Neil MacIver
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The 13 Snow Bunting Still near the mouth of the Eel Burn yesterday on our family walk From North Berwick to Gullane also a good few Purple sandpipers & this Crow at Fernyness today possibly a Genuine Hoody 🤷♂️? @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The 13 Snow Bunting Still near the mouth of the Eel Burn yesterday on our family walk From North Berwick to Gullane also a good few Purple sandpipers & this Crow at Fernyness today possibly a Genuine Hoody 🤷♂️? @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
Braw to see 3 Tree Sparrows at my Garden Feeders again today in Haddington.. 1st time I’ve had 3 together on a feeder 👍🏴
January 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Braw to see 3 Tree Sparrows at my Garden Feeders again today in Haddington.. 1st time I’ve had 3 together on a feeder 👍🏴
River Tyne Haddington in Spate after recent rain & snow melt , Otter below the Cascades seems to be enjoying its swim 👍🏴
January 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
River Tyne Haddington in Spate after recent rain & snow melt , Otter below the Cascades seems to be enjoying its swim 👍🏴
Braw walk up The Graham/Donald, Culter Fell 748m in the Borders last weekend , 1st hill of the year & a new summit for us all , only birds seen were a couple of Raven 👍🏴
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Braw walk up The Graham/Donald, Culter Fell 748m in the Borders last weekend , 1st hill of the year & a new summit for us all , only birds seen were a couple of Raven 👍🏴
Nice to see Blackcap & Tree Sparrow at my Garden feeders this week also Peregrine Falcon above the Cliffs near Eyemouth on a walk last Weekend👍🏴 @scottishbirding.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Nice to see Blackcap & Tree Sparrow at my Garden feeders this week also Peregrine Falcon above the Cliffs near Eyemouth on a walk last Weekend👍🏴 @scottishbirding.bsky.social
Red Kite & Mountain Hare from our Munro walk last year in the Glenshee Hills 👍🏴
January 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Red Kite & Mountain Hare from our Munro walk last year in the Glenshee Hills 👍🏴
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Friend in Achiltibuie has had a pair of Red Legged Partridge visit her garden in recent days .. 1 has just succumbed to a bird of prey! Don’t know how common they are in the North West 🏴
October 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Friend in Achiltibuie has had a pair of Red Legged Partridge visit her garden in recent days .. 1 has just succumbed to a bird of prey! Don’t know how common they are in the North West 🏴
Braw 15k walk up 3 Munro’s from Glenshee today .. New summits for Anna& the Bairns , Carn and Tuirc 1019m , Cairn of Claise 1064m & Glas Maol 1068m , low cloud meant no summit views but a Red Kite brightened up the day also at least 200 Fieldfare feeding on the plateau 👍🏴
October 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Braw 15k walk up 3 Munro’s from Glenshee today .. New summits for Anna& the Bairns , Carn and Tuirc 1019m , Cairn of Claise 1064m & Glas Maol 1068m , low cloud meant no summit views but a Red Kite brightened up the day also at least 200 Fieldfare feeding on the plateau 👍🏴
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📣You really couldn't make this up!
On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/b...
On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/b...
Breaking news….’out of control muirburn’ on grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park
You couldn’t make this up if you tried… Breaking News….on the day the Scottish Government announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing af…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
📣You really couldn't make this up!
On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/b...
On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/b...
Only managed 3 days panning this week because the weather wasn’t on our side .. rivers in spate but still managed my best bit of gold in many years so celebrated with a Braw dram 👍🏴
October 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Only managed 3 days panning this week because the weather wasn’t on our side .. rivers in spate but still managed my best bit of gold in many years so celebrated with a Braw dram 👍🏴
Took the Bairns fishing for their 1st time at Helmsdale harbour the other day .. 1 wee pollock caught & thrown back safely… 👍
October 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Took the Bairns fishing for their 1st time at Helmsdale harbour the other day .. 1 wee pollock caught & thrown back safely… 👍
Braw wee strole up the Sub 2000 Creag Thoraraidh 404m this am from Helmsdale.. typicaly the weather cleared on our descent 👍🏴
October 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Braw wee strole up the Sub 2000 Creag Thoraraidh 404m this am from Helmsdale.. typicaly the weather cleared on our descent 👍🏴
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We're incredibly concerned about the welfare of two satellite-tagged golden eagles, Tarras and Wren, that have recently disappeared in Dumfries and Galloway.
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.
Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo
📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.
Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo
📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images
September 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We're incredibly concerned about the welfare of two satellite-tagged golden eagles, Tarras and Wren, that have recently disappeared in Dumfries and Galloway.
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.
Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo
📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images
Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.
Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo
📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images
There’s gold in them thar hills also found this dragon fly nymph on the Helmsdale river 👍🏴
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
There’s gold in them thar hills also found this dragon fly nymph on the Helmsdale river 👍🏴
Braw Bike & Hike yesterday taking the Bairns up our most Easterly Munro Mount Keen via Glen Mark , nearly 30 years since my 1st visit up this route & about 15 years since I visited from Glen Tanar with The Wife 👍🏴
September 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Braw Bike & Hike yesterday taking the Bairns up our most Easterly Munro Mount Keen via Glen Mark , nearly 30 years since my 1st visit up this route & about 15 years since I visited from Glen Tanar with The Wife 👍🏴
Wryneck , Lesser Spotted Woodpecker & wasn’t sure with the last pic but looks good for Middle spotted rather than Syrian Woodpecker but happy to be corrected 👍🏴🇸🇰 #Zriedlovadolina #birdingslovakia
September 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Wryneck , Lesser Spotted Woodpecker & wasn’t sure with the last pic but looks good for Middle spotted rather than Syrian Woodpecker but happy to be corrected 👍🏴🇸🇰 #Zriedlovadolina #birdingslovakia
Although you can’t mistake the call Golden orioles are not always the easiest birds to spot #Zriedlovadolina #slovakia 👍🏴🇸🇰
September 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Although you can’t mistake the call Golden orioles are not always the easiest birds to spot #Zriedlovadolina #slovakia 👍🏴🇸🇰
Honey Buzzard Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia 🇸🇰 #Slovensko #birdingslovakia
September 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Honey Buzzard Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia 🇸🇰 #Slovensko #birdingslovakia
Green Woodpeckers Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia #birdingslovakia #woodpeckers 👍🏴🇸🇰
September 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Green Woodpeckers Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia #birdingslovakia #woodpeckers 👍🏴🇸🇰
Wheatear , Spotted Nutcracker & Fieldfare Vysoké Tatra Slovensko 👍🇸🇰🏴 #birdingslovakia #Tatra
September 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Wheatear , Spotted Nutcracker & Fieldfare Vysoké Tatra Slovensko 👍🇸🇰🏴 #birdingslovakia #Tatra
Finally got time to put up more from visiting the in-laws in Slovakia last month Only my 3rd Slovak KingFisher at Kunov also Common Sand , Kestrel & Black Redstart in the High Tatra Mountains 🏴🇸🇰 #slovensko #birdingslovakia #slovakia #birds
September 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Finally got time to put up more from visiting the in-laws in Slovakia last month Only my 3rd Slovak KingFisher at Kunov also Common Sand , Kestrel & Black Redstart in the High Tatra Mountains 🏴🇸🇰 #slovensko #birdingslovakia #slovakia #birds
Good to see the Marsh Sandpiper at Morrisons Haven Scrape yesterday & and also some familiar faces👍 bird was only viewable distantly from the East during my time there , Kudos to Mervyn for the Find @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Good to see the Marsh Sandpiper at Morrisons Haven Scrape yesterday & and also some familiar faces👍 bird was only viewable distantly from the East during my time there , Kudos to Mervyn for the Find @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social
Only my 3rd Slovak Black Stork in 23 years of coming to Slovakia with White Stork the more common bird in my opinion seen yearly , so was pleased with this Zriedlova Dolina fly over 👍🇸🇰🏴 #birdingslovakia
August 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Only my 3rd Slovak Black Stork in 23 years of coming to Slovakia with White Stork the more common bird in my opinion seen yearly , so was pleased with this Zriedlova Dolina fly over 👍🇸🇰🏴 #birdingslovakia