Short-eared owls
This autumn seems to have been a good year for short-eared owls that are coming over from mainland Europe. There have been […]
Tag: migration
Rosy Starling – Shetland
There have been a few rosy starlings around Shetland in the last eighteen months but somehow I have managed to miss all […]
A Tale of Two Rings
I’m a big fan of colour-ringing as it makes identification of individual birds easier in the field and can lead to more […]
Night Heron – Shetland
The last few days have seen south-easterly winds and low cloud and fog over Shetland. This has resulted in a good number […]
Brambling in a Shetland garden
One of the great things about Shetland is you are never quite sure what is going to turn up in your garden. […]
Wader Wednesday – World Wetland Day
In anticipation of World Wetlands Day tomorrow, this week’s Wader Wednesday is a few wader chick pictures to remind us all of some of […]
Wader Wednesday – Bar-tailed Godwit Migration
For Wader Wednesday this week, it’s the incredible bar-tailed godwit. Last autumn one of these birds broke the world record for the longest […]
Winter in Norfolk
Had the opportunity to spend a few days in Norfolk during December, which meant a spot of birding and visiting some of […]
Autumn at Musselburgh
Musselburgh also known as Levenhill Lagoons is one of my favourite places to go in the central belt. Positioned just outside Edinburgh […]
Cattle Egrets – Somerset
Nice to see cattle egrets doing their thing while I was down in England last week. It wasn’t that many years ago […]
Wheatear – Shetland
Shetland is famous for its passage migrants and rarities. At the moment there are good numbers of wheatear around (some will be […]
Great Northern Diver – Shetland
A post-work evening walk down at Minn beach last night produced a surprise of two summer plumage Great Northern Divers (Gavia immer) […]
Common Sandpiper
The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a summer visitor to the UK, found mainly in upland areas of North of England, Scotland, […]
Lesser Yellowlegs – Skye
A trip over to Skye yesterday, which is always a nice place to visit. The bonus was we caught up with the […]
American Wigeon – Inverness
This american wigeon (Mareca americana) is probably the closest rarity to my house that I have ever seen. A five minute walk […]
Monarch Butterflies – Pacific Grove, California
What an amazing day today was. I never thought I would see a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in the wild. Today I […]
Dalmatian Pelican – Gwithian, Cornwall
A Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) turned up in Cornwall in May 2016, when it was first seen over St Gothian Sands, Gwithian, […]
Icterine Warbler – Laggan, Cairngorms
The middle of the Cairngorm National Park in June might not be the first place you’d think of to look for migrant […]
Ring Ouzel- WWT London Wetlands Centre
I was down in London yesterday attending the Wader Quest trustee meeting at the WWT London Wetland Centre in Barnes. I was […]
Ring-necked Duck – Pitlochry
Sometimes rarities turn up in the strangest of places. Take for example, this ring-necked duck which is on a small lochan at […]
Hoopoe – Hinksford
Rarities often turn up in nice coastal locations which sort of makes sense. Rare gulls can turn up in many different less […]
Great Grey Shrike – Crabtree Hill, Forest of Dean
Great grey shrikes (Lanius excubitor) are a winter visitor to the UK. I’ve seen them in several places such as Gibraltar Point […]
Black Redstart – Brean, Somerset
The black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) is a robin-sized bird that has adapted to live in urban and industrial areas from its original […]