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What a fantastic year 2024 has been. A great year in Scotland with 220 birds seen with my favourite being the Steppe Grey Shrike back in September and many great birds in Corsica. So much to look forward to next year including some fantastic trips!

Fantastic big birding day by bike. 107 species seen with highlights being a Woodcock flying to its day roost and a Red-necked Grebe off Port Seton. A great start to 2025! Birding Lothian

A fantastic days birding in Lothian today competing in the annual bird race! 97 species seen with highlights being Red-necked Grebe, Black-tailed Godwit and Woodcock. Though we missed some sitters! Congrats Jarrod Hadfield who won in the tie breaker against us.

A great afternoon’s birding at Seafield after my last prelim This gorgeous Mediterranean Gull was the best that I saw as well as very distant views of a Hen Harrier on Inchkeith (does that count as a Lothian tick?😉) Birding Lothian

Fantastic day in Fife by bus! Starting at Lochore with the 22 Whitefronts, Great Egret, Green Sandpiper and Green Woodpecker. Then to Methil Harbour, Leven, where I saw the White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoters, Scaup and Black-throated Diver! Fife never disappoints!

A fantastic trip to Pembrokeshire. 106 species seen with highlights being the stunning Pallid Harrier at Dowrog, finding a Caspian Gull at the Gann, Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, SEO, Chough, Jack Snipe and so much more! The coastline was beautiful as always.

Lovely afternoon trip to Duddingston. Highlights being my first singing Chiffchaff and Blackcap. As well as an acrobatic Ring-necked Parakeet. 55 species seen in total with other nice species being Water Rail, Gadwall and Goldeneye. A great way to start this year’s spring.

Great trip to Duddingston this afternoon. My first Mediterranean Gull ever on the loch was a surprise. 2 RN Parakeets was my first multiple birds sighting. 12 Whooper Swans going north was nice to see. Also a singing Chiffchaff and calling Water Rails. Birding Lothian

No sign of the King Eider from Seafield, Portobello or Joppa. Viewing conditions were difficult with sea fog being a problem for most of the morning. Nice to see my first Pintails and Black Guillemot of the year off Joppa. Birding Lothian

Fantastic ferry trip from Oban to Tiree. Beautiful scenery and fantastic wildlife. The best being 2 White-tailed and 1 Golden Eagle, 1 Bonxie, Manxies, Bottlenose Dolphins and lots of auks. An early start in Edinburgh at 02:00 proved to be very worth it!

Our first day on Tiree was very special. Such a precious place with so many birds. Highlights today were Black-throated Diver, Wheatear, Peregrine, Barnacle Geese, Common Redpoll and Willow Warblers. Also nice to find this colour ringed Oyc. Cannot wait for the next few days.

Great morning’s birding around Tiree. Started at Loch a’ Phuill where there was 2 Pintail, 11 Blackwits, a Sand Martin and 1 Whitefront nearby. Then a surprise at Traigh Bhi with both Little and Sandwich Tern and then finishing off with a Glaucous Gull at Gott Bay.

Lovely day on Tiree. Great birds including 7 Little Tern at Gott Bay, Whimbrel and Tysties. My highlight being a Lapland Bunting overhead at Balephuill Bay. Tiree never disappoints!

Alpine Swift flying NE along the top of the cliffs at Ceann a’ Mhara, Tiree at 08:05. BirdGuides RareBirdAlertUK

Lovely morning birding on Tiree. Lots of great birds including 60 Brent Geese going North over Gott Bay, Glaucous Gull near Sorobaidh Bay and 3 Little Terns and a Sandwich Tern side by side at Hynish Bay. Also a Herring Gull with white colour ring with red code 73A:C.

Ending Tiree with a bang! Thought that I should try to hear an early Corncrake but wasn’t expecting it to really happen! Absolute shock is all I can say! The bird then decided to cross the road in front of us and fly off to the other side of the road.

Fantastic day hiking in the Highlands. So many birds including Ptarmigan, Black Grouse, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, Red Kites, Ring Ouzel, White-tailed Eagle, breeding waders and an Osprey on the way home. Really nice to see a high diversity of breeding birds in a Scottish glen.

A fantastic day at Musselburgh. 100 species seen in 8 hours. Completely surpassed my expectations! Highlights being a Yellow Wagtail, Little Ringed Plovers, Jack Snipe, Common Terns and the superb Lesser Whitethroat that has been singing its heart out! Birding Lothian

A quick stop to Musselburgh yesterday evening. Both the Temminck’s Stints and the Garganey were still present from the left hand hide. Really nice views of both species. Birding Lothian

A really nice trip to Musselburgh yesterday evening. Highlights being the pair of Avocets found earlier in the day on the old scrapes and finding a pair of Temminck’s Stints (new birds?) on the new lagoons (shown in video). Birding Lothian