
Stephen Welch
@lothianrecorder
Lothian SOC bird recorder from 2011: atlas, gull/tern ring reading, vismig/nocmig, Seton/Gosford patch, roosts & garden birding (lothianrecorder on BlueSky)
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ad drake Surf Scoter in Gosford Bay distantly to north in line with tanker, diving alone (pic), though still fairly large gathering of sea duck, influx since at least mid-Sept with 4150 Eider on 21/9 and c.2k Common Scoter, bit lower today: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pubc… Birding Lothian





Good visibility across Forth from Seton, 90+ Little Gulls spread out feeding, 5 GND, 6 RNG off Sands, drake Surf among scoter, many W flushed by boat*; ystdy ad Barn Swallow with damaged tail feeding over house in Longniddry in afternoon Birding Lothian * app.bto.org/birdtrack/pubc…


Drake White-winged Scoter still among Velvets off Ferny Ness, also 4 drake Surfs together distantly to north-west - some chasing and display (pics), also 1 GND, 5 RNG, 20 Slavs, 90+ LTD Birding Lothian


Some photos of the long returning Mediterranean Gull at Strathclyde Loch this weekend. Ringed as a chick in Antwerp in 2002, it's a decent age! Clyde Birding



Gosford Bay scoter flock much reduced (after storms?) but 1 ad drake Surf still, also 2 Red-necked Grebes, ad Great Northern Diver, Great Crested Grebe, 24 Slav Grebe, courting Long-tailed Ducks; full counts: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pubc… Birding Lothian



