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Juvenile White-Tailed Eagle over Longhaugh Point field pools at 11:30 this morning then flew north over the quarry on the opposite side of the river #clydebirding

Eine Fotze mehr korrekt sein.

Part of a 35 strong flock of Black Tailed Godwits at Longhaugh Point on the Clyde Estuary today #clydebirding

RSPB Baron’s Haugh in Motherwell is undoubtedly the best inland site in the west of Scotland for waders in late summer. This afternoon I enjoyed 156 Lapwing, 8 Common Sand, 6 Green Sand, 2 Blackwits, 1 Greenshank & 1 Curlew plus a Spoonbill #clydebirding #ukbirding

Visited two sites just to the north of Glasgow yesterday. I cannot remember seeing so many small birds for many years. Willow warblers in particular were ‚everywhere‘. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Still 3 of these still hanging around Longhaugh Point on the Clyde estuary today. No sign of any injury. Still haven’t seen a Whitethroat at the site yet this year and only one Sedge Warbler today. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Some Ringed Plover and Dunlin from Maidens this afternoon. Unfortunately, the Western Sandpiper was not so obliging. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Recently from Bempton Cliffs #superseabirdsunday

Can’t believe they can go past BBG for 1st team coach.

‚morning‘ not ‚month‘

Part of a flock of 24 Black Tailed Godwit on Longhaugh Point field pools this month at high tide. Also present: 2 Whimbel, 5 Dunlin, 15 Common Tern and 5 Wheatear. #clydebirding #ukbirding

Part of the 170 strong flock of Pinks at Longhaugh Point yesterday. Maybe the last I‘ll see of them till the Autumn. Also 1 of 4 Stock Doves, a site year tick. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Sounds like the British state‘s treatment of Nicola Sturgeon. Maybe without all the tents outside her house though?

1 of 2 Little Ringed Plover present in Renfrewshire this morning. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Time for a change. Players look uncomfortable in a vain attempt to simply keep the ball. The Greeks had worked us out by the 2nd half in Athens and yet we carried on doing the same thing at Hampden expecting a different outcome. Yesterday we should have played 2 up top and gone much more direct.

Beautiful today at Ardmore Point in Argyle & Bute (just). Highlights were 4 Black Guillemot, 1 Black necked Grebe in summer plumage, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Red breasted Merganser, 15 Red Throated Diver & 8 Slavonian Grebe #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Red necked grebe this morning at Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Grey Plover & Bar Tailed Godwit at Aberlady Bay on Saturday #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Great article Derek.

Pic from a few years ago.

80 Pochard on Woodend Loch, Coatbridge this afternoon represented a good count for the Glasgow area these days. The drake Ring Necked Duck was also still present #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Adult Ring Billed Gull at Strathclyde Park this afternoon. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Always found this area very unwelcoming to visitors and right on cue today harassed by a farmer for simply walking up a tarmac road near Jawcraig farm whilst looking for these geese.

23 Taiga Bean Geese near Slamannan this afternoon and the drake Smew at nearby Broadwood Loch #scottishbirding

Gadwalls at Caerlaverock WWT today #scottishbirding #ukbirding

I couldn’t stand the right wing propaganda on X any longer and so deleted it 6 weeks ago. Great to now see many things I was interested in coming across to BS.

My first visit to Longhaugh Point on the Clyde Estuary post storm. Very quiet bird wise and disappointing to see the damage done to several mature trees on the site. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Very quiet on my Longhaugh patch this month so had time to nip over the Erskine Bridge to see the American Wigeon at Newshot Island. Not realising that the camera was on shutter priority mode rather than of aperture priority mode made for an even worse photo than normal. #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Good day in South Ayrshire today with PB Brent, Eider, RB Merg, GN Diver, RT Diver, Razorbill, L Stint, G Plover, Purp Sand to name a few #scottishbirding #ukbirding

Male Hen Harrier a few minutes ago at Longhaugh Point. Back of camera shot.

Aye, ‘almost £300m’ spent by Reporting Scotland on ‘where’s the ferries’ stories.