Hugh Addlesee

Hi Alan, any indication of what way they were going and any routes they were following? I’m hoping for one at Skene one day, or night!

31.07.2025 15:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Small Blues (and a smart Common Blue) on the coast east of Macduff yesterday. I believe this extends the current known range c15km east along the north Aberdeenshire coast. Quail calling nearby too.

09.06.2025 07:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With these 4 (until they flew off high at 8am), my third Greenshank of the spring and the trilling of Common Sands, Loch of Skene felt a bit more like Highland than lowland Aberdeenshire this morning. #birdingscotland

07.05.2025 08:28 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Much better views of the dark blob (American Coot) yesterday when it seemed firmly paired up with a Coot and I was wondering how obvious hybrids would be. Today it was all alone out in the open water.

26.03.2025 22:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

26.03.2025 22:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A few from a brief work trip to Shetland.

26.03.2025 22:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A showy Euro/Russian White-front at Loch of Skene this morning - with Greylags and probably a returning bird. Also an ad Kittiwake early morning and the first Redshank of the year. A single Sand Martin (one yesterday too). #birdingscotland

24.03.2025 09:24 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes, I think it moved from amber to red due to UK-wide decline in winter numbers but it’s still common, just less so than it was.

20.02.2025 22:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s never been a common breeder in Scotland. First confirmed in 1970 and never more than a couple of hundred pairs at most, heavily reliant on nest boxes and perhaps now being impacted by increasing Pine Martens. In contrast to the breeding population, it’s always been a common winter visitor.

20.02.2025 22:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A grey morning at Loch of Skene today, but highlights included lingering Ring-necked Duck and Scaup, and a Herald moth. #birdingscotland

15.02.2025 13:39 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

#birdingscotland

05.02.2025 21:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A Black-throated Diver in Peterhead Bay late afternoon today, showing very well despite my poor photo. It even did a tour of the marina. A scarce bird in NE Scotland, with this being my first since 2021.

05.02.2025 21:47 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

At least 2 Iceland Gulls at Peterhead this afternoon - a 1W on the Ugie estuary & an ad briefly at the mouth (flushed by a dogwalker) & then probably the same 1W in Peterhead Bay, where also a Puffin & a GN Diver. #BirdingScotland

23.01.2025 19:29 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

At Loch of Strathbeg this morning, drake Ring-necked Duck & drake Smew both viewable very distantly from the Rattray end along with 6 Scaup & c40 Pochard still. Three GW Egrets on the Low Ground & probably another by the loch. Also, my Strathbeg Kingfisher. #BirdingScotland

23.01.2025 19:24 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#BirdingScotland

19.01.2025 21:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A chilly but productive start to the day at Loch of Skene this morning. Drake Ring-necked Duck still present, with Canada Goose and Dipper as welcome patch year ticks. A pair of Stonechat still around the frozen margin.

19.01.2025 21:41 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A juv/1W Glauc & 3 Little Auks N past Girdle Ness this morning 08:20-11:20. Also 3 Great Northern Divers (1 N, 2 S) & 15 R-t Divers. Plenty of other gulls & Guillemots moving & c12 Gannets but very few ducks past. #BirdingScotland

08.12.2024 13:51 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0