Peter Stronach
@macstronach.bsky.social
ornithology, wildlife, photography and ecology!
#highlandbirds #ornithology #teammoth #birdingScotland #seabirds
Highlands of Scotland 🏴
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#highlandbirds #ornithology #teammoth #birdingScotland #seabirds
Highlands of Scotland 🏴
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A not-completely-exhaustive illustration of our winter shorebirds, but these are the species that you’re most likely to see during winter around Teesmouth (northeast England).
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#birdingNortheast
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#birdingNortheast
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
A not-completely-exhaustive illustration of our winter shorebirds, but these are the species that you’re most likely to see during winter around Teesmouth (northeast England).
🐡🪶
#birdingNortheast
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#birdingNortheast
The guy is going to need counseling as well as a haircut when it finally happens! 😂
February 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The guy is going to need counseling as well as a haircut when it finally happens! 😂
Yep I saw the Common Sand pics, can’t believe it wasn’t a Spotted!
February 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Yep I saw the Common Sand pics, can’t believe it wasn’t a Spotted!
Pics of presumed Stej x Velvet hybrid from Gdansk in 2020 for comparison 👍
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Pics of presumed Stej x Velvet hybrid from Gdansk in 2020 for comparison 👍
That’s a stonker! 🍌 💵
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
That’s a stonker! 🍌 💵
Thanks Allan!, I’ll give it a go tomorrow. The window we’ve been looking out of looks towards river but also one of the other wings so was more worried by being spotted by patients in those rooms! 😂
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Thanks Allan!, I’ll give it a go tomorrow. The window we’ve been looking out of looks towards river but also one of the other wings so was more worried by being spotted by patients in those rooms! 😂
Is that the best place to view from?, I’ve been in the hospital across the river the last few days but haven’t been brave enough to set up a scope inside! 😂
February 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Is that the best place to view from?, I’ve been in the hospital across the river the last few days but haven’t been brave enough to set up a scope inside! 😂
Reposted by Peter Stronach
Have I got newts for you?
Join our North of Scotland group for an online talk from Danny O’Brien, project lead for the UK’s most northerly Amphibian and Reptile Group.
📅 Date: Wednesday 11 February
⏰ Time: 7.30pm
Book your ticket 👉 buff.ly/3orVFrF
Join our North of Scotland group for an online talk from Danny O’Brien, project lead for the UK’s most northerly Amphibian and Reptile Group.
📅 Date: Wednesday 11 February
⏰ Time: 7.30pm
Book your ticket 👉 buff.ly/3orVFrF
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Have I got newts for you?
Join our North of Scotland group for an online talk from Danny O’Brien, project lead for the UK’s most northerly Amphibian and Reptile Group.
📅 Date: Wednesday 11 February
⏰ Time: 7.30pm
Book your ticket 👉 buff.ly/3orVFrF
Join our North of Scotland group for an online talk from Danny O’Brien, project lead for the UK’s most northerly Amphibian and Reptile Group.
📅 Date: Wednesday 11 February
⏰ Time: 7.30pm
Book your ticket 👉 buff.ly/3orVFrF
And your taxes were paying for the whole shitshow!
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
And your taxes were paying for the whole shitshow!
Another ten days of it in the forecast 🏝️ , imagine this was late Sept/early Oct instead of February!. The depth of snow in the eastern Cairngorms now must be phenomenal…
February 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Another ten days of it in the forecast 🏝️ , imagine this was late Sept/early Oct instead of February!. The depth of snow in the eastern Cairngorms now must be phenomenal…
Reposted by Peter Stronach
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Thanks Jeremy!, I’ll pencil it in my diary for next Oct/Nov 👍
January 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Thanks Jeremy!, I’ll pencil it in my diary for next Oct/Nov 👍
Never found a fruiting body!, find so much green stained wood, what month is best for looking?
January 31, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Never found a fruiting body!, find so much green stained wood, what month is best for looking?
Green-winged Teal from Balormie Pig Farm, Moray today! #moraybirds #birdingscotland 🪶
January 31, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Green-winged Teal from Balormie Pig Farm, Moray today! #moraybirds #birdingscotland 🪶
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The £2 bus fare cap for the Highlands and Island begins today in Shetland.
The cap is part of a pilot that was secured by the @scottishgreens.org
It will be expanded across the wider region in the weeks and months ahead.
greens.scot/news/highlan...
The cap is part of a pilot that was secured by the @scottishgreens.org
It will be expanded across the wider region in the weeks and months ahead.
greens.scot/news/highlan...
Highland and Island £2 bus fare cap begins in Shetland: Milestone for affordable travel
Highland and Island £2 bus fare cap begins in Shetland: Milestone for affordable travel - The cap builds on other improvements the Scottish Greens have already delivered to make public transport more ...
greens.scot
January 30, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The £2 bus fare cap for the Highlands and Island begins today in Shetland.
The cap is part of a pilot that was secured by the @scottishgreens.org
It will be expanded across the wider region in the weeks and months ahead.
greens.scot/news/highlan...
The cap is part of a pilot that was secured by the @scottishgreens.org
It will be expanded across the wider region in the weeks and months ahead.
greens.scot/news/highlan...
Donegaland makes it sound very exotic! 😉😂
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Donegaland makes it sound very exotic! 😉😂
Really nice website showing Icelandic Greylags and Barnacle Geese wintering locations in Scotland 👇
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Really nice website showing Icelandic Greylags and Barnacle Geese wintering locations in Scotland 👇
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Reposted by Peter Stronach
Caught up with Ring-necked Duck, Queens Park, Glasgow earlier today.
#digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #RareBirdsUK
#digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #RareBirdsUK
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Caught up with Ring-necked Duck, Queens Park, Glasgow earlier today.
#digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #RareBirdsUK
#digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #RareBirdsUK
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Our latest paper on Golden Eagle research in Scotland, using DNA from moulted feathers to assess apparent survival in territorial adults. As ever, data collection from Scottish Raptor Study Group @scottishraptorsg.bsky.social was vital.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#RaptorResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#RaptorResearch
January 25, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Our latest paper on Golden Eagle research in Scotland, using DNA from moulted feathers to assess apparent survival in territorial adults. As ever, data collection from Scottish Raptor Study Group @scottishraptorsg.bsky.social was vital.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#RaptorResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#RaptorResearch
Ok English bird information services you’ve had your fun, birders are now starting to call it Cowdor!
Cawdor is anglicised already!, but you have to go one step further again…
Cow 🐄 door 🚪
#highlandbirds
Cawdor is anglicised already!, but you have to go one step further again…
Cow 🐄 door 🚪
#highlandbirds
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Ok English bird information services you’ve had your fun, birders are now starting to call it Cowdor!
Cawdor is anglicised already!, but you have to go one step further again…
Cow 🐄 door 🚪
#highlandbirds
Cawdor is anglicised already!, but you have to go one step further again…
Cow 🐄 door 🚪
#highlandbirds
Looks like our one and only Ross’s is keeping dodgy company now, so that’s one you may have on us!
January 24, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Looks like our one and only Ross’s is keeping dodgy company now, so that’s one you may have on us!
I’ve tried a few of the “detect whether image/video is AI” software and they are hopeless and don’t work at all. The current best software seems to be just run it past a decent number of people and the tells will be picked up eventually by one of them!
January 24, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I’ve tried a few of the “detect whether image/video is AI” software and they are hopeless and don’t work at all. The current best software seems to be just run it past a decent number of people and the tells will be picked up eventually by one of them!
It’s the dawning realisation that we are going to be dealing with this crap for the rest of our lives that kills me!
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 AM
It’s the dawning realisation that we are going to be dealing with this crap for the rest of our lives that kills me!
No it’s not, Bear’s fur often catches fire when they rub against wooden fences (11 secs)
January 23, 2026 at 10:39 PM
No it’s not, Bear’s fur often catches fire when they rub against wooden fences (11 secs)