North-east Scotland Bird Recorder. Goes to Inchgarth Reservoir a lot. Occasional glimpse-catching flocker.
A few nice moths in Croatia and Slovenia last week but none more spectacular than nine-spotted moth. A Mother Shipton was also good to see #teammoth
Just the second Marsh Sandpiper for NE Scotland- the first was in 1990 so a long time coming. That hypodermic needle of a bill! #birdingscotland #rarebirdsuk
2 Ravens flew south over Inchgarth during the WeBS count this afternoon, calling and being mobbed by other corvids - just my 6th record here but all in the last 9 years #birdingscotland
Seraphim was NFG in Aberdeen this morning #teammoth
Nice evening made better by my first 2 Inchgarth Swifts of the year. Also one earlier at RGU. Just my 3rd April record of Swift here (earliest 27/4/20) #birdingscotland
Rock Partridge are supposed to be easier to find on Pag Island (Croatia) than virtually anywhere else in their range, but it still took me 2 hours of searching before locating a couple on the stone walls at Velo Blato #birds
The Dotterel at Rattray are the first lowland records in NE Scotland since 2019 (and the first I’ve seen anywhere since 2011) 😱 Nearby an Arctic Skua by the lighthouse was my first of the year. Almost as scarce was a sighting of KD Shaw on one of his old stomping grounds! #birdingscotland
Anyone care to help with this fritillary from north/central Croatia last week? Heath or False Heath? Or something else? #butterflies
Highlights of some overnight trapping in VC91 near Banchory with Helen Rowe; Scarce Prominent, Brindled Beauty, Early Thorn and a lovely Herald #teammoth
Interesting Yellow Wagtails in north/central Croatia, essentially Ashy-headed cinereocapilla types with some having clean white throats looking like the real deal, but others having some yellow in the throat suggesting intergrades with other forms, presumably flava? #birds
