Edinburgh Birds

Dipper construction time in the Water of Leith today. Stupidly located nest immediately abandoned for a more quiet outlook. #birds

Just look at the vermiculation on this Teal. Taken in Edinburgh today. #Birds

Kingfisher. I wasn't going to take a photo but rude not to. #Birds

A Water Rail sneaking about. Real shame you so rarely get to see them do this. On the Water of Leith in Edinburgh. #Birds #BirdingScotland

well, I'd like that to be true, but I'll not let it go to my head.

I wish, but can't let the wishful thinking in.

I do in fact think they were red throated. Unfortunately they were too fast and my id is not good enough to be sure.

Does anyone know what kind of divers there are far off the coast at Musselburgh today? Saw 2 or 3 with black/white spotted backs, grey at the back of the neck and white underneath. Surface time limited to slightly shorter than it took me to focus them. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland.

Overwintering Blackcap, the hard to find female in sunshine type. #Birds

#BirdOfTheDay A skating manky pigeon.

My new Kingfisher friend. #Birds #Edinburgh

Oystercatcher on a sea wall

Oystercatchers, knowing full well nobody believes they are busy catching oysters, always look like they are up to something nefarious. #Birds

Here's a new regular Cormorant from the Water of Leith. He regularly sits on this stick pointing the wrong way. #Birds

The delightful camera-dodging coal tit. #birds

Kingfisher perched on a rock

Kingfisher sitting where it ought not to. #Birds

the invariably inverted Nuthatch. #Birds

Go look in exactly the same place for a whole year, eventually a Common Gull will turn up #Birds

I never get bored of jeweled eyed Jackdaws #Birds

Robin #Birds

Nice weather for (taking pictures of) ducks. #Birds

A paucity of Redwing #Birds

The improbable playing field Curlew. # Birds

Should consult a tern. Or a Gannet.

Another Kingfisher. I've named this one the Shitfisher because rather than put on a show, it bellyflops onto the water, splashes about a bit and somehow emerges with a fish. #birds

There's always an exciting bird to photograph if you can get as close to Rock Dove as you can tell amongst all the manky boys in Leith. #birds

Kingfisher. It's either a good photo or a bad photo. Either way I can't see out of one eye now. #birds

Water of Leith Kingfisher, distant gloom version. #Birds

Enjoying taking pictures of tiny brown Treecreepers in the murk. Using all the ISO. #birds #ukbirds

Moorhen without it's usual black background

Surprised it didn't instantly vanish behind the tree trunk