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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · 2d

Great morning at Crail and Fife Ness with the bird club. Saw 70 species, highlights: Black Redstart, Red-necked Grebe, Twite, Purple Sandpiper, Scaup, and Wheatear. #birdingFife

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · 4d

What a bird! After dipping it in dying light yesterday, very happy to connect with the White-billed Diver. Great bird to see less than a mile from home. #birdingFife #ukbirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · 20d

Nice to finally have time to go for the Barred Warbler at Balcomie, it gave excellent views. A walk around Kilminning was disappointingly quiet in terms of migrants though. #BirdingFife

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Sep 16

At least 2 Curlew Sand and 2 Ruff at the Eden today. Also 2 Osprey, 1 GWE, 3 Common Sand, 1 Brent Goose. Good start to the new semester! #FifeBirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Sep 14

Good walk with friends near Elie produced a Short-eared Owl and Wheatear. The last beach cricket match of the summer at Elie Beach delivered a flyover Crane! Lifer, and about annual in Fife! Great day out! #FifeBirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Aug 24

Great day at the Fife Bird Club sea watch outing yesterday at Fife Ness, nice to see some familiar faces. Pom (lifer), Bonxie, and Arctic Skua. Sooty Shearwaters, though the highlight has to be the Bridled Tern, incredible bird, and very kind of it to choose yesterday to be in Fife! #FifeBirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Aug 6

Short article for BirdGuides on finding the GSP in July. #birdingscotland

BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · Aug 6

Rarity finders: Greater Sand Plover in Shetland

Tom Rosas was on his way to the pub when a quick check of Haroldswick beach produced a first for Shetland:

Rarity finders: Greater Sand Plover in Shetland

Tom Rosas was on his way to the pub when a quick check of Haroldswick beach produced a superb find in the form of Shetland's first Greater Sand Plover.

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Aug 3

6 weeks in Shetland done. Some quality birding: Short-eared Owl, Red-backed Shrike, Red-necked Grebe, Baird's Sandpiper Quail, Cuckoo, Merlin. Breeding Dunlin, Whimbrel, and Red-Throated Diver. Highlight has to be self finding a 1st for Shetland Greater Sand Plover. #birdingscotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jul 27

Willow Warbler at Norwick this morning was my first warbler of autumn passage, also had my best views yet of the Cuckoo I found on Tuesday. Flock of 6 Twite were my first on Unst. A few singing Quail this afternoon (one from my window!) were great to hear #birdingscotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jul 22

After dipping it yesterday, I connected with @brydonthomason.bsky.social's Baird's Sandpiper at Baltasound today, and saw my first Ruff since being up here. Also found a juv Cuckoo in Norwick on an evening walk. Autumn passage seems underway... #rarebirdsUK #BirdingScotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jul 20

Went down to the south of Unst today. Saw a few good birds, Golden Plover, Whimbrel, and Common Sandpiper with young. Highlight was bumping into the Osprey that has been hanging around the island for the last few weeks. #BirdingScotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jul 14

Twitched (3 minute bike ride) 2 of my absolute favourite birds this evening. Short-eared Owl hunting, and a Red-backed Shrike getting ready to roost. Will definitely miss it up here. #Unst #birdingscotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just thought I would check the beach on the way to the pub, a bit of a heart in mouth moment to figure out what I was looking at

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thought I would check Haroldswick beach on my way to the pub tonight. Did not expect to find this Greater Sand Plover, a 1st for Shetland!!! Very happy and glad others got on to it #birdingscotland #rarebirdsuk

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jul 3

Great evening walk to Hermaness, Bonxies, Puffins, and Gannets galore. Cracking views of summer plumage Dunlin. A Quail singing just before midnight on the walk back truly the icing on the cake #birdingscotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 30

Last reported on the Fife chats Sunday 22nd I think. But nothing negative after that

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 28

Up in north Unst for another 5 weeks, don’t think that’ll be enough time to get bored of both skuas daily, puffins, and breeding wheatears. #BirdingScotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 15

Twitched @simonpinder5.bsky.social ‘s gorgeous Spotted Redshank at Angle Park today. Very happy to also find a Hobby briefly there (scarce in Fife). #fifebirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 12

Back up in Fife so went for the Iberian Chiffchaff today. After 4 hours without anything obvious it finally decided to sing and give us decent views! #FifeBirding #birdingscotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 10

Great birding with a friend in Surrey today. Lots of Dartford Warblers, a pair of Tree Pipit, great views of Hobby, and singing Woodlark (lifer). Also Common Lizard and Slow Worm.
#ukbirding #surreybirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 8

Oh what are the odds, didn’t notice you either, what a shame

Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 8

Near Huntingdon for a friend’s birthday this weekend, so had to nip down to Fen Drayton Lakes to see the gorgeous male Red-backed Shrike. Nice to see it catch and eat a dragonfly #ukbirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · Jun 2

Train up to Aberdeenshire with @tombeckett02.bsky.social but dipped Buff-breasted Sandpiper. News of a Pacific Golden Plover came - got stuck in tidal mud, lost both wellies, then faced a 40min shoeless walk… to dip again by 2 mins. Thanks to the birders who helped us out today. #BirdingScotland

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · May 29

Boat to the Isle of May was cancelled due to strong winds so I went to Kilminning instead. Happy to find and year tick a singing Cuckoo (video) there this lunchtime (perhaps the same bird that was at Fife Ness this morning?) #FifeBirding

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Tom Rosas @tomrosas.bsky.social · May 23

Done with exams, tried the White Winged Scoter at Ruddons Point, dipped, but got nice views of Kittiwakes and Sandwich Terns. Female Redstart nearby was a nice surprise. Tried Kilminning after,well worth it, Spotted Flycatcher and a male Redstart showed briefly. Good start to the summer #FifeBirding

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