Rick Bolton

Not everyday you see a Little Ringed Plover chick sat on a discarded car wheel-hub! I’ve been monitoring this pair and this one nearly fledged so fingers crossed

Patch year tick with a Common Tern over Barr Loch at 7:08. Single black-tailed godwit, common sand and 3 redshank (1 chick) and 2 mandarin on my Lochwinnoch patch this morning

Managed to catch up with the 2 Avocets (1st record for Renfrewshire and only 4th for Clyde) on my Lochwinnoch patch with a quick lunchtime twitch. Made it with 12 minutes to spare before they flew off hight to the north. @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social

From causeway hide at baron Haugh

Delighted to see 4 redshank chicks on the scrape at Lochwinnoch RSPB this morning. @rspbscotland.bsky.social

Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter.

Birded my Lochwinnoch patch before work. Redshank with 4 chicks the highlight. Quick twitch for Avocet at Baron's Haugh a few minutes from were I work (only the 4th Clyde record)

Lifer today with Western Sandpiper at Maidens. #birdingscotland #rarebirdsuk

Digiscoped in rainy and windy conditions with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Lapwing chick sheltering after heavy rain on my local patch this morning.

Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro with vario adapter

Patch year tick today with 2 Little Egrets on the Lochwinnoch scrape and then briefly on Barr loch before flying south. Still a scare bird on my patch. Digiscoped with kowa884 using iPhone16pro with vario adapter

Lapwing chicks at Lochwinnoch RSPB this evening. @rspbscotland.bsky.social

Digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter

Pectoral Sandpiper showed well on scrape at Lochwinnoch first thing this morning @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #birdingscotland

Digiscoped with kowa884 /iphone16pro using vario adapter

Final day in Hungary - birded Dinnyesi Ferto nature reserve highlight was finding 2 fly over Gull-billed Terns walking with a great selection of wildlife

Birded around Dinnyes today about an hour by train from Budapest (train ticket cost 1120HUF less than £2.50). Savi’s warbler finally showed itself but Marsh and moustached warblers remind out of sight

Another great day birding in Hungary, River Warbler this morning eventually showed well. Brings back memories…. must be a nearly 30 year since I twitched River Warbler Wigan. Digiscoped with Kowa884 with iphone16Pro using vario adapter

Great day birding the kiskunsag national park

Great Reed Warbler in Budapest a great way to end a superb day of city birding. Be nice to find one on my local patch one day

Several singing collard flycatchers were the perfect start to a days birding / hiking in the Buda Hill, Budapest.

Red-backed Shrike on the outskirts of Budapest Digiscoped with Kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter. Great day birding the parks and outskirts of the city.

Black woodpecker is such a beast of a bird. Had the pleasure of watching this bird this evening in the Buda hills #digiscoped with Kowa 884 using iphone16Pro with vario adapter #budapest #hungarybirding

Managed to get a bit of birding in quick family visit back home. Lesser Yellowlegs at Filey Dams showed well this evening discoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro with vario adapter #rarebirdsuk

14 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 LRPs and GWE were highlights of a rain morning birding at Lochwinnoch RSPB. Digiscoped with Kowa884 / iPhone16pro using vario adapter. @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social

Dunlin was a patch year tick this evening at my Lochwinnoch patch.

Reeling grasshopper warbler at Lochwinnoch this morning Digiscoped with koaw884 / iPhone16pro using vario adapter

This evening off Craigendoran GN Diver in fading light

Bit of Digiscoping today in breezy conditions

Barr Loch this morning GW Egret and Otter (one of two otters watched for 20 minutes)

Nice morning birding my Lochwinnoch patch. Highlights pair of Garganey, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 LRPs, single redshank and common sandpiper @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social #birdingscotland #digiscope

Grasshoppers warbler reeling at Calder Marsh on my Lochwinnoch patch this evening was my 100th patch year tick (Sedge warbler and Black-tailed Godwit also added this week).

Great White Egret at Barr Loch this evening. #digiscoped with kowa884 using iphone16Pro and vario adapter #clydebirding #birdingscotland

Very atmospheric morning - quick hours birding at Lochwinnoch before work, 3 LRPs, 3 redshank, 1 RP and the usual stuff