#BirdingScotland @birdinglothian.bsky.social 2 Black-Throated Divers off Barns Ness today, a species I've found difficult to connect with in the last 2 years.

Waxwing calling clearly at Clippens Drive, Burdiehouse, but I couldn't get a visual. #BirdingScotland

This Ringtail Hen Harrier was a nice surprise during our walk from Pittenweem to Elie. #BirdingFife #BirdingScotland

Cramond Island, 9.30-16.30 19 Pomarine Skua (7E individually, 2 flocks of 8W and 4W) c40 Arctic Skuas (mostly W) 5 Little Gull 1 Arctic Tern 1 Sandwich Tern 2 Great Northern Diver (1E, 1W) 34 Red-throated Diver (mostly W) 2 Raven 1 Chiffchaff #BirdingScotland @birdinglothian.bsky.social

Hound Point: 1-2 ad. Black Tern, one lingering for 2 hours. 4 Bonxies W 4 Pintail W @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #BirdingEdinburgh

Eyemouth Seawatch: 3 Wigeon N 1 Teal N 1 Scaup N 9 Common Scooter N 2 Red-breasted Merganser N 1 Whimbrel N 3 Bar-tailed Godwit N 1 Puffin 2 Red-throated Diver N 1 S 1 Sooty Shearwater N 14 Manx Shearwater N and lingering #BirdingScotland #BirdingScottishBorders

Clippens Drive, Burdiehouse Burn LNR: 579 Pink-footed Geese 7 Song Thrush 535 Meadow Pipit 77 Siskin #BirdingScotland #BirdingEdinburgh @birdinglothian.bsky.social

Hound Point: 1 juv. Long-tailed Skua 2 ad. Pomarine Skuas 2 Bonxies c30 Arctic Skua 85 Pink-footed Geese 1 Whimbrel 6 Red-throated Diver 1 Manx Shearwater 3 Raven James Moreland Lukasz M Pulawski #BirdingScotland #BirdingLothian #BirdingEdinburgh

Clippens Drive, Burdiehouse Burn LNR: 11/08 1 Swift sp. S 258 House Martin mostly S 190 Swallow mostly SW 13/08 208 Swallow mostly W 260 Meadow Pipit S #BirdingScotland #BirdingLothian #BirdingEdinburgh

Clippens Drive, Burdiehouse Burn LNR from 6.30 until 7.30a.m.: 143 Meadow Pipit S, SW 73 Swallow S, SW Danderhall: 3 Golden Plover SW #BirdingScotland #BirdingEdinburgh #BirdingLothian

It has been a few years since I last saw a Pectoral Sandpiper, so I actually enjoyed this fella more than the Marsh Sandpiper. At Musselburgh new lagoons. #BirdingScotland #BirdingLothian

Eyemouth, 09.30-12.00 Balearic Shearwater 1S Teal 1 N Common Scooter 10 N Goldeneye 3 S Red-breasted Merganser 2 S Bar-tailed Godwit 1 N 1 S Arctic Skua 5 N Puffin 2 N Roseate Tern 1N Arctic Tern 30 N 1 S Twite 3 N #birdingscotland #birdingscottishborders

Burdiehouse Burn LNR: 2 Tree Pipit S #birdingedinburgh #birdinglothian #birdingscotland

Fairly quiet birding day out Barns Ness: 24 Manx Shearwater N 1 Red-throated Diver N 17 Fulmar N 7 Common Scoter N 5 Whimbrel N Barns Ness new quarry: 1 Raven Fluke Dubb: 2 Greenshank Dunbar-Barns Ness: 17 Grey Heron scattered along the shore #BirdingScotland #BirdingLothian

Clippens Drive, Burdiehouse Burn LNR: Only 1 Tree Pipit in 2 hours, but flying low SWW #BirdindScotland #BirdingLothian #birdingedinburgh

07/08 Burdiehouse Burn LNR: 2 Tree Pipit SW 08/08 Burdiehouse Burn LNR: 2 Tree Pipit SW #BirdingScotland #BirdingLothian #BirdingEdinburgh

Also at Tyninghame at least 6 Roseate Terns, including this adult and juvenile. #BirdingScotland

American Black Tern at Tyninghame Bay originally found by no other than KG and re-found today after 1-day hiatus (it spent yesterday at Long Nanny) by TO. #BirdingScotland @birdinglothian.bsky.social

I was treated today to my first Scottish Hobby at my old patch of Cramond Island. It was briefly harassed by LBBG before it flew N directly to Fife. I believe it's a subadult based on light-tipped primaries. #BirdingScotland @birdinglothian.bsky.social

@birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingScotland Splendid views of Spoonbill at Musselburgh old scrapes today.

@upperforthbirds.bsky.social Grasshopper Warbler reeling at Cambus Pools

Shore Lark still at Barns Ness. @birdinglothian.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

2 Snow Bunting @ Eyemouth Seawatching Point @birdguides.bsky.social

Great Northern Diver today at Musselburgh between the old scrapes and Morrison's Haven. @birdinglothian.bsky.social

Great White Egret showed outside the hide at Bavelaw in the afternoon. Also female Scaup there. @birdinglothian.bsky.social

Clippens Drive, Edinburgh: Waxwing heard twice, but not seen @birdguides.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Barns Ness: 1 Little Auk, 1 Great Northern Diver, both E #BirdingScotland @birdinglothian.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Musselburgh seawall: 1 Short-eared Owl E 2 Slavonian Grebes 16 Twite Hope Place, Musselburgh: 10 Collared Dove @birdinglothian.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Hawfinch flying directly S over Clippens Drive, Burdiehouse Burn Valley LNR, at 8:00 am. @birdinglothian.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirdalertuk.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

3 out of 5 Twite feeding at sea plantain at Musselburgh today. #BirdingScotland @birdinglothian.bsky.social

I saw this interesting gull in Musselburgh today. I personally think it's LBBG x HG hybrid. Opinions welcome. @birdinglothian.bsky.social #birdingscotland

Musselburgh Seawall: 5 Twite Musselburgh Boating Pond: 1 Kingfisher @birdinglothian.bsky.social #birdingscotland

Torness (9:00): 8 Little Auk N in 20 minutes Barns Ness (12:00): 2 Little Auk N over rocks Whitesands: 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose N @birdinglothian.bsky.social #birdingscotland

St. Abb's Head (12:00-13:00) 1 Black-throated Diver S 1 Sooty Shearwater S 2 Little Auk S Mire Loch: 2 Lapland Bunting over 1 Chiffchaff @birdguides.bsky.social #scotlandbirding

St. Abbs: 2 Little Auk, 1 Black-throated Diver S @birdguides.bsky.social

2 Lapland Bunting over Mire Loch, Scottish Borders @birdguides.bsky.social

1 Great Northern Diver between the second and third bench off Musselburgh seawall. @birdinglothian.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Gosford Bay: White-winged Scoter mid-distance @birdguides.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social