Peter Stronach

Study 👇 showing ubiquity of microplastics in Scottish Dippers from three rivers; Dighty Water (Dundee), South Esk (Midlothian) and Kelvin (Glasgow) #birdingscotland 🪶

Relying on the private sector to evolve a fit for purpose high speed charging network was never going to work!. ScotGov here put in 50kw charging network but needs them to do the same now with high speed, big gaps…

An interesting discussion of Pacific Diver identification (in English):

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#BirdingScotland

A really nice article that one, thanks for sharing! 👍

Sorry not mine to share!, written up in Dutch Birding 47:1 👍

The apparent Stej x White-winged that Dani Lopez Velasco had didn’t have the “rhino horn” feature either and a uniform smeared pink colour. Are there better pictures online from today?

Were you hoping to win something Courtney?

Pen and watercolour illustrations of waders/shorebirds from the Hartlepool/Teesmouth area of northeast England

A not-completely-exhaustive illustration of our winter shorebirds, but these are the species that you’re most likely to see during winter around Teesmouth (northeast England).
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#birdingNortheast

The guy is going to need counseling as well as a haircut when it finally happens! 😂

Yep I saw the Common Sand pics, can’t believe it wasn’t a Spotted!

Pics of presumed Stej x Velvet hybrid from Gdansk in 2020 for comparison 👍

That’s a stonker! 🍌 💵

Thanks Allan!, I’ll give it a go tomorrow. The window we’ve been looking out of looks towards river but also one of the other wings so was more worried by being spotted by patients in those rooms! 😂

Is that the best place to view from?, I’ve been in the hospital across the river the last few days but haven’t been brave enough to set up a scope inside! 😂

Have I got newts for you?
Join our North of Scotland group for an online talk from Danny O’Brien, project lead for the UK’s most northerly Amphibian and Reptile Group.
📅 Date: Wednesday 11 February
⏰ Time: 7.30pm
Book your ticket 👉 buff.ly/3orVFrF

And your taxes were paying for the whole shitshow!

Another ten days of it in the forecast 🏝️ , imagine this was late Sept/early Oct instead of February!. The depth of snow in the eastern Cairngorms now must be phenomenal…

Three ducks on the water. Two are black and white with green heads and white cheek patches, one is grey with brown head. All have golden eyes. The male in front is displaying with head pointing straight up.

Now the second drake is doing his display, with quack and foot kick and splash.

*ducking intensifies*

So much fun watching the Common Goldeneyes doing “The Thing” #birds

Thanks Jeremy!, I’ll pencil it in my diary for next Oct/Nov 👍

Never found a fruiting body!, find so much green stained wood, what month is best for looking?

Green-winged Teal from Balormie Pig Farm, Moray today! #moraybirds #birdingscotland 🪶

Highland and Island £2 bus fare cap begins in Shetland: Milestone for affordable travel Highland and Island £2 bus fare cap begins in Shetland: Milestone for affordable travel - The cap builds on other improvements the Scottish Greens have already delivered to make public transport more ...

The £2 bus fare cap for the Highlands and Island begins today in Shetland.

The cap is part of a pilot that was secured by the @scottishgreens.org

It will be expanded across the wider region in the weeks and months ahead.

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Donegaland makes it sound very exotic! 😉😂

Really nice website showing Icelandic Greylags and Barnacle Geese wintering locations in Scotland 👇

In Highland Barnacle Goose “Efri-Ey” currently on Eilean Hoan on north coast #highlandbirds 🪶

You can donate to Doctors Without Borders here 👇

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Caught up with Ring-necked Duck, Queens Park, Glasgow earlier today.

#digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #birdingscotland #RareBirdsUK

Our latest paper on Golden Eagle research in Scotland, using DNA from moulted feathers to assess apparent survival in territorial adults. As ever, data collection from Scottish Raptor Study Group @scottishraptorsg.bsky.social was vital.

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#RaptorResearch

Ok English bird information services you’ve had your fun, birders are now starting to call it Cowdor!

Cawdor is anglicised already!, but you have to go one step further again…

Cow 🐄 door 🚪
#highlandbirds

Looks like our one and only Ross’s is keeping dodgy company now, so that’s one you may have on us!

I’ve tried a few of the “detect whether image/video is AI” software and they are hopeless and don’t work at all. The current best software seems to be just run it past a decent number of people and the tells will be picked up eventually by one of them!