@brucekerr.bsky.social
Occasional birding blog mostly around the moors, forests and glens in Midlothian, Scottish Borders and further afield. eBird gallery: https://media.ebird.org/catalog?unconfirmed=incl&mediaType=photo&userId=USER3390106&view=grid&sort=obs_date_desc
Slumming it with a pocket compact camera, Canon G9 😄
28.01.2026 12:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Flock of 30+ Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) this morning near the top of Kitzsteinhorn, Kaprun, Austria. Visiting feeders at 2450m and 2625m.
28.01.2026 12:48 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cold snap causing increased activity on the garden feeders this week. Influx of mostly Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Siskin and 1 random Redpoll from the local woods, Loanhead, Midlothian. #birdinglothian
08.01.2026 11:50 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A few more Bramblings today among the Mount Lothian finch flock this morning. Counted at least 6. Near the limekiln on the Cockmuir road, Midlothian #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
20.12.2025 14:27 — 👍 26 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A few Bramblings in a finch flock (mostly Chaffinch) near Mount Lothian limekiln on the Cockmuir road, Midlothian, this afternoon #birdinglothian
12.12.2025 14:48 — 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Interesting interactions between 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a small flock of Fieldfares vying for berries in a hawthorn this morning near Halkerston Glen, Midlothian #birdinglothian
03.12.2025 16:15 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Few more Nordic migrants percolating into Midlothian this week. Still relatively low numbers. Local Jays near Loanhead occasionally showing well. Counted 7 today criss-crossing Hewan Bog. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
12.11.2025 14:12 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Tricky rascals. Time & place are everything!
29.10.2025 14:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tricky rascals. Time & place are everything!
29.10.2025 14:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
That time of year again when the local Jays stop skulking and harvest acorns, squirrelling them away for the winter. Some flight shots from this morning near Leadburn, Midlothian #birdinglothian #birdingborders
29.10.2025 14:06 — 👍 32 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
At least 2 Yellow-browed Warblers this morning at Dowlaw Farm, Borders. This one in the sycamores 100m north of the car park on the path down to Fast Castle. Many fine additions to the autumn foliage collection... @jarrodhadfield.bsky.social #birdingscotland #birdingborders
18.10.2025 13:00 — 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Crikey! Just back from BC myself. Went east this year to the Okanagan. Great place.
06.10.2025 07:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Red-breasted Flycatcher, still, this morning, at 0830 at Barns Ness, East Lothian, 150m S of the car park in the trees opposite the steel gate @apetrosus.bsky.social @annesinc.bsky.social #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
05.10.2025 11:31 — 👍 35 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Re-visit to Beaver Lake, Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Pileated Woodpecker, Spotted Towee & Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon type)
26.09.2025 15:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pygmy Nuthatch near Kaleden, South Okanagan and Steller's Jay in Manning Park, BC, Canada today.
24.09.2025 05:25 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some shots from the southern Okanagan today. Yellow-rumped Warbler, Cedar Waxwing (juv) and White-breasted Nuthatch near Kaleden, BC, Canada.
20.09.2025 01:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Norther Flicker
Townsend's Solitaire
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Some shots from the Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada this week. Northern Flicker (red-shafted type), Townsend's Solitaire and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
18.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That was a great bird 🙂
11.09.2025 17:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Marsh Sandpiper this morning 3km east of Musselburgh, East Lothian, at Morrison Haven lagoon (east of Musselburgh scrapes). Well done the finder! (Merv I think?) #birdinglothian #birdingscotland #rarebirdsuk
06.09.2025 11:41 — 👍 47 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Curlew Sandpiper late morning, today, on Thorntonloch beach, East Lothian. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
04.09.2025 12:30 — 👍 49 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Reeve & Ruff
Ruff
Reeve & Ruff pair late morning at Thorntonloch, East Lothian. (White-rumped Sandpiper was roosting on the rocks an hour before high tide but all were eventually flushed by an angler) #birdinglothian
20.08.2025 14:06 — 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
6 Whimbrel flew in this morning at Mill Stone Neuk, White Sands, East Lothian this morning #birdinglothian
20.08.2025 13:59 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0👍
19.08.2025 20:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Size comparison with Sanderling to the right.
Little Stint at White Sands beach near Barns Ness, East Lothian, early this morning. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
19.08.2025 13:12 — 👍 27 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
White-rumped Sandpiper, this morning, at the north end of Thorntonloch beach, East Lothian. Found by Kevin Ingleby yesterday 👍 #birdinglothian @kingleby1.bsky.social
14.08.2025 11:35 — 👍 36 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
Quiet morning on the beach near Torness, East Lothian this morning... 😄 #birdinglothian
05.08.2025 15:52 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Juvenile Wheatears and a Yellow Wagtail on the move near Torness, East Lothian this morning #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
03.08.2025 13:37 — 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some Redpolls from this morning near Rosslynlee, Midlothian #birdinglothian #birdingscotland
06.07.2025 12:10 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A couple of shots from earlier in the week. Yellow Wagtail (Grey-headed thunbergi type) at Iitto Palsasuot and Capercaillie hen at Luontopolku, Pallasjarvi, Finland
31.05.2025 05:28 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0