Red-breasted Mergansers put on a show
It's not often you get close to this species, preferring as they do the open sea, so when they came close today on the mirror-like waters...
Longtown Long-tailed in Black and White
A quick trip to the pools at Longtown during the last days of lockdown no.2, on 29th November, was well worth it. Four Long-tailed Ducks...
Sanderling, 'Surfie' and LTD
The target bird (White-winged Scoter) at Musselburgh wasn't playing ball today; neither were the Shore Lark or Snow Bunting at Aberlady...
Point-blank dosing Dowitcher, Greenshank and Twite
Again, nothing new but the Dowitcher showed brilliantly today on the nearest shore, initially asleep with Redshank, and I also found some...
Late October local birding
Nothing much to report. Winds had swung round to the west so I stuck to my local patch and tried to take some nice images of familiar...
A first, a second and some thirds
An early start meant that I was on Holy Island by dawn. Crossing the causeway, I glimpsed an owl (probably Short-eared) but couldn't...
Hard going on Holy Island
I was tempted over again to this rarity hotspot but the bird I'd come to see had vanished. Still, it wasn't all bad news and there was a...
Perfect Pec Pics
Another rare wader made it to Anthorn in recent days and with excellent light extending into the late evening, I felt compelled to locate...
North-east Knockout!
Another triple whammy here: three targets - a potential (British) lifer and two photogenic rarities. All three played ball. The first was...
Waders in wonderful light
Nothing new again today but the light was beautiful and I couldn't resist taking yet more photos of the local scarcities, as well as of...
