Rob Hughes
@rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social
Birder | Caithness | Conservation Scientist
#BirdingScotland
#BirdingScotland
Spotted a fin whilst making a cup of tea from our house this afternoon. They made a kill too!
@ninaohanlon.bsky.social
@ninaohanlon.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Spotted a fin whilst making a cup of tea from our house this afternoon. They made a kill too!
@ninaohanlon.bsky.social
@ninaohanlon.bsky.social
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Another brilliant Flow Country Research Conference.
Big 🏆 for Roxane and team at UHI Thurso.
Great to see @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social's PhD crammed into 30 mins. Loved the Icelandic word for Meadow Pipit and check out those German bog restoration lagoons.
@theflowcountry.bsky.social
Big 🏆 for Roxane and team at UHI Thurso.
Great to see @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social's PhD crammed into 30 mins. Loved the Icelandic word for Meadow Pipit and check out those German bog restoration lagoons.
@theflowcountry.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Another brilliant Flow Country Research Conference.
Big 🏆 for Roxane and team at UHI Thurso.
Great to see @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social's PhD crammed into 30 mins. Loved the Icelandic word for Meadow Pipit and check out those German bog restoration lagoons.
@theflowcountry.bsky.social
Big 🏆 for Roxane and team at UHI Thurso.
Great to see @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social's PhD crammed into 30 mins. Loved the Icelandic word for Meadow Pipit and check out those German bog restoration lagoons.
@theflowcountry.bsky.social
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October 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This Treecreeper at John O’Groats this morning was #PWC2025 #patchgold Looked a bit frosty in the dull light
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This Treecreeper at John O’Groats this morning was #PWC2025 #patchgold Looked a bit frosty in the dull light
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
Nicely marked Ring Ouzel at John O’Groats football pitch this morning. Also Hawfinch, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 2 Siberian Chiffchaffs, Woodcock and 3 Crossbills. Quite a few commoner migrants too #CaithnessBirds #PWC2025
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nicely marked Ring Ouzel at John O’Groats football pitch this morning. Also Hawfinch, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 2 Siberian Chiffchaffs, Woodcock and 3 Crossbills. Quite a few commoner migrants too #CaithnessBirds #PWC2025
Three Bonaparte’s Gulls still in Dunnet Bay today, also a new Ring-necked Duck on Wester Loch #CaithnessBirds
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Three Bonaparte’s Gulls still in Dunnet Bay today, also a new Ring-necked Duck on Wester Loch #CaithnessBirds
We had three Bonaparte’s Gulls (ad and two 1st w’s) in Dunnet Bay this morning!!! Also a Juv Sabine’s Gull, Juv Little Gull, 1st w Mediterranean Gull and a Curlew Sandpiper with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
October 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We had three Bonaparte’s Gulls (ad and two 1st w’s) in Dunnet Bay this morning!!! Also a Juv Sabine’s Gull, Juv Little Gull, 1st w Mediterranean Gull and a Curlew Sandpiper with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
Woodpigeon and its chick managed to cling on through Storm Amy, in Wick #CaithnessBirds
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Woodpigeon and its chick managed to cling on through Storm Amy, in Wick #CaithnessBirds
Red-breasted Flycatcher still around, near John O’Groats this morning #CaithnessBirds
September 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Red-breasted Flycatcher still around, near John O’Groats this morning #CaithnessBirds
Red-flanked Bluetail, Red-breasted Flycatcher, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler and a Long-eared Owl from a quick run around JOG this morning, though nothing at Freswick or Noss #CaithnessBirds
September 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Red-flanked Bluetail, Red-breasted Flycatcher, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler and a Long-eared Owl from a quick run around JOG this morning, though nothing at Freswick or Noss #CaithnessBirds
Glossy Ibis flew down the Wick river this morning and landed near the just outside town. 10th record for Caithness. Also prob American Wigeon, Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper on the river #CaithnessBirds
September 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Glossy Ibis flew down the Wick river this morning and landed near the just outside town. 10th record for Caithness. Also prob American Wigeon, Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper on the river #CaithnessBirds
Coal Tit in John O’Groats quarry is a good sign of birds being on the move. Fresh in this morning, occasionally sticking its crest up #CaithnessBirds
September 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Coal Tit in John O’Groats quarry is a good sign of birds being on the move. Fresh in this morning, occasionally sticking its crest up #CaithnessBirds
Leach’s Petrel and Black Tern still in Dunnet Bay this morning #CaithnessBirds
September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Leach’s Petrel and Black Tern still in Dunnet Bay this morning #CaithnessBirds
Terrible photo of a Wryneck at John O’Groats this morning but a useful #PWC2025 tick with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
September 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Terrible photo of a Wryneck at John O’Groats this morning but a useful #PWC2025 tick with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
Back from a relaxing 9 days on Shetland Mainland (and Mousa) with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
Nice bumping into the odd scarce migrant as well as quite a few Pied Flycatchers and Garden Warblers
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
Nice bumping into the odd scarce migrant as well as quite a few Pied Flycatchers and Garden Warblers
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
September 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Back from a relaxing 9 days on Shetland Mainland (and Mousa) with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social
Nice bumping into the odd scarce migrant as well as quite a few Pied Flycatchers and Garden Warblers
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
Nice bumping into the odd scarce migrant as well as quite a few Pied Flycatchers and Garden Warblers
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
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Whoop 🎉 @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social submitting his PhD thesis after 3.5 years 🦆 Much more chilled than I was, and he has already published most of it 🌟
September 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Whoop 🎉 @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social submitting his PhD thesis after 3.5 years 🦆 Much more chilled than I was, and he has already published most of it 🌟
Amazing views of the hawking Black-winged Pratincole at Brawlbin this afternoon. Great find by @anguscroudace.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
September 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Amazing views of the hawking Black-winged Pratincole at Brawlbin this afternoon. Great find by @anguscroudace.bsky.social
#CaithnessBirds
#CaithnessBirds
Juv Curlew Sandpiper on Freswick beach this morning #CaithnessBirds
September 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Juv Curlew Sandpiper on Freswick beach this morning #CaithnessBirds
That’s Fea’s type Petrel, Barolo type Shearwater and Cory’s Shearwater past our house in the last 7 days. All from the same archipelago perhaps? Madeira or Azores maybe. #CaithnessBirds #PWC2025
August 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
That’s Fea’s type Petrel, Barolo type Shearwater and Cory’s Shearwater past our house in the last 7 days. All from the same archipelago perhaps? Madeira or Azores maybe. #CaithnessBirds #PWC2025
Fea’s type Petrel flew north past Nybster at 17:50, just three days after a Barolo’s type Shearwater went through, with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social #CaithnessBirds #PWC2025
August 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fea’s type Petrel flew north past Nybster at 17:50, just three days after a Barolo’s type Shearwater went through, with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social #CaithnessBirds #PWC2025
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Restoring peatland to capture carbon and provide breeding habitat for Dunlin and Golden Plover.
When do the waders return and how can you speed things up?
WaderTales blog #149, based on paper by @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social and Chris Bingham:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p...
#ornithology
When do the waders return and how can you speed things up?
WaderTales blog #149, based on paper by @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social and Chris Bingham:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p...
#ornithology
August 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Restoring peatland to capture carbon and provide breeding habitat for Dunlin and Golden Plover.
When do the waders return and how can you speed things up?
WaderTales blog #149, based on paper by @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social and Chris Bingham:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p...
#ornithology
When do the waders return and how can you speed things up?
WaderTales blog #149, based on paper by @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social and Chris Bingham:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/08/16/p...
#ornithology
Cracking ‘blue’ Fulmar off Nybster this evening #CaithnessBirds
August 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Cracking ‘blue’ Fulmar off Nybster this evening #CaithnessBirds
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Its #BogDay!
Let's celebrate by getting BOGged down in some papers 😉
Peatlands are key to carbon storage and flood management, but in the UK, many are in poor condition
Read on to hear about the nature benefits of bog restoration in Scotland’s Flow Country 🧪 🌍
📷 Ben Andrew
Let's celebrate by getting BOGged down in some papers 😉
Peatlands are key to carbon storage and flood management, but in the UK, many are in poor condition
Read on to hear about the nature benefits of bog restoration in Scotland’s Flow Country 🧪 🌍
📷 Ben Andrew
July 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Its #BogDay!
Let's celebrate by getting BOGged down in some papers 😉
Peatlands are key to carbon storage and flood management, but in the UK, many are in poor condition
Read on to hear about the nature benefits of bog restoration in Scotland’s Flow Country 🧪 🌍
📷 Ben Andrew
Let's celebrate by getting BOGged down in some papers 😉
Peatlands are key to carbon storage and flood management, but in the UK, many are in poor condition
Read on to hear about the nature benefits of bog restoration in Scotland’s Flow Country 🧪 🌍
📷 Ben Andrew
Nice to see a migrant Red Kite whilst birding today along Sinclair’s Bay this morning #PWC2025 #CaithnessBirds
July 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Nice to see a migrant Red Kite whilst birding today along Sinclair’s Bay this morning #PWC2025 #CaithnessBirds
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Long-term experiments in Scotland’s Flow Country show enhanced forest-to-bog restoration boosts early peatland recovery - vital for climate & biodiversity 🧪🌏
@rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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@rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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July 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Long-term experiments in Scotland’s Flow Country show enhanced forest-to-bog restoration boosts early peatland recovery - vital for climate & biodiversity 🧪🌏
@rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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@rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social
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