📢 Attention north coasters! Celebrate the small blue butterfly with a 15km guided walk with John O’Groats Trail manager Kenneth McElroy!

📅 Sunday 12 May
📍 Castlehill to Dunnet Head, leaving Castlehill Heritage Centre at 11.30am

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Lone Waxwing in Reay today #CaithnessBirds BirdGuides

Lots of Golden Plover around at the moment. Approx 2,200 at Noss, 1,200 at Quoys of Reiss and 1,500 at Loch Heilen today #CaithnessBirds

Short-eared Owl on a garden bird bath at St John’s Loch this morning! Photo by Sue Edwards. Another SE Owl at Auckengill, 6 Velvet Scoter & 4 BT Diver at Ackergill and the first Cuckoo of the year at Reay today #CaithnessBirds

STOP PRESS!
The only Black-tailed Godwit to star in its own blog, dropped into Tiree today! Parula
On its way to #Iceland but thwarted by strong NW winds.
In 2017 it stopped off in Caithness (📷 Karen Munro)
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Short-eared Owl I’m off the sea at Nybster this evening. Seems to be quite a few in the county at the moment #CaithnessBirds

Brambling at Nybster this morning. Lots of Goldfinches heading north this week too. A few big flocks of Golden Plover in the county too #CaithnessBirds

A few common migrants moving up the east coast today including Brambling and Goldfinch flocks. Three Rooks flew north this afternoon and White Wagtails along the coast #CaithnessBirds

Fresh in on the SW's, Magpie is added to the house and Patchwork Challenge list. Still a very good bird this far north in the county, winds are a nightmare for it's tail #PWC2024 #patchgold #CaithnessBirds

Swallow in Scrabster this morning (7/4/24) Caithness Birds
Also had our first Sandmartin here on 31/3/24.

1500 reads of this blog about the #migration of Scottish Greenshank since paper was published in BTO journal #BirdStudy in March 2020 🎂4⃣
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#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

Working up in northern Scotland this week and came across an adult Kumlien’s gull in Thurso harbour late this afternoon, it flew out to sea in the dying light but hopefully it’ll be back tomorrow for some better pics

This huge brown Peregrine (pale naped) was chasing Pink-footed Geese near Reiss this afternoon. Wonder if its possibly from the tundra? Unlikely to have hatched locally. #CaithnessBirds

Snow Goose still at Calder Mains this evening plus an adult Iceland Gull in Scrabster harbour #CaithnessBirds

3rd w Iceland Gull in Scrabster harbour this afternoon #CaithnessBirds

53 species, 47 km cycles today. Highlight was this Hen Harrier at the bakery #PWC2024 Patchwork Challenge #CaithnessBirds

Short-eared Owl hunting along the roadside as we passed through Huna this afternoon #CaithnessBirds

Police are appealing for information after a White Fronted Goose was shot and disposed of in a plastic bag on the banks of River Thurso in the Halkirk area, after a report on Tuesday 30th January 2023 of parts of a bird being found within a plastic bag. Caithness Birds

My VIP guests for this years RSPB Scotland #BigGardenBirdWatch Two Waxwings 💖 One arrived on the 20th and was joined by the other on the 25th. I wonder how long they will stay?
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A lovely if chilly evening for our BTO #WinGS count: 2302 Herring, 733 Common, 3 Great Black-backed & 2 Black-headed Gulls
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