John Bowler

Busy corner of Loch a' Phuill #Tiree today: wintering Greenland White-fronts (36) and Whooper Swans (84), plus a Heron - also 28 Goldeneye present #BirdingScotland
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Smart male Brambling finding plenty to eat under the Balephuil, Tiree garden feeders this morning #BirdingScotland
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3 White-tailed Eagles over the house at Balephuil, Tiree today
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Still a few Pink-footed Geese around on Tiree after the autumn passage including these 4 at Balephuil (with Greylags on foreground), also up to 4 Blue Tit and 2 Great Tit still at Moss yesterday #BirdingScotland
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Very nice Steve!

Distant juv Glaucous Gull from Baugh road bridge, Tiree today, presumably the same bird that has been feeding on a dead dolphin at Traigh Bhagh for the last week or so, also a 1CY male Scaup at Loch Bhasapol today #BirdingScotland

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Nice! Better to see them alive like that.

Dead Grey Triggerfish at Traigh Bhi, Tiree today - a rare but regular late autumn find here - also 5 Snow Bunting headed south there this am #BirdingScotland

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Hen Harrier checking out the Balephuil, Tiree bird feeders this morning #BirdingScotland
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Siberian Chiffchaff new in the Balephuil, Tiree garden this morning #BirdingScotland

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1 of 4 Woodcock lurking in the Balephuil, Tiree garden just now, also a a couple of Blackcaps there still and 16 Long-tailed Tits #BirdingScotland
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Thanks Geoff! Am on the mend....

First chance to get back to Loch a' Phuill, Tiree this pm after hernia op last weekend - no sign of any Buffleheads but 1CY Lesser Scaup still present in amongst 50 Tufted Duck there #BirdingScotland

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No Pallas's Warbler yet in the Balephuill, Tiree garden but it's still busy with visitors from the mainland including 16 Long-tailed Tits today #BirdingScotland
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Very nice Steve!

A few bits and pieces in the Balephuil, Tiree garden recently: Brambling yesterday (with 20 Long-tailed Tits) and a Chiffchaff today, plus 2 Blackcaps and 5 Fieldfares #BirdingScotland
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1cy Lesser Scaup new at Loch a' Phuill, Tiree this afternoon, replacing the 1cy Greater Scaup that was there on Wednesday
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Terrible record shot of a Blue Tit in the garden at Balephuil, Tiree today - an unprecedented 4th species of tit to grace the garden this month #BirdingScotland
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Fantastic stuff Dylan!!

4 scarce birds beginning with "C" around, Tiree today: Coot at Loch an Eilein (FOY for the 3km patch), Carrion Crow at Sorobaidh Bay, Todd's Canada Goose at Kenovay & 2 Coal Tit at Scarinish. Also 16 Long-tailed Tit at Balephuil
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😆Northern Bullfinch next?

No, I had another one here back in Oct/Nov 2020. Wish it had been a Pallas's like yours instead!

A big pipit flicking around in the trees in the Balephuil, Tiree garden this morning turned out to be a Rock Pipit! - the first record for this wooded garden - it was flushed away by a Robin
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No sign of yesterday's Hume's Warbler at Balephuil #Tiree today but the Todd's Canada Goose was amongst the Barnacle Geese at Ruaig and a drake Scaup was new at Loch an Eilein
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Very nice Kevin!

Thanks Kevin!

Finally a poor record shot of the elusive Hume's Leaf Warbler at Balephuil, Tiree this afternoon #BirdingScotland

Hume's Leaf Warbler showing intermittently in the gardens at Balephuil, Tiree this afternoon (with ca 25 Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaff, 3+ Goldcrest and 6 Long-tailed Tit) but giving little away for the camera so far... @patchbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Thanks Kevin, good luck on Fair Isle!

Thanks Steve - I was lucky. It was a dull day and the birds were fast-moving. Hopefully autumn is not over yet!... #PatchBirding