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3 Red-crested Pochard (zero bling) @ Angle Park this morning (thnx to @simonpinder5.bsky.social) the first Fife record since 2018 of this just about/barely annual species in Scotland, which is these days a SBRC description species 😯 #birdingFife

3 Roseate Tern, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Ruff, 8 Little Gull (inc my first Juv of the year) past Fife Ness 06:00-08:00 this morning #birdingFife

This Red Knot at Fife Ness on Saturday was ringed at Station Nord, Greenland on 23/07/2019 and this seems to be the first sighting since then #birdingFife

Great Black-backed Gull at Fife Ness on Friday with what I’m assuming is a ridiculously bright (pink) juvenile lumpsucker? #birdingFife

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A Great Black-backed Gull picked off a Guillemot that was up on the shore (never a good sign) at Fife Ness early this morning. Also 2 Sooty & 26 Manx Shearwater north #birdingFife

juvenile Caspian Gull north at Fife Ness this evening, plus 6 Sooty Shearwater, 85 Manx, 1 Arctic & 1 Great Skua. #birdingFife

Wilson's Storm Petrel! Another fantastic find by @rspbscience.bsky.social researcher Brennig Hughes approx halfway back to Leverburgh yesterday. 4th 'at sea' record from near #StKilda and possibly the closest one yet!
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Today’s bird was my 2nd earliest Fife Balearic (29/07/23 my earliest followed by one on 12/08/24) #birdingFife

Also 12 Sooty Shearwater north (and 1 Atlantic Salmon a-leaping)

Balearic Shearwater north past Fife Ness @ 06:45 #birdingFife

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Rather quiet at Fife Ness considering the potentially decent weather. Eight hours producing 3 Sooty & 259 Manx Shearwater, 5 Arctic & 1 Great Skua, 195 Little Gull. Record day count of 7 Atlantic Salmon however 🙄
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5 Sooty Shearwater north @ Fife Ness in an hour this morning #birdingFife

My first Sooty Shearwaters of the year with 3 north @ Fife Ness this evening. A passage of Little Gull north too (33) presumably on the way to roost at Outhead #birdingFife

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Okay, I’ll add your account to the feed Lukasz. Cheers, J

Hi Lukask, The feed picks up hashtags rather than users (unless the user account is 100% focused on Scottish birds/birding). One of your tagged posts was picked up but not the other. Not sure why but likely a BlueSky blip rather than the way the Feed has been set up

ML639448472 - Golden Jackal - Macaulay Library Macaulay Library ML639448472; © Jared Wilson; Gabrovo, Bulgaria

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Uploading some non-avian video to #eBird and forgot about this Golden Jackal playing with/trying to chase down and kill a Red Fox in Bulgaria during an October 2018 visit

Two juvenile Wood Sandpiper on muddy edge of pool

male Linnet perched

subadult and adult Gannet in flight

adult Herring Gull in flight

The last few days at Fife Ness #birdingFife

Cuckoo being fed by Meadow Pipits at Lower Kilminning this morning (first confirmed breeding record for the site) plus juvenile Stonechat and Whinchat #birdingFife

1 Wood Sandpiper still at Lower Kilminning. 1 Ad sum plum Little Gull the 2 mins seawatching before the haar rolled back in at Fife Ness #birdingFife

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Location details work fine for me Steve. Rarely use the “Nearby” feature as it is virtually always captured in my Filters, so can’t comment on your comment on that

Some great video of this bird by Michael McKee. The tension building before it appears in frame about 1.5 mins in… #rarebirdsUK
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