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Stuart

@edinburghnature.bsky.social

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All aspects of Natural history. Especially Birds,plants commoner invertebrates found in and around Edinburgh and the Lothian area be it East Mid or West.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 4d

10 Barnacle geese with
Pinkfeet at Whitesands quarry, 50 whooper Swan
in fields nr Prora.

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 4d

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Barnsness Red breasted flycatcher and at least 2 Yellow browed warbler
still present but mostly skulking and hiding.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 5d

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Spoonbill on old scrapes then new,Musselburgh.
Whooper also with Marsh sandpiper.
A dozen or more Little gulls at mouth of esk,and pair of pintail new scrapes.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 14d

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2 Redstart adjacent to cycleway south of quarry barnsness, hiding mostly.
1 Short eared owl high in off sea Skateraw then chased by corvids.
Didn't see yellow browed warbler. Peregrine Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, and Buzzard
all around cement works Dunbar.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 21d

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6 Brent geese west of cramond, 8 red throated diver, 6manx shearwater, 5 Arctic skua, 40+ pinkfeet South and 60+ Kittiwakes high west at hound point.

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 28d

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After watching wryneck, I had a couple of hours at Hound point .
Usual birds seen.
On way home via cramond/silverknowes esplanade,
Spotted this whinchat on ruderals on Steep bank between marine drive and esplanade. Large flocks of goldfinch feeding on knapweed heads.

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 28d

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Joe nichols Wryneck still present in Barnbougle garden and sea wall.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · 29d

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Musselburgh lagoons
Wood sandpiper, Curlew sandpiper, Marsh sandpiper, Spotted redshank ,Pectoral sandpiper all showing well or reasonably this morning.

Marsh sandpiper busting some Ballet moves.

Spotted Redshank having trouble with stickleback.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Sep 8

also at Musselburgh and an Osprey put every bird on the beach to flight.
The Black guillemot was a mere stones throw from sea wall,and the Marsh sandpiper came to the closer pools by hide.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Sep 8

maxima then .

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Sep 8

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# Birdinglothian Musselburgh new lagoons.
Pectoral sandpiper still present with Little stint and 12 Greenshank.
Marsh sandpiper still present on old scrapes.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tipula vittata or maxima
depending on the size.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Sep 7

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#houndpoint
Late to the party ,joining Mervyn,Anne,Neil at hound point.
At least 6 black tern,a dozen Arctic skua chasing terns,1 adult sabines with Kittiwakes.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Sep 3

I think the wader is the other Curlew sandpiper at new scrapes .

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Sep 2

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At Musselburgh lagoons,Curlew sandpiper, Little stint, Grey partridge,
12 Greenshank what's the small wader to the left of the group.This gull on the sea at Esk mouth stood out
small head thin neck Caspian?

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Thorntonloch
Barred warbler playing now you see me now you don't,mostly don't.3 brief glimpses in 2 hours,2 Spotted flycatchers were much more accommidating.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some distant picts

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 20

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5 Ruff, 1 Little stint old scrapes. 5 Greenshank, 2Ruff new lagoons
Musselburgh.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 17

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At New lagoons 3 Greenshank, 35 Black tailed godwits.

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Now 2 Green sandpiper, 1wood sandpiper, 3Ruff,
12 Littke gulls Old scrapes
7.45pm

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Earlier at Torness
2 Yellow wagtail female and juv in grass at the entrance.

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Old scrapes this evening
1 wood sandpiper,1 green sandpiper,3 Greenshank,
6Snipe,24 Little gull.

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Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ta Rich👍

Stuart @edinburghnature.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Watching a Kingfisher is better with two birds.
I particularly like the coughing up the bolus (pellet).

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