Brian E.Carruthers

Paid a visit to my family in Edinburgh, while there I visited Bavelaw Marsh hide again, for some quality up close birdwatching, species coming as close as 6 feet from my lens. Meeting some helpful local birders on site. @birdinglothian. Photos added to ebird.org/checklist/S309…

First back garden butterfly for the year, a Peacock (Aglais io) soaking up the sunshine on the pathway. Also had a Red Kite gliding high over Finglas West earlier heading North NE towards St.Margarets. @BioDataCentre @Butterfly_IE @savebutterflies @dublinbirding @BirdWatchIE

#40= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica with @woodlander37 Did the Cape to Kruger tour Oct'25 Report @ ebird.org/tripreport/429… Natal Spurfowl (Pternistis natalensis) Nicholson's Pipit (Anthus nicholsoni) Olive Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus olivaceus) Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus)

#39= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica with @woodlander37 Did Cape to Kruger tour Oct'25 ebird.org/tripreport/429… Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) Mountain Chat (Myrmecocichla monticola) Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens) Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua)

@MeathBirder @JVMonte2 My very first was Cozy Powell (Colin Trevor Flooks) right into his Rainbow years until I got into Rush with Neil Peart and there first album I bought 'A Farewell to Kings (1977)' for my 18th birthday that September.

@JVMonte2 Phil "filthy" Taylor.

Who was the FIRST drummer that knocked your socks off?

#38= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica with @woodlander37 Did Cape to Kruger tour Oct'25 Report ebird.org/tripreport/429… Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis) Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)

#37= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica with @woodlander37 Did the Cape to Kruger tour Oct'25 Report= ebird.org/tripreport/429… Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne) Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa) Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus)

Oriental Turtle Dove (A First for the island of Ireland) and an Irish Tick for myself and my travel companions to Harmony Hill, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, 17th-March-2026 Tom Kavanagh & @woodlander37 @BirdWatchIE @BioDataCentre @BirdGuides @BirdwatchExtra

#36= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica Tours with @woodlander37 Did the Cape to Kruger October'25 Report= ebird.org/tripreport/429… Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla-striata) Little Swift (Apus affinis) Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)

#35=15 days with @birdingafrica with @woodlander37 Cape-Kruger Oct25 eBird= ebird.org/tripreport/429… Lesser Swamp Warbler (Acrocephalus gracilirostris) Levaillant's Cisticola (Cisticola tinniens) Levaillant's Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii) Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)

#34= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica with @woodlander37 Cape-Kruger Oct'2025 ebird.org/tripreport/429… Large-billed Lark (Galerida magnirostris) Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) Lemon Dove (Aplopelia larvata larvata-bronzina) Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)

@MarkLTighe @NatureNymph THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO RE-PLANT THE WHOLE HEDGEROW AGAIN

In Clonmel today where Coolmore has been the first company convicted under environmental laws protecting hedgerows for "serious" and "egregious" environmental damage

#33= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica Tours with @woodlander37 Did the Cape to Kruger trip October 2025 @Team_eBird = ebird.org/tripreport/429… Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix) Knysna Woodpecker (Campethera notata) Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyana)

#32= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica with @woodlander37 Cape to Kruger trip October 2025 eBird = ebird.org/tripreport/429… Karoo Scrub-Robin (Tychaedon coryphoeus) Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus vetula) Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius) Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)

#31= A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica Tours with @woodlander37 Cape to Kruger trip October 2025 eBird = ebird.org/tripreport/429… Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) Jameson's Firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)

#30=A 15 day trip with @birdingafrica Tours with @woodlander37 Cape to Kruger trip October 2025 eBird report = ebird.org/tripreport/429… Gurney's Sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi) Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) Hartlaub's Gull (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)

Did the Cape Town to Kruger trip October 2025 eBird trip report = ebird.org/tripreport/429…

#29=Took a 15 day trip with @birdingafrica Tours with @woodlander37 Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) Greater Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris afer) Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)

@BrennanMartine Lovely Capture

Red Swordgrass moth to my trap in Laois overnight, very good wood mimic! #teammoth