30 SEP Skateraw: RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL still be waterfall this morning #BirdingScotland #BirdingLothian

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A change of plan leads to 2 days at Trottick Ponds...

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A very good day on Skerries. The Arctic Warbler was too camera shy, so here are Little Bunting and RB Fly. I'd put the camera away when a Pallid Harrier went straight down Housay isle towards Whalsay. A Stonechat and an inferior picture of the day's flava wag also attached. #BirdingScotland

Nice to find this juvenile American Golden Plover on The Range this evening at the Nearctic wader vortex. #birdingscotland

I also wasn't aware that there are year round resident Redwings found in the Highlands either side of the Great Glen. See this RSPB map. #BirdingScotland www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...

The 200th species for my 2026 south Shetland 10km Patchwork Challenge: a first winter Red-breasted Flycatcher in the stunted sycamores at Sumburgh Hotel garden this evening. #PWC2026 #patchbirding @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

A couple of days ago in Rutherglen a small flock of long-tailed brownish birds flew overhead and disappeared from view behind some trees.

The view was fleeting but my first thought was: Redwings. Now I see reports in the Clyde area of Redwings around, so maybe I was right. #BirdingScotland

My early-morning circuit had the whiff of a false dawn, though Pink-feet were still moving. Later I managed to see a Little Bunting at Quendale and the Buff-breast again at Fleck. After tomorrow’s wind and rain, the end of the week might prove interesting. #BirdingScotland

Red-flanked Bluetail this afternoon at Skateraw found by @normmill.bsky.social Also Yellow-browed Warbler and a smart Scandi looking Redpoll (formerly Common Redpoll) #birdinglothian #birdingscotland #rarebirder.bsky.social

Single Scaup at Kinneil- on river channel,by 1st lagoon outflow @upperforthbirds.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

A change in wind direction to a gale force south-easterly produced Barra's first Yellow-browed Warbler of the year at Cuithir. It feels like proper autumn now. #birdingscotland

2 Spotted Redshank at Kinneil Lagoon; feeding together, on bend in river Avon, near refinery/opposite solar farm #BirdingScotland

A classic view of Knot is of huge flocks swirling over mudflats but at Girdle Ness we enjoy them in smaller numbers, often perching on shoreline rock outcrops that set off the juveniles' scalloped, peach-tinted charm.
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A trip to Riverside Nature Park in the hope of finding a Mediterranean Gull.

Fabulous views of Lapland Buntings along the cliffs at Eshaness, Shetland today. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

It's the time of year when Yellow-browed Warblers find their way to lonely coastal sycamores. This was one of two along the north side of Girdle Ness today.
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It took several minutes of making pishing noises to coax out the grey shape in the undergrowth at Creachen into something identifiable: our second Barred Warbler on Barra so far this autumn. Sadly this was as good as the views got! #birdingscotland