December sunshine along the Cromarty Firth #Nature #Scotland #Highlands

A great outing with @scottishbirding.bsky.social Highland Branch on Saturday morning. We recorded 61 species at Evanton in the December sunshine. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

LIFER 225: 1st Winter Male King Eider Seen on Friday 19/12/25 at Dornoch. Also a large flock of common scoter with velvet & surf scoter amongst them, scaup & purple sandpiper. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds @rarebirder.bsky.social #BirdsSeenin2025

It’s #NationalRobinDay !

Latest pencil drawing. Wanted to draw something I hadn’t tried before so went with a Shoebill. #Artwork #Art #Pencildrawing #Birds

Just before 11pm last night in the centre of Inverness the lights were dancing over the hospital. #NorthernLights #Aurora @invernesscourier.co.uk

The best show from the garden for a good while. #aurora #northernlights

18:17 12th December Inverness #aurora #NorthernLights

Great views of golden plover at Alturlie on Friday #BirdingScotland #Birds #UKBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social

Common toad #wildlife #Nature #Amphibian #Toad

It was worth the early start to catch this beautiful sunrise and watch a hobby soaring overhead. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Nature

A couple of mushrooms I spotted in the woods: Shaggy Parasol & Clouded Funnel #FungiFriday #Mushrooms #Fungi

Culbin Bar 23 October 2025 - Highland Birds www.highlandbirds.scot/1/post/2025/...

A closer look at the shore’s hidden residents, perfectly adapted to life between the tides. Found green shore crabs, some covered in barnacles. #NaturePhotography #MarineWildlife #TidalWorlds #CoastalWildlife #CrabWatch #MarineLife #CoastalLife #MarineEcology

Just a sheep and its feathered friend, enjoying the view across the Moray Firth! #BirdingScotland #FarmingLife #Birds

Enjoyed an hour on my patch yesterday morning. Good numbers of bar-tailed godwits & curlews on the shoreline and surprisingly my first mistle thrush on patch, which takes my local patch list to 114 @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #Birds

Zero moths in the trap for @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social this weekend. So instead I’ll share a couple of moth caterpillars spotted in the garden recently. I think they are a ghost moth & large yellow underwing. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #Moths

Highland Cow #highlandcow #highlandcattle #scotland #farmlife #scottishhighlandcattle #cows

Huge flock of pink-footed geese in fields on Black Isle today. In amongst them was a single barnacle goose & a Leucistic pink-foot. #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Autumn #Highlands

Had a bit of a “wild goose chase” the last couple of weeks so happy to finally catch up with the snow goose at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Udale Bay this afternoon. Also great to see a few whooper swans and a raft of scaup at Jemimaville. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Highlandbirds

Exploring Culbin Woods. Sand dunes, sea views & miles of trails through the woods. #VisitScotland #CulbinWoods #Scotland #NaturePhotography #Forest #Nature

Latest pencil drawing: Yellow-browed Warbler. #UKBirding #Pencildrawing #Birds #Art #Sketch #Artwork #Nature

Four regular visitors to the garden. #GardenBirds #BirdPhotography #WildlifeWednesday #UKBirding #Birds

Just one Silver Y moth in the trap this weekend for @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #TeamMoth #Moths #MothsMatter

Any ideas what might have made these footprints in the sand? I thought maybe a stoat? #UKWildlife #Nature #Tracks #Mammals

Saw so much fungi wandering the woods at Culbin. Found the classic red & white Fly Agaric, some strange looking black, wrinkly ones: Elfin Saddle. We also found Moor Club: bright yellow fungi that look like fingers sticking out of the ground! #Fungi #Mushrooms #Scotland #Autumn

Buzzard overhead at Culbin on Thursday during @scottishbirding.bsky.social outing. #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #Birds

Just finished this drawing of a nightjar in flight. Really enjoyed working on the feather details and shading! #Art #Drawing #BirdArt #WildlifeArt #Pencildrawing #Birds #UKBirding

With the recent influx of Glossy Ibis I was hoping to see some whilst I was down in England so I was happy to spot these two by the Humber Estuary. A life tick for me. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding #Birds

One last visit to @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social last week produced cracking views of Yellow-browed Warbler, best of the trip for me. It was joined by an equally photogenic blackcap. #UKBirding #Birds #AutumnMigration

Spent a great morning at Kilnsea Wetlands last week. Lots to see including my first ever Roesel’s Bush-Cricket along with the bird life. #UKWildlife #Birding #YorkshireNature #NaturePhotography #UKBirding #Insect

For the first time since I started birding I passed 200 bird species seen in a year with this lifer pectoral sandpiper at Kilnsea Wetlands last week. #UKBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #My200BirdYear

Crossbill in Culbin Forest this afternoon

Fantastic morning at South Landing, Flamborough last week. Picked up a couple of Yellow-browed Warblers flitting through the sycamores in the ravine. Great seeing these little Siberian visitors #birding #YorkshireBirds #Flamborough @flamboroughbird.bsky.social #UKBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 2/2

Brilliant to get the chance to see more yellow-browed warbler being ringed at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social last week. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding #Birds 1/2

VC 96 20/10/25 6:5 Angle Shades Yellow-line Quaker Heath Tortrix Spruce Carpet And new for me, a stunning Feathered Thorn @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social #TeamMoth #Moths

Spotted at Hornsea Mere last week. Whiter head made me think it might be Caspian Gull. Thankfully it was colour ringed & thanks to Ronald Klein confirmed as a Caspian ringed in Hiddensee, Germany 09/06/23. Year tick 199 ✅ Lifer tick 222 ✅ #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding #Gull

I really enjoyed my first visit to @spurnbirdobs last week. Highlights included great views of grey wagtail from the hide; snipe, whimbrel & curlew sandpiper along the shoreline; lots of winter thrushes arriving & dark-bellied Brent geese. #UKBirding #Birds

Saw my first brambling of the year at Spurn earlier this week, including this one that was being ringed. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UKBirding #Birds

First Yellow-browed Warbler for me at Spurn this week, seen in the hand during ringing. Amazing to think this tiny bird has travelled all the way from Siberia. #birding #migration #Spurn #ringing #UKBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds

Saw this gull at Hornsea Mere in East Yorkshire and not sure what it is. Has a yellow colour ring with XOA3 on it. Thought originally it might be a Caspian due to very white head but head proportions don’t seem right. Any help much appreciated. #UKBirding #Gulls #EastYorkshire #Birds

Only 3 moths in the trap for @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social this week but some of my favourite autumn species: Angle Shades, Silver Y & Green-Brindled Crescent. #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #Moths

Still really windy at Alturlie yesterday. Most of the waders were hunkering down like these Dunlin. Great views of a single bar-tailed godwit. 5 sand martin flew past, 2 Long-tailed ducks (first of the winter) & patch tick gannet #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #patchbirding #birds

It was still pretty wild at Alturlie after Storm Amy. A Leach’s Petrel flew right next to car & then got blown inland in with a flock of lapwings. There was also a single swallow, wheatear, canada geese and some very exhausted looking chiffchaffs! #patchbirding #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Spotted this little zebra jumping spider in the garden showing off its stripes! They don’t bother with webs, they just leap around hunting, sometimes jumping 10× their body length. Always amazing what you can find when you look closely. #WildlifePhotography #JumpingSpider

A great morning at Tarbat Ness over the weekend. This wren found a nice snack in the plantation; great to see knot on the rocks & lots of curlew flying over. As we were leaving there was a large flock of golden plover on the farmland. #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds

Visited Tarbat Ness at the weekend. I did a sound recording at the plantation which picked up what it said was a yellow-browed warbler. Stayed a while but didn’t see or hear it again. Playing it back it does sound like the call and the sonogram shape seems to match? Any thoughts?

Bar-headed goose in with the greylags at Alturlie on Friday. #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #Birds

Excited that 3 of my photos were shortlisted in the Martin Mere photography competition (Junior category) for the second year in a row! This year’s theme was insects. #WildlifePhotography #Insects

19/09/25 VC96. Only 7 species, definitely starting to feel more autumnal. Highlights were pink-barred sallow & Epinotia tenerana NFG #TeamMoth @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social