Bluebells in the forest #WildFlowerHour

Great to see Wood Warbler back in the Highlands. Amazing to think they make a non-stop flight all the way from Africa to get here. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #SpringWatch

Snapshot of the last 5 days #birds #ukbirding #birdingscotland #ukwildlife #spring

Female Pied Flycatcher #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds @naturescot.bsky.social

VC96 @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social Brown Silver-line Garden Carpet x2 Grey Pug Common Marbled Carpet Alucita hexadactyla Brimstone #TeamMoth

Wasn’t expecting a message yesterday to say there was a humpback 10 minutes from home. Amazing to see & good to hear it made its way out of the firth OK, having been seen this afternoon at Portnockie. #MarineLife #Whale

Always exciting to see a new species. This red twin-spot carpet moth was at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Loch Garten yesterday. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #Moths

Great views of redstart at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Loch Garten The name comes from an old English term where "start" means tail, perfectly describing its bright rusty-red tail. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #RSPB

Nice to year tick redstart & spotted flycatcher over the last couple of days. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

A cold night at the weekend so just two moths in the trap for @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social Flame Carpet & Silver Y #TeamMoth @savebutterflies.bsky.social #MothsMatter

Was just about to give up on pied flycatcher today, when I heard this one! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Ring Ouzel with a mouth full of worms. I wonder how many chicks there are to be fed. Believe they can lay up to 6 eggs. Zoomed in from a distance to make sure I didn’t disturb the worm collecting! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #UKWildlife

A few things are starting to bloom in the garden. #WildFlowerHour

Whimbrel coloured pencil drawing #Artwork #Pencildrawing #Art #UKBirding #BirdingScotland

Great to hear that Magnus made it to Norway! Took a few videos when I saw him, but these are my favourites of him yawning & having a scratch! #nature #wildlife #MarineLife #Walrus #marinemammals #mammal

For the last couple of days, due to winds coming from the west, there has been a movement of skuas through the Great Glen. It was amazing to see my first long-tailed skua fly past at Alturlie yesterday evening. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #SpringWatch

Eider at Loch Fleet #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Kestrel in the evening light #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #UKWildlife #Birds

After dipping the Woodchat Shrike near Brora on Friday, I was really happy to see it yesterday. Nice to get a second life tick in just 10 days & both in Highland. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #HighlandBirds

Magnus the Walrus at Lossiemouth Harbour 21.04.26 #Nature #UKWildlife #Wildlife #Walrus

House Sparrow in the garden #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Whilst looking for spring migrants, there’s always plenty of other birds to spot in the trees. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Every year at the end of April/start of May Whimbrel make a pit stop at Alturlie on their Spring migration. After resting & refuelling in the Highlands, they move to breeding sites further north & in places such as Shetland & Iceland. #BirdingScotland #Birds #UKBirding

Every year at the end of April / beginning of May Whimbrel always make a pit stop at Alturlie on their Spring migration. #BirdingScotland #BirdsSeenIn2026 #UKBirding #Birds #HighlandBirds

Not much can rival a Slavonian Grebe in summer plumage! Check out that red eye! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #HighlandBirds

Great to see the female ring-necked duck which has been at Loch Laide the past few days. A very nice year tick! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #HighlandBirds

Kittiwakes off the Moray coastline #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Whilst out looking for local birds, the views are always pretty spectacular too, especially with the lovely weather we had last week. #BirdingScotland #Scotland #Highlands

Great to get 18 moths in the trap this weekend with 3 NFG : Shoulder Stripe, Ocherous Pug and Red Chestnut. @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #TeamMoth #Moths

Wasn’t expecting a message about a pair of wood sandpiper locally yesterday. A new lifer & a patch tick too! Thanks to @12broadbentm for spotting and letting me know! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social #Birds

Great to see black-throated diver back on a local loch in full breeding plumage. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Been ticking off a few spring migrants over the last few days. ✅ whitethroat ✅ wheatear ✅ whimbrel ✅ common sandpiper ✅ cuckoo ✅ grasshopper warbler And nice to see lots of white wagtail on the local shoreline too #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

We’ve spent the past few years turning our garden into a more wildlife-friendly, native habitat, regularly visited by hedgehogs, voles, mice, birds & butterflies. But this morning’s camera trap really surprised us… a badger! #UKWildlife #Badger #Hedgehog #GardenWildlife

White-billed diver near Banff Friday 17/04/26 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Puffins 17/04/26 #BirdsSeenIn2026 The earliest I’ve seen puffins in the year so far. One was still partly in its winter plumage, something I’ve never come across before. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Great views of gannets & my first fulmars & great northern diver of the year off the coast of Cullen last weekend. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Enjoyed a beautiful spring afternoon at Ardersier Common. The flowers were blooming, there were lots of newly arrived birds, including my first willow warbler of the year; lots of butterflies & a water carpet moth #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #Spring #SpringWatch @bchighland.bsky.social

Corn Bunting 16th April 2026 on local farmland. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #Birds

Wow! Amazing to see this Walrus at Lossiemouth Harbour today! Normally found in the high Arctic so very lost. Seemed to be injured but hopefully it’s not too severe. #wildlife #Nature #Walrus

Moth numbers in the trap are gradually increasing. 8 moths last weekend for @GardenMoths including double striped pug, clouded drab, Hebrew character, acleris hyemana & water drop wort brown #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #Moths

Quick stop at a local flooded farm field where there were great views of yellowhammer, 3 summer plumage black-tailed godwits on passage & a pair of locally scarce gadwall. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

First Osprey of the year 14/4/26 Always great to see them back. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #Raptors

An enjoyable 12km hike through local moorland. Quite a few moth caterpillars around including this fox moth & drinker moth. Lots of spawn in the boggy areas & a couple of lizards too. #UKWildlife #TeamMoth #Moths #Nature #Spring @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Hadn’t seen a hirundine this year until today, so it was great to see swallow, sand martin & house martin all at the river in Nairn. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Enjoyed an afternoon at Loch Fleet on Monday. It was great to see the sandwich tern back & year tick the long staying King Eider. Some Greenshank were an added bonus. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

It’s finally got a bit warmer so there were a few more moths in last nights trap & a couple of NFG: Early Grey & Diurnea fagella #MothsMatter #TeamMoth #Moths @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social

Exciting to see this young female Sparrowhawk trying to conceal itself behind a bush in the garden. It flew off chasing a blackbird, not sure if it caught it or not. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #Birds #UKBirding #UKWildlife

The enormity of the white-tailed eagle is always more obvious when it’s being mobbed by another bird. This buzzard looked so small in comparison. No surprise when a sea eagles wingspan can reach 2.4 metres. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

My third white-tailed eagle in the last month, all in different locations, & also saw my first Merlin of the year yesterday too, but didn’t have my camera ready for that one, unfortunately. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Hadn’t seen a Brambling in Highland for over two years, so it was great to see this one today & also a surprise hawfinch too. #HighlandBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #Birds