First Wheatear was reported back in the county today at John O’Groats #CaithnessBirds
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First Sand Martins of the year were at Nybster and Sinclair’s Bay today. Also Woodpigeons on the move north #CaithnessBirds
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Great article featuring Caithness - East coast patches #CaithnessBirds
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Still a few White-fronted Geese scattered through the county today. Lots of Pink-footed Geese new in and the first Lesser Black-backed Gulls are back #CaithnessBirds
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Merlin on a fence post
Smart dark faced, white collared, and heavily streaked Merlin (presumably a 2cy) landed briefly at Nybster this morning #CaithnessBirds
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Two European White-fronted Geese with a Greylag Goose
8 Euro White-fronted Geese near our house today plus a nice Green-winged Teal on Loch of Wester #PWC2026 #CaithnessBirds
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Green-winged Teal at Loch of Wester, 2 Snow Buntings in Sinclair’s Bay and 2 Great White Egrets at Scarmclate today #CaithnessBirds
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Kumlien’s Gull in flight
Kumlien’s Gull on the sea with Herring Gulls, Common Gulls and an Oystercatcher
Looks like a Juv Kumlien’s Gull in Dunnet Bay this morning with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
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White-billed Diver
White-billed Diver showing very well at Gill’s Bay this afternoon with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
Nice find by A. Branch
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Three White-fronted Geese in a mixed Greylag and Pink-footed Goose flock
Three Euro White-fronted Geese at Huna this afternoon. Nice #PWC2026 birds #CaithnessBirds
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Juvenile Iceland Gull flying over a choppy sea.
Third juvenile Iceland Gull from our house in two days. Today’s was a particularly dark individual #PWC2026 #CaithnessBirds
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Drake Green-winged Teal sleeping at St John’s Pool - photo by J. Smith
Green-winged Teal at St John’s Pool this morning, and two juvenile Iceland Gulls at Nybster #CaithnessBirds
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GPS tracked Icelandic Greylag Goose movements tracker link below. Greylags ‘Alastair’ and ‘Willem’ are currently in Caithness arcgis.stofa.is/portal/apps/... #CaithnessBirds
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Juvenile Glaucous Gull in flight about to come in to land on Dunnet Bay
Four of the six Tundra Bean Geese in a muddy field at Huna
6 Tundra Bean Geese at Huna, Water Pipit and Glaucous Gull in Dunnet Bay, Iceland Gull in Scrabster/Thurso today. Also a few Barnacle Geese are new in #CaithnessBirds
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Juv Glaucous Gull still in Dunnet Bay and Juv Iceland Gull at Harrow Harbour today #CaithnessBirds
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Water Pipit in sand dunes standing side on.
Water Pipit in Dunnet Dunes/outflow this weekend #CaithnessBirds
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A bearded man looking down at a slice of cheesecake in his hands by the side of the road with green fields and blue sky in the background.
64 species on our 25 km cycle around NE Cairthness yesterday, with Great-spotted Woodpecker and Tree Sparrow good additions to the 10 km #PWC2026 list.
The only photo I took was @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social admiring his cake!
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A small group of gulls standing in shallow sea water, in the centre are a juvenile and second winter Glaucous Gull.
A very enjoyable @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count at Dunnet Bay this morning with my first Glaucous Gulls of the year - plus a smart Water Pipit was a great bonus! #CaithnessBirds
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Water Pipit (2nd Caithness record), 2 Glaucous Gulls and 3 Velvet Scoters in Dunnet Bay; 3 Taiga Bean Geese Loch Heilen/Greenland; 2 GW Egrets and 90+ Greenland WF Geese on Loch of Mey today #CaithnessBirds
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Juvenile Iceland Gull on the sea in a harbour
Juv Iceland Gulls in Wick harbour and south past Nybster today. Also a Great White Egret still on St John’s Loch #CaithnessBirds
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Juvenile Iceland Gull, Turnstones in flight, Roe Deer in silhouette, Great Black-backed Gull, and a wide-angle sunset along the Caithness coast.
Never a dull day for wildlife in the Far North #nc500 #nc500roadtrip #nc500scotland #caithness #scotland #scotlandtravel #caithnessbirds #birds
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Adult Little Gull in flight over the sea
Juvenile Iceland Gull lifting off the sea
Juv Iceland Gull and three Little Gulls in Freswick Bay at lunchtime today #PWC2026 #CaithnessBirds
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9 Snow Buntings and 2 Black-throated Divers at Nybster today #CaithnessBirds
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White-tailed Eagle in flight
After an absence last year, White-tailed Eagle flying past our house was a welcome #PWC2026 tick #CaithnessBirds with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
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Lone Waxwing in a private garden in Reay today #CaithnessBirds
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The Taiga Bean Goose at Loch Heilen was ringed in E. Finland in July 2020. Usually wintering in S. Sweden, it was sighted in Norway (26th Sept) before Caithness. Full details can be found here submit.cr-birding.org/animals/1417... #CaithnessBirds
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Hooded Crow on a beach
Hooded Crow on a beach with other Hooded and Carrion Crows
Particularly pale mantled Hooded Crow with our typically darker grey mantled local Hooded Crows (and Carrions) in Dunnet Bay over the weekend #CaithnessBirds
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Taiga Bean Goose flock standing in a field
16 Taiga Bean Geese at Loch Heilen on my @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count today. One of which looks to have been neck collared in Finland! Will share its history when it comes through #CaithnessBirds
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Adult Bonaparte’s Gull still in Dunnet Bay this afternoon plus Smew on Scarmclate and four Ring-necked Ducks on Watten yesterday #CaithnessBirds
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Firecrests at John O’Groats, Auckengill and Berriedale today. Also Siberian Lesser Whitethroat and Mealy Redpoll at Auckengill, and a Yellow-browed Warbler at Dunnet. Odd movement of 8 Long-tailed Tits flying over John O’Groats too #CaithnessBirds
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