Not often I get to see a first for Britain and even better when it is only a couple of miles away!! Sadly not a tick but this Grey Heron/Great Egret hybrid is a very elegant bird. #birdingscotland

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The new muddy pools at St Fittick's drew out a Jack Snipe this evening, my first of the autumn. I must have happened upon it as it was feeding, but inevitably it saw me first and froze still. #Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife #ThermalBirding

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Surprise Kingfisher on quick whizz around Portsoy just before dusk, by rockpools near the fish shop. Patch ✔️ @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

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All the way from North America: wonderful views of this Grey-cheeked Thrush at Quarff, Shetland today. The twelfth record for Shetland with five of those records coming from Fair Isle, including Britain's first in 1953. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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"Nothing is black-and-white, there are only shades of grey." Your words during a discussion about Redpolls on the occasion of my first BOURC meeting; they stayed with me. Just so, and ultimately what makes life interesting.

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