We’ve now two last minute spaces available on our early spring Short Break, staying at the Grant Arms Wildlife Hotel. Black Grouse at the leks, Divers returning to breeding lochs while wintering sea-ducks have yet to leave. www.highlandnature.co.uk/febmarch-202...

Significant arrival of Oystercatchers inland since yesterday evening. #birdingscotland #highlandbirds

Interesting large movement of Pink-feet after dusk. High. Sounded like they were moving from the south, coming over the Cairngorms! #highlandbirds app.birdweather.com/soundscapes/...

Looking through the local gull flock by Gairloch yesterday I thought the Bonaparte's Gull looked different from the one I've been seeing. After looking through a video that I took I can see that there are at least 2 of them! Video grab attached #highlandbirds

SOC Highland Branch are giving 15 Highland-based young birdwatchers the opportunity to attend the SOC/ @btoscotland.bsky.social Spring Conference on Sat 14 March '26 for just £10! Places are limited & will be allocated through an application process. Application criteria applies tinyurl.com/4cwscusk

Claim of an Osprey yesterday near Inverness but remains unverified as yet. Photo begs a few questions. #highlandbirds #birdingscotland.

First inland Oystercatcher of the year over Nethybridge this morning ! #highlandbirds #birdingscotland

Catching the sunrise. www.highlandnature.co.uk

Saw my first inland Oystercatcher yesterday, Broxden roundabout Perth. Tentative signs of spring already. #birdingscotland.

New Year’s Day officially the least birds recorded in the garden this winter. Even the PUC only picked up four species calling. Unheard of normally. Seem to be back today. Where’s that Bluetail !!!

Young friend of mine has just found this in the Nethybridge area of Highland this morning. No further details as yet #ukbirding

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

The Snowy Owl has been declared Regionally Extinct in Sweden. For the first time in 20 years, the country has officially lost a bird species. - www.birdlife.org/news/2025/12... #BirdingScotland #UKBirding Attributed to a combination of climate change and disruption to the lemming cycle. A tragedy.

Inland Oystercatcher over last night! First or last ? app.birdweather.com/soundscapes/... #puc #birdingscotland

The new update to the BirdTrack app introduces several features aimed at helping us collect accurate bird data and alert you to those slip of the finger data entry errors #ukbirding

Interesting nocturnal movemebt of Pinks last night in poor weather where are they so desperate to get to app.birdweather.com/soundscapes/...

This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.

Fascinating insight into the movement of Pink-feet over the Cairngorms last night. #bwpuc

Please share ! This one just needs knocking on the head once and for all.

Sail away this autumn! Experience autumn migration in Scotland’s Western Isles. Last two places. #Birding #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography highlandnature.co.uk

This one has stumped me, at 3 seconds in. PUC didn’t even give a guess, it was the Goldcrest it picked up. #BWPUC app.birdweather.com/soundscapes/...

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Join us this autumn for some spectacular Highland scenery & birding. #BirdingTours #ScotlandNature #BirdingScotland #EcoTravel #WildlifeWatching #HighlandNature

This is where a pair of Aberdeenshire #Nightjars are nesting & roosting. Not a great choice -a Red #Deer highway! Lucky the eggs/young didn't get trampled - or eaten by deer. @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @nesmammals.bsky.social #birdingscotland

Rook doing a pretty good impression of Common Crane ! #puc app.birdweather.com/soundscapes/...

Scottish ministers are being urged to rethink a 'poor decision' to grant a licence to kill hundreds of gannet chicks 👇

About time this ridiculous “tradition” was forgotten. 500 Gannets to the slaughter for the sake of an all male summer booze up. Disgrace the licence was granted. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Classic 🤣

No mention at all by national media. It’s only a 15km long fire in the Highlands.

Huge fires currently burning north of Grantown on Dava Moor.

Ruff & Whooper from our recent trip to the Hebrides. www.highlandnature.co.uk

Seeing as how the action figure pack is in vogue just now, was sent this earlier. Seems legit eh - maxed out credit card, bird guide for those tricky to ID common birds that never usually get looked at, sat nav, twat Quattro, and half a brain............... #UKbirding #twitching

Clearly the muir burn fraternity don’t seem to understand the meaning of “High Wildfire Risk”.

Lek it Be.

Give Capercaillie some peace this spring !! Lek it Be Chwmpions. lekitbe.scot/lek-it-be-ch...

The gulls are back inland as winter slips away.

Still winter at the top of Cairngorm !

Stumbled across this House of Lords Capercaillie discussion from 1999. An interesting read for anyone interested in their history in Scotland ! api.parliament.uk/historic-han...

Surviving the cold.

Already singing & on territory, one of our early nesters. #birding.

Winter, Loch Garten. www.highlandnature.co.uk

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Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.

The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country!

At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.

So IS there anyway of hiding media in posts as in X. With just one or maybe two posts per screen it’s my biggest issue here. Too much scrolling, I see far less posts than X.

NEW: The Scottish Government has declared that the whole of Scotland is now under an avian flu prevention zone The announcement follows an exclusion zone being established in Aberdeen earlier this month following an outbreak of avian flu www.thenational.scot/news/2488477...

Over 50,000 Don’t be shy. Feel free to add your signature. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Rather unusual sighting of a Green Woodpecker in the centre of Grantown! One regular site near Aviemore, none in nearby Moray. Probably the most northerly in UK. #highlandbirds

The Highland Branch of Scottish Ornithologists’ Club is helping to put together the Spring Birdwatchers’ Conference on Saturday 15th March organised by @scottishbirding.bsky.social and @btoscotland.bsky.social Details below: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/scotti...