Aidan Branch

Laughing Kookaburra- A species highly associated with Australia. This individual was at King’s Park in Perth,WA and showed extremely well, not at all how I imagined seeing my first Kookaburra- @vikingoptical

@ElliotsPetrel @LongPointBirdOb Seeing that 🤯

This may be the end of our facilities at the Tip of Long Point. Wish us luck.

@matttkj @FifeBirdNews Congrats Matt, your gonna be missed, need a days birding before we both go on too pastures new!!

Fife coast, you better be ready for me... 🐦🔭 In less than 4 weeks I'll be studying medicine at St Andrews University 😗 I can't wait to explore this beautiful part of Scotland and call it my local patch #alevelresultsday @FifeBirdNews

A lovely wander round the Moss this morning: Bittern, 2 Drake Garganey & a Ruff were the highlights as well as this amazing Long Tailed Tit nest, what a masterpiece!

@austinmorley402 That first nest a Ringed Plover?

Buffer zones in place along with hoardings. More breeding birds, their eggs and their nests safe from the developers 🐣

@austinmorley402 Great selection mate!!

There is no better way to see these magnificent birds then in the Spring sunshine, especially up the atmospheric brooding bulk of Pendle Hill. I do love dotterel. austinmorley.blogspot.com

A nice morning up in the hills produced these late Easter eggs 😉 a lovely Lapwing nest and one of many, fingers crossed for another good year!

The Viking Ventura makes an excellent travel companion on those #citybreaks Compact enough for a pocket but with the quality to bring in that detail. vikingoptical.co.uk/product/viking… 305g won't ruin that carry-on allowance either 😉 #berlin #fernsehturm #travel

An afternoon visit to the Allen Pool with @matttkj produced the Male Green Winged Teal in some tough light. Image thanks to Matt!

@vikingoptical @Natures_Voice @RSPBAireValley @robwhyatt @WildlifePete @cianbirder @ElliotMontieth_ @MikeDawson28 @bonxie Great bit of kit and a great bloke!

Top @Natures_Voice #rspb #optics #volunteer Andy demonstrating the #VikingOptical #smartphone adapter (only £29.95! Scope not included! 😬) @RSPBAireValley with @robwhyatt Vikings finest 😉 #lookalittlecloser #phonescoping

@HeyshamObs @vikingoptical @matttkj @cianbirder Hi Jean, this was at Jerry’s garden, there was maybe another 3/4 in the area and had a lot since, my first one was maybe around the 23rd at Leighton 😌

@aidanbirding @vikingoptical @matttkj @cianbirder Was that at Leighton? Spring is later there - We had our first one at Heysham on 20 March and half a dozen since.

A mornings ringing produced the first Chiffchaff of the year, a true sign of spring!

The Northward march of the #Nuthatch has been nothing short of incredible! This #EastLothian male looking (and sounding) splendid this morning. La marxa al nord del #PicasoquesBlau ha estat increïble! Aquest mascle #EastLothian es veu esplèndid (i sona) aquest matí.

@vikingoptical @RSPBScotland @ScottishBirding @ElliotMontieth_ @cianbirder @PinkfootedGus @BirdersStore @MikeDawson28 @GeorgeMWME @WildlifePete @Birder_Griffon Great shot!! Don’t think I’ve seen a Willow Tit in a good few years, however we have really good numbers of Marsh!

This chromatically challenged beauty is my first ever Scottish #WillowTit ! Utter joy to get great views & hear the song/calls but saddened by the horrendous decline in the UK population. Let's hope efforts to reverse the fortunes of 'kleinschmidti' are a success. @RSPBScotland

A nice morning garden ringing produced these 2 Starlings which allowed for a nice comparison between Male and Female birds.

Nikon d500 is great at capturing flying fish. @BBCEarth @NikonUSA @NikonAsia @NatGeo

@vikingoptical @ELCrangers @ScottishBirding @cianbirder @JamieDunning @BirdGuides @bonxie @MikeDawson28 @GeorgeMWME @WildlifePete Such an over-looked bird when they truly are stunners!

Few birds engender ambivalence like the #MeadowPipit My annual plea to beginners & experts alike - neglect at your peril! Time spent studying these will be rewarded! #eastlothian #pipits #birdidentification #birdID

Gratuitous #WaterPipit pic from #Skateraw #eastlothian Feb '17

Another good morning round the Dockacres complex, highlights were as followed:Tufted Duck 68, Wigeon 56, Goosander 32 (record count), Goldeneye 8, Pochard 2, Green Sandpiper 2 & Scaup 1. Also saw my first Redwing for a while; a flock of 22 birds. @vikingoptical

@vikingoptical @lothianrecorder @birdinglothian @cianbirder @PinkfootedGus @ELCrangers @EdinburghNats @ElliotMontieth_ @RingersWm @BirdersStore @GeorgeMWME Great stuff! A bird I wish I saw more of 😢

The #Norway #Colourringed #RockPipit has changed quite a bit since last week (looking very #littoralis now)! Found another ringed one (pink over red with metal ring only on left leg) but couldn't find a good match @lothianrecorder ? @birdinglothian