip to the Law in the afternoon.
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"Ruby Two's Day"
two Redwings (Turdus iliacus) at Grimbister, #Orkney, this morning.
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Significant Whooper Swan northwards movement over Inchgarth with flocks of 30 and 12 over late morning, most I’ve ever seen over here. 2 Greylags looking quite settled on the new scrape, and 3 Sand Martins were my first of the year here #birdingscotland
15 summer plumaged Black-throated Divers still lingering off Vatersay today and very nice they looked too! Also the Surf Scoter still off Vatersay, Velvet Scoter in the Sound of Barra and a few more flocks of Whooper Swans passing over. #birdingscotland
There’s been a dearth of white winged gulls in NE Aberdeenshire this winter so the 2 Glaucous Gulls that have turned up in Fraserburgh Harbour have been very welcome. This ringed individual is a bit of a beast as you can see next to a great black back. #BirdingScotland #Gulls #Birds
