Perhaps Rizal Park at 6am on a weekday is not the place to go birding, on account of the loud music everywhere! Still managed Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker, Black-naped Oriole, Phil Pied Fantail, Pied Triller, Golden-bellied Gerygone, Nankeen Night Heron & Whiskered Terns overhead.

Fantastic birding in Mt Kinabalu Park with Everett's Thrush showing exceptionally well this am, multiple Whitehead's Trogons, stunning Bornean Green Magpies & Golden-naped Barbet; achieved >50 sp so far! Mammals inc Banded Linsang, Mt Tree Shrew & Whitehead's Pygmy Squirrel.

A triumph birding today - the mega Whitehead's Broadbill!! Our final day in Mt Kinabalu NP also yielded Bornean Stubtail, Long-tailed Broadbills, Bornean Swiftlets, great views of Orange-backed Woodpecker, Pale-faced and Penan Bulbuls and Mountain Serpent Eagle 🇵🇭

Lovely find on a local winter walk!

Very lucky to have a shared some of these special sightings ⭐️

Borneo must be one of the most conflicting places I’ve visited - the incredible diversity of life juxtaposes the clinical monoculture of Oil Palm which borders most of the protected forest here. Orangutans are not just a draw for tourists but a keystone species we must protect.

Hawfinches made an excellent start to our first day home in the Scottish Highlands! Also 250+ Scaup, Slavonian Grebes, RT Divers, Eiders, LT ducks and plenty of PF geese!

The first full day of our Scottish lives was mainly spent on the Black Isle, h’lights being 4 Hawfinches, 270 Scaup & Slav Grebes.

My first Smew too!

A fleeting visit but we’ll be back!

Plenty of birds I have yet to see and such a stunning place to end our trip 🥰

Some Cape specialties found today and all new to me! Including Cape Rockjumper, Cape Sugarbirds, Orange-breasted Sunbird and Cape Grassbird 🇿🇦

A beautiful day on the west coast, with at least 25 GN Divers, 6 BT Divers and 15 Purple Sandpipers, as well as a lovely male Hen Harrier I was very pleased to spot! The day finished with a spontaneous dip in the loch & a cracking Six Nations match!

A fantastic view of my first Green-winged Teal (centre) after work today with Matt Eade, photographed just before it flew off. A lovely end to a day where I also had a fab Merlin sighting!

I love this trio of Corn Buntings - I wonder what they were gazing at…perhaps the sun? After declines in recent decades, it was great to see sizeable flocks in Aberdeenshire, a sign they are doing well in some areas.

Oh I did enjoy reading this, but given how we started I wouldn’t have it any other way ⁦Matt Eade⁩ 😂 discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/b…

Still stunned by that Western Hooded Pitta popping out in front of me 🤗🙈

Perfect weekend in our favourite place, with my favourite person 🥰

Excellent day birding with cracking Golden Eagle action, a ringtail over my head, my first Willow Warbler and Redstart of ‘25 and this stunning freshly-emerged Emperor moth!!

Beinn Eighe Mountain Trail with Calum Urquhart and a good find of various Liverworts including Northern Prongwort, which is actually rare in the UK, only being found here!