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Aurora tonight over Collieston
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Aurora tonight over Collieston
Small numbers migrants in and around the village, 1 Pied Fly on the back road and 4 Whinchat. Garden Warbler yesterday Kirkton.
September 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Small numbers migrants in and around the village, 1 Pied Fly on the back road and 4 Whinchat. Garden Warbler yesterday Kirkton.
Excellent end to seawatching today with a Gt Shearwater coming through just ahead of the rain. Also between 16.20- 18.30 4 Sooty Shears, 1 juv LT Skua, 3 Little Gull and 5 Arctic Skua, 12 Manxie. 1 Pom per DS mid- afternoon #BirdingScotland
September 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Excellent end to seawatching today with a Gt Shearwater coming through just ahead of the rain. Also between 16.20- 18.30 4 Sooty Shears, 1 juv LT Skua, 3 Little Gull and 5 Arctic Skua, 12 Manxie. 1 Pom per DS mid- afternoon #BirdingScotland
A couple of hours seawatching from Cransdale this morning in the strong SE wind gave a Corys Shearwater, 5 Sooty’s , 9 Arctic Skua, 3 Bonxie and 25 Manxie. Yesterday evening there had been c25 Little Gulls.
September 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A couple of hours seawatching from Cransdale this morning in the strong SE wind gave a Corys Shearwater, 5 Sooty’s , 9 Arctic Skua, 3 Bonxie and 25 Manxie. Yesterday evening there had been c25 Little Gulls.
An hour at Cransdale am gave little else except a distant Black Tern with a small feeding flock. Bit more movement late afternoon- 6 Arctic Skua, 2 Bonxie & 3 Sooty Shears past. Marsh Harrier Meikle & Barred Warbler at Forvie Centre yesterday. #BirdingScotland
August 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
An hour at Cransdale am gave little else except a distant Black Tern with a small feeding flock. Bit more movement late afternoon- 6 Arctic Skua, 2 Bonxie & 3 Sooty Shears past. Marsh Harrier Meikle & Barred Warbler at Forvie Centre yesterday. #BirdingScotland
Decent hour at Cransdale this evening 17.30- 18.30: 1 juv LT Skua, 10 Arctic Skua , 2 Bonxie, 31 Manxie, 1 Sooty. A Cory’s gad been reported late morning.
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Decent hour at Cransdale this evening 17.30- 18.30: 1 juv LT Skua, 10 Arctic Skua , 2 Bonxie, 31 Manxie, 1 Sooty. A Cory’s gad been reported late morning.
4 Sooty Shearwater 18.15-19.15 past Cransdale, 32 Manxies and 1 Arctic Skua. #BirdingScotland
August 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
4 Sooty Shearwater 18.15-19.15 past Cransdale, 32 Manxies and 1 Arctic Skua. #BirdingScotland
Couple of fresh arrivals on the patch today with male Ruff and Adult Med Gull Meikle
July 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Couple of fresh arrivals on the patch today with male Ruff and Adult Med Gull Meikle
Curlew Sand at Inches area, Ythan this am. 2 Little Gulls Ternery. 1 Little Gull Meikle Loch. #birdingscotland
May 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Curlew Sand at Inches area, Ythan this am. 2 Little Gulls Ternery. 1 Little Gull Meikle Loch. #birdingscotland
10 + Wood Sands at Strathbeg late morning was a strikingly high count today . 8+ in front of Dunbar Hide and 2 at the visitors centre.
May 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
10 + Wood Sands at Strathbeg late morning was a strikingly high count today . 8+ in front of Dunbar Hide and 2 at the visitors centre.
6 Wood Sands in flooded area just NE of Meikle Loch this morning
May 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
6 Wood Sands in flooded area just NE of Meikle Loch this morning
Spring arrivals at last in the village 3+Chiffys and similar with Goldcrests. 5 Redwing and a Fieldfare in Kirkton.
March 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Spring arrivals at last in the village 3+Chiffys and similar with Goldcrests. 5 Redwing and a Fieldfare in Kirkton.
Adult Iceland Gull Meikle Loch
February 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Adult Iceland Gull Meikle Loch
Skylark Kirktown stubble field now up to c200. Male Hen Harrier in area. c150 Yellowhammer in set aside Collieston crossroads. The regular Ad Iceland Gull was at Sandhaven yesterday.
January 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Skylark Kirktown stubble field now up to c200. Male Hen Harrier in area. c150 Yellowhammer in set aside Collieston crossroads. The regular Ad Iceland Gull was at Sandhaven yesterday.
2 2cy Glaucous Gulls at the Ugie Estuary, Peterhead this morning. #BirdingScotland
January 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
2 2cy Glaucous Gulls at the Ugie Estuary, Peterhead this morning. #BirdingScotland
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Worrying news from the heartland of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in Britain. Meanwhile, in #Wales the number of sites at which LSW is recorded has more than halved in the last 15 years (chart from forthcoming @birdsinwales.bsky.social 2023 Bird Report). Sad times. #BirdingWales (1/2)
January 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Worrying news from the heartland of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in Britain. Meanwhile, in #Wales the number of sites at which LSW is recorded has more than halved in the last 15 years (chart from forthcoming @birdsinwales.bsky.social 2023 Bird Report). Sad times. #BirdingWales (1/2)
Good cold weather gathering of c150 Skylark on the Kirkton coastal stubble field late morning, 2 Twite also and 3 Golden Plover flew in off the sea.
January 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Good cold weather gathering of c150 Skylark on the Kirkton coastal stubble field late morning, 2 Twite also and 3 Golden Plover flew in off the sea.
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This article is 112 years old. And we still aren't doing enough to act on climate change.
#ClimateCHANGE
#ClimateCHANGE
January 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This article is 112 years old. And we still aren't doing enough to act on climate change.
#ClimateCHANGE
#ClimateCHANGE
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Great to see Whitburn #seawatching data used (through @trektellen.bsky.social) With just 78 Bonxies logged in over 1000 hours observation in 2024, it has been the worst ever year since regular documented seawatching started here. 😢 #NEbirding #seabirds
Great new paper #BirdStudy
Bird flu mortality reflected in #seawatching counts in @trektellen.bsky.social
Impacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza on seabird populations in the North Sea are detectable in sea-watchers’ migration counts
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology #ukbirding
Bird flu mortality reflected in #seawatching counts in @trektellen.bsky.social
Impacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza on seabird populations in the North Sea are detectable in sea-watchers’ migration counts
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ornithology #ukbirding
December 27, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Great to see Whitburn #seawatching data used (through @trektellen.bsky.social) With just 78 Bonxies logged in over 1000 hours observation in 2024, it has been the worst ever year since regular documented seawatching started here. 😢 #NEbirding #seabirds
Some stunning skies in and around Collieston last few weeks…
December 27, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Some stunning skies in and around Collieston last few weeks…
Green-winged Teal on smaller Slains pool currently.
December 24, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Green-winged Teal on smaller Slains pool currently.
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The world's smallest transmitter has helped discover a previously unknown breeding ground of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper:
Transmitter reveals new Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeding grounds
The world's smallest transmitter has helped discover a previously unknown breeding ground of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Thanks to the installation of a tiny solar satellite transmitter, a Spoon-billed Sandpiper was tracked in spring 2024 between Thailand and Chukotka in Siberi...
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December 24, 2024 at 9:56 AM
The world's smallest transmitter has helped discover a previously unknown breeding ground of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper:
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Diversionary feeding caused a switch in population growth from negative 9% to a positive 10% growth in Capercaillie 👇. All down to increased productivity from hens. Imagine that across the whole range in Highland!!! #birdingScotland
⏰New Research ⏰
We quantified the direct impact of diversionary feeding on capercaillie productivity. We show an increase in the proportion of hen with a brood in DF sites (37% -> 85%) and, as a result, a 131% increase in chicks per hen. Read more here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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We quantified the direct impact of diversionary feeding on capercaillie productivity. We show an increase in the proportion of hen with a brood in DF sites (37% -> 85%) and, as a result, a 131% increase in chicks per hen. Read more here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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December 21, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Diversionary feeding caused a switch in population growth from negative 9% to a positive 10% growth in Capercaillie 👇. All down to increased productivity from hens. Imagine that across the whole range in Highland!!! #birdingScotland
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“It’s the most wonderful time of the year”….for getting your records in! Please enter records for NE Scotland via BirdTrack or eBird before the end of January when I’ll be doing the Great Big Download. And please submit descriptions for anything on the NESRC, SBRC or BBRC lists! Ta #birdingscotland
December 14, 2024 at 12:41 PM
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year”….for getting your records in! Please enter records for NE Scotland via BirdTrack or eBird before the end of January when I’ll be doing the Great Big Download. And please submit descriptions for anything on the NESRC, SBRC or BBRC lists! Ta #birdingscotland
Green-winged Teal back on Meikle Loch this morning
December 12, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Green-winged Teal back on Meikle Loch this morning