Adult White-rumped Sandpiper, Musselburgh old scrapes (15/07/25)
Juvenile Wood Sandpiper, old scrapes (18/07/25)
Ruddy Shelduck pair, old scrapes (15/07/25)
Juv Wood Sandpiper (18/07/25)
Musselburgh continues its good form this week with adult White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 juv Wood Sandpiper, 2 Ruddy Shelduck, 1s White-winged and drake Surf Scoter the highlights. Also 2 Scaup (male + juv on different days), 5 Arctic Skua, 10 Little Gull and 2 juv LRP among others #birdinglothian
20.07.2025 16:11 — 👍 27 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Green Sandpiper, old scrapes (30/06/25)
Drake Surf Scoter off the seawall (01/07/25)
Temminck's Stint, one of two at the old scrapes (05/07/25)
3rd calendar year drake White-winged Scoter off the seawall (30/06/25). Exceptionally close but roosting the whole time!
An excellent week at Musselburgh. Mon & Tues nights respectively produced a brief Green Sandpiper on the old scrapes then this drake Surf Scoter (since seen by others at v close quarters). 3cy ♂ White-winged Scoter also still around early week and two Temminck's Stints this weekend #birdinglothian
06.07.2025 13:47 — 👍 29 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Marsh Warbler (early June 2025) - singing adult male present for a week on my Costessey patch. An unprecedented record for an area with sparse suitable habitat.
📷 - Henry Wyn Jones
Bittern (February 2013). For a site with very little reedbed cover, this was a welcome surprise during a cold and wet spell. Later seen towards Hellesdon
Ring Ouzel (April 2017) - a pair present for over a week, which were viewable publically from the Marriott's Way and twitched by Norwich locals
Crane (February 2013) - a flock of 6 over, seen during the same cold/wet spell that brought in Bittern that month
This month's Marsh Warbler was the highlight of 14 years birding my Costessey patch. With sole site access, I've also had Crane, Bittern, Bearded Tit, YLG & Ring Ouzel etc in this unwatched area of private land on Norwich's outskirts. All from the front door when down visiting family #norfolkbirding
22.06.2025 17:02 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two personal patch firsts at Musselburgh in the last week with Little Tern at the Esk Mouth, then Spoonbill at the old scrapes on Sunday evening #birdinglothian
17.06.2025 17:03 — 👍 24 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Many thanks for these. Noticed Southern Puffback on numerous occasions with this bird, a bit of favourite in MW repertoire. Mixed in with European Bee-eater, Common Nightingale and many others. Quite the mimic!
15.06.2025 22:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cheers Tim, was a nice vocal one!
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15.06.2025 14:42 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Very pleased to find this cracking male Marsh Warbler on my Costessey patch earlier this month. A singing adult male, present for a week on private land. Some superb mimicry, and the last thing I expected on my 20+ miles inland Norfolk patch! Patch gold #norfolkbirding
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15.06.2025 13:27 — 👍 51 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Drake Green-winged Teal, Musselburgh new lagoons (14/05/25)
Puffin, Isle of May (12/05/25)
Eider with brood of 5 chicks (one out of shot), Musselburgh (14/05/25)
Puffin take off, Isle of May (12/05/25)
A bumper spell on patch since Sunday with drake Green-winged Teal, two Temminck's Stint and pr. Garganey at Musselburgh #birdinglothian
Elsewhere, singing Wood Warbler from the car at Loch Awe en route home from a weekend in Argyll & seabird bounty on Isle of May; a great few days #birdingscotland
14.05.2025 15:09 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cheers!
10.05.2025 22:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very smart Kentish Plover still at JMCP late morning, alone and initially nice and close. A Pale-bellied Brent was a good bonus & Lesser Whitethroat. Rounding off an enjoyable week with BT Diver off Torness on Sunday & White-winged Scoter at Yellowcraig #birdinglothian @birdinglothian.bsky.social
09.05.2025 15:27 — 👍 30 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Very happy to have moved to Musselburgh last month, and to see spring arrive on patch. A singing Cuckoo fresh in and Lesser Whitethroat were today's best, while other recent highlights include 2 Avocets, Jack Snipe, RN Grebe & Grasshopper Warbler among other commoner passage species #birdinglothian
30.04.2025 18:37 — 👍 27 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
White-backed Vulture, Kruger National Park
Magpie Shrike (African Long-tailed Shrike), Kruger National Park
African Fish Eagle, Kruger National Park
African Black Oystercatcher, Southbroom, KwaZulu-Natal
01.03.2025 15:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pied Kingfisher, Kruger National Park
Cape Bulbul, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. One of numerous South African endemics seen in the Cape
Water Thick-knee, Kruger National Park
Orange-breasted Sunbird (male), Table Mountain. Endemic to the fynbos biome in the Cape. One of several sunbird species seen in the Cape and South Africa more widely
All species descriptions in alt text
01.03.2025 15:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Saddle-billed Stork, Kruger National Park
Bataleur, KNP
Southern Ground Hornbill, KNP
Tawny Eagle, KNP
Starting my Bluesky journey with some highlights from an exceptionally special trip to South Africa over Christmas & New Year. The birding was superb: 223 species in 18 days on a non-birding holiday, including Kruger NP, coastal KwaZulu-Natal & the Cape Peninsula. Unforgettable! #birdingsouthafrica
01.03.2025 15:34 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Norfolk birder usually found patching or volunteering in the Mid-Yare Valley (TG40). Views are my own.
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