March 5. Birdwalk Port Seton #birdinglothian (28 species) distant views of White-winged Scoter & Velvet Scoter @btoscotland.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
@fifebirdnews.bsky.social
... Whooper Swans, Pink-footed Geese, Goldeneye, Pochard on flooded Angle Park
March 2. Bird walk Angle Park & Birnie/Gaydon Lochs (50 species) signs of Spring singing Yellowhammer and Buzzards courtship (?). SUNNY DAY @btoscotland.bsky.social @birdingscotland
Brilliant photos. WBD almost at Inchmickery on Friday
Inchmickery not Inchkeith , still far out
4 miles distance!
.. very nice close views of Red-breasted Merganser
... at St Margaret's Marsh Moorhen, Reed Bunting, Pheasant, & Buzzard flying away. Water Pipit too fast for me and dashed back into the reeds!
Feb 27. Bird walk N. Queensferry, Fife (46 species) Distant view of White-billed Diver out in the forth off Inchkeith (dot in 1st pic, drastic crop in 2nd) @btoscotland.bsky.social @fifebirdnews.bsky.social good to chat with Peter @wrigelsbey.bsky.social who spotted Water Pipit & White-billed Diver
Win some some, lose some .. that's life. You have been v lucky recently. Plus, great photos.
Nothing in the fields. What is the best time?
Hi, nothing in the fields. What is the best time?
22/2/26
Pathhead
Pretty quiet on the sea so a stroll along the tideline instead.
Flushed a female Snow bunting, bonus.
7 dead Puffins, 2 Razorbills, Little Auk and half a dozen Kitts not so good. #birdingFife
Was there yesterday! Good spot.
How many?
Spike Island again?
... also sunny view of 100s of Oystercatchers, Redshank, etc on new lagoon
Feb 20. Birdwalk Musselburgh lagoons and seawall (49 species) 4 Shovelers (2m, 2f) & pair of Goldeneye on new lagoon, Velvet Scoter & Cormorant off seawall @btoscotland.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #birdingscotland #birdinglothian
Some of the 8 lovely Tundra Beans yesterday, double the largest group I've seen in Lothian; also pr Pintail at Tynners inner bay; Wed 18th 250+ Great Crested Grebes off Silverknowes @birdinglothian.bsky.social
Where were the geese. I was at hedderwick 1200 ish
Feb 19. Birdwalk Tyninghame to Belhaven (60 species) close views of a Slavonian Grebe on Seafield Pond
Also Puffin, Pink Footed Geese, Wigeon, Razorbill, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Dunlin, Grey/Ringed Plover etc @btoscotland.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #birdingscotland #birdinglothian
Also, v clear now on ID features ... every day, a school day
Better luck next time. Did look v uncertain. Typical James et al. had good views in the same area 60 mins AFTER I left !
Puffins and Shags seem to have been hit hardest by recent storms, with many reports of birds washed ashore. This includes one Isle of May Puffin that was ringed as an adult in 1995, making it at least 34 years old!
#stormChandra #seabirds #winterstorms
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Feb 16. Birdwalk coffee break at Mouth of R Esk (25 species) 1000s of gulls, waders and good views of Mediterranean Gull and Leucistic Black Headed Gull @btoscotland.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #birdingscotland #birdinglothian
Feb 16!
Hi Anne, we're you there 1200,,,1300? I think we chatted briefly. I think I saw woodlark with flock of linnets, prominent white stripes on head. Will check photos at home...
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