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The Edinburgh Birdwatcher @EdinBirdwatcher

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Joined May 2011
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Feeding frenzy in the garden this morning.
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Amazing news from Scottish Seabird Centre @SeabirdCentre & RSPB Scotland @RSPBScotland Bass Rock & Craigleith are now officially RSPB Nature Reserves. youtu.be/WHxVpCh5E-Q?si=DQrD…

Amazing news as RSPB adds iconic seabird islands to its reserves

The RSPB is delighted to acquire two iconic seabird islands in the ...

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Today is World Swift Day. I haven’t heard or seen any yet in Edinburgh but when I was in Spean Bridge last weekend coming home from the Hebrides I heard one. Remember if you see or hear any Swifts post your records to SwiftMapper at swiftmapper.org.uk or download the app.
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Just saw a flock of Greylag Geese flying low down near my garden.
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Currently been watching in the garden Woodpigeon Stock Dove Jackdaw House Sparrow Been all go.
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House Sparrow at the feeder this morning.
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With rain forecast next few weeks not sure when I will steer my June Birding but hopefully won’t be too long.
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Renewed my membership for The Seabird Group. For info in joining visit seabirdgroup.org.uk
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I can’t believe we are in June now these months of 2026 just fly by I’m looking forward what this month has to offer. I have written my June blog on my website I hope you like it. theedinburghbirdwatcher.com/…

June Blog

May was a very busy month it went in very quickly. It started getting up at 4am on 3rd Of May for International Dawn Chorus Day. It was raining outside so it wasn’t a great spectacle but I could he…

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Forgot to mention yesterday at Spean Bridge I heard my first screaming Swift of the Year.
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On my way home from the Western Isles had a great time and look forward coming back here.
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Ever since I identified the Song Thrush singing in the garden it’s continued to sing every day & night and it’s currently singing now brightening up a damp day in the Hebrides.
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Earlier this evening I was hearing an unusual bird call in the garden so I decided to use the Merlin Bird app. According to the app it said the call I was hearing was a Linnet. However I heard it again only this time was identified as a Song Thrush and I have video evidence.
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Saw a Sea Eagle today up in North Uist and been hearing an unusual call in the garden, I used my Merlin app and it identified it as a Linnet.
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Friendly Chaffinch at the car park and two Herons on my walk at Loch Eynort, heard a Cuckoo in the distance.
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Lord Of The Isles coming into Lochboisdale South Uist. @CalMacFerries
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Springwatch 2026 is Back Tonight On BBC2 8pm. Springwatch returns for three weeks coming live from a brand new location of National Trust Crom in Northern Ireland and the Knepp Estate in Sussex. @BBCSpringwatch @ChrisGPackham @michaelastracha @IoloWilliams2 @hannahstit26376
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Earlier was watching a Song Thrush in the garden eating a snail.
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Great day at RSPB’s Balranald Nature Reserve. Always my fav place to visit. Today I saw Oystercatcher Turnstone Eider Duck Cormorant Ringed Plover Sand Martin Skylark Lapwing
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11 years ago today I met Bill Oddie at Scotland’s Big Nature Festival.
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