29 Sept. A despondent tramp around Torness in F6 south-easterlies resulted in 2 Blue Tit & 2 Skylark! Called into Skateraw not expecting anything but then a smart RF Bluetail popped up unto a branch and sat looking at me from 5 metres. Magic! @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingLothian

1st-win Caspian Gull Wrecked Craigs, Port Seton, flushed to west breakwater at harbour ##birdinglothian

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

28 Sep. Musselburgh. A different colour-ringed Pale-bellied Brent Goose with the long-staying bird; also 6W Little Gulls and 3W Arctic Skuas; 7 Ruff; adult Whooper Swan still. #BirdingLothian

Whooper Swan at Musselburgh old scrapes this morning #BirdingLothian

Sept 25. Bird walk Aberlady to Gullane Point (47 species) all too far! Pale-bellied Brent Goose in bay, Greenshank, increasing number of Shelduck now present, with Pink-footed & Greylag Geese, Lapwing (100s), Starling (100s), etc @btoscotland.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingLothian

Did some seawatching at Hound Point today. No Skuas unfortunately but I still had: 3 Pintail, 3 Red throated Diver, 2 Great Crested Grebe, a Manx Shearwater and a Great Northern Diver.
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26 Sep. Musselburgh. Great White Egret seen earlier off Gullane by Josh Daunt briefly landed on Inchkeith before continuing W (seen and ID'able from 6 miles away!) - average speed c15 mph. Also 8 Little Gulls west. #BirdingLothian

6 pale-bellied Brent Geese, 4 confiding Ruff and a Green Sandpiper were the highlights of a few pleasant hours at Musselburgh, and good to catch up with @ijandrews.bsky.social #BirdingLothian

25 Sep. Musselburgh. New family of 5 Pale-bellied Brents (with long-stayer), Green Sandpiper, 2 Manx Shearwaters, Whimbrel, 2 Common Terns, Whooper Swan, 5 Shoveler, adult Mediterranean Gull #BirdingLothian

24 Sep. Musselburgh. Large counts of Greylags (2100) and Lapwings (524) today; 1cy Mediterranean Gull, 1cy Little Gull flew W, Pale-bellied Brent Goose still. #BirdingLothian

23 Sep. Musselburgh. Highlight was a Green Sandpiper on the new lagoons; also 7 Shoveler there. Flock of 11 Red-throated Divers flew W. Also tantalising view of a probable juv Long-tailed Skua that decided to return east before it reached me #BirdingLothian

22 Sep. Musselburgh. Finally caught up with a Great White Egret on the site thanks to @kingleby1.bsky.social but it wasn't settled & flew off after less than 5 mins. Also 3 Red-necked Grebes, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 1 Pale-b Brent Goose and 2 very distant Marsh Harriers flew up the Forth #BirdingLothian

22 Sept. Busy watch at Gullane Point this am with birds moving SW in the calmer winds. 785 Kitts, 75 Comm Gull, 72 RT Diver (1GND), 10 Bonxie and first for site of passage Blackwit (2) & Dunnock (2). Single Cory’s & Pom Skua (juv) added some flavour. @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingLothian

20 Sep. Musselburgh. 5 Shoveler today, 25 Pinkfeet amongst the Greylags, Black-tailed Godwit in the moat of the new lagoons, flock of 17 Red-throated Divers flew W. #BirdingLothian

Pleasantly surprised to spot this juv Curlew Sandpiper among the roosting waders at Silverknowes this morning - a first for me at the site. A juv Ruff on the shore at Cramond was a nice bonus. #BirdingLothian