A first post from our School of Birding School Trip to the Outer Hebrides - glorious landscapes, seascapes, weather and birding! More here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/05/oute...

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Long-tailed Ducks, Orkney

Long-tailed Duck, Orkney

Cranes, Orkney

Great Northern Diver, Orkney

A first post from Orkney: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/04/orkn...

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Revisiting '24 - BirdFair was a blast, as was representing @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social, #ZeissBirding and our #SchoolofBirding there - more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/01/revi...

Bar-tailed Godwit, Filey

part of a flock of 380 Bramblings in Wykeham Forest in March

A displaying Long-tailed Duck in Burghead Harbour

Waxwing, Bridlington, January

Looking back at '24: the early winter included lots of other highlights, whether birding locally, surveying across the #Yorkshire, or in Scotland for our #SchoolofBirding... more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2025/01/revi...

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Crested Tit, Scotland

Crested Tit in the deep snow of Anagach Woods on our School of Birding, Class Four - more here: northernrustic.blogspot.com/2024/12/scho...

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Crested Tit, Anagach Woods

An accommodating Crestie in Anagach Woods, Grantown-on-Spey this morning, calling like a budgie on speed and gleaning a spidery breakfast from within the dangling clumps lichen and moss on rusty, snow-weighted Scots Pines.

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Snowed in this morning, so the Birdmobile stayed on ice and we had a great session in Anagach Woods behind the hotel - thousands of thrushes, Cresties and more before the snow closed in again.

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