Edinburgh Birds
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Pictures of birds I've taken myself - usually while pretending to vigorously cycle around Edinburgh 🏴
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The improbable playing field Curlew. # Birds
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The improbable playing field Curlew. # Birds
Another Kingfisher. I've named this one the Shitfisher because rather than put on a show, it bellyflops onto the water, splashes about a bit and somehow emerges with a fish. #birds
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Another Kingfisher. I've named this one the Shitfisher because rather than put on a show, it bellyflops onto the water, splashes about a bit and somehow emerges with a fish. #birds
There's always an exciting bird to photograph if you can get as close to Rock Dove as you can tell amongst all the manky boys in Leith. #birds
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There's always an exciting bird to photograph if you can get as close to Rock Dove as you can tell amongst all the manky boys in Leith. #birds
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Moorhen without it's usual black background
October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Moorhen without it's usual black background
Day 5 of wearing my shutter out taking hundreds of pictures of the same bird. Some improvement. #WildlifePhotography
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Day 5 of wearing my shutter out taking hundreds of pictures of the same bird. Some improvement. #WildlifePhotography
392 pictures of a Little Grebe and this was the best one.
September 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
392 pictures of a Little Grebe and this was the best one.
Today's birding discovery is the Marsh Sandpiper looks almost exactly like a Greenshank. But not quite. Size comparisons useless as always as they refuse to stand next to each other. #BirdingScotland
September 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today's birding discovery is the Marsh Sandpiper looks almost exactly like a Greenshank. But not quite. Size comparisons useless as always as they refuse to stand next to each other. #BirdingScotland
Not just one, two! Spotted Redshanks.
September 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Not just one, two! Spotted Redshanks.
Surprise of the day - this young Sandwich Tern's parent actually came back for it, much to it's screechy relief.
September 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Surprise of the day - this young Sandwich Tern's parent actually came back for it, much to it's screechy relief.
Excitement of telling a stranger about finding a Wheatear in Edinburgh diminished by him explaining to me that they nest in his walls up north and he has to sweep them out of the way to get to the bins.
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Excitement of telling a stranger about finding a Wheatear in Edinburgh diminished by him explaining to me that they nest in his walls up north and he has to sweep them out of the way to get to the bins.
I think I've finally solved the mystery of Inverleith Park's weird duck. I've been watching it for months, noticing it's got stubbly wings and can't fly. Today I've caught him out of the water for the first time. He's a tall boy. I suspect a large chunk of Indian Running Duck. #Birds #Edinburgh
August 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I think I've finally solved the mystery of Inverleith Park's weird duck. I've been watching it for months, noticing it's got stubbly wings and can't fly. Today I've caught him out of the water for the first time. He's a tall boy. I suspect a large chunk of Indian Running Duck. #Birds #Edinburgh
Once again I go completely unnoticed by the marauding sharp-eyed raptors. An Edinburgh Peregrine earlier today. #WildlifePhotography #Birds
August 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Once again I go completely unnoticed by the marauding sharp-eyed raptors. An Edinburgh Peregrine earlier today. #WildlifePhotography #Birds
Long tailed tit plus interesting shrubbery. #Birds #Edinburgh
August 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Long tailed tit plus interesting shrubbery. #Birds #Edinburgh
I should just call this Edinburgh Dippers. I'm wondering if this is one of this year's fledglings from the end of April, photographed back at at the nest site and generally not caring about tourists. #BirdingScotland
August 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I should just call this Edinburgh Dippers. I'm wondering if this is one of this year's fledglings from the end of April, photographed back at at the nest site and generally not caring about tourists. #BirdingScotland
My newest regular bird pal is this Herring Gull who likes to pretend it's not up to something.
August 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My newest regular bird pal is this Herring Gull who likes to pretend it's not up to something.
If you spend long enough watching a Sparrowhawk, you'll be rewarded by discovering the look of surprise on their little face when they fall off their perch. #Birds #Edinburgh
August 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you spend long enough watching a Sparrowhawk, you'll be rewarded by discovering the look of surprise on their little face when they fall off their perch. #Birds #Edinburgh
Juvenile Dipper in it's urban environment. One of three fledglings I found earlier this year, great to see him alive and standing on one leg if not kicking. #Birds #Edinburgh
August 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Juvenile Dipper in it's urban environment. One of three fledglings I found earlier this year, great to see him alive and standing on one leg if not kicking. #Birds #Edinburgh
As a keen local patch birder, I have become outraged by the song "English Country Garden", a garden which apparently will be visited by a selection of North American birds, including the Bobolink. My tangential birding goal setting methodology is wrecked.
August 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As a keen local patch birder, I have become outraged by the song "English Country Garden", a garden which apparently will be visited by a selection of North American birds, including the Bobolink. My tangential birding goal setting methodology is wrecked.
Today's peregrine dinner. Black headed gull?
August 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today's peregrine dinner. Black headed gull?
Stubby little monster. #Birds #Edinburgh
July 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stubby little monster. #Birds #Edinburgh