Boatbirder🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 'Terra Firma'

Birding, Nature🦋 & Travels✈️ ~ Now back on dry land in the heart of Aberdeenshire Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 after 16yrs living afloat in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Boatbirder is now on BLUESKY! Follow me @boatbirder.bsky.social

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@ScotRail Absolutely shocking that the train from Kintore to Aberdeen (11:34) was the usual 2 carriages! How long have you had to plan for the Tall Ships? People left stranded on platforms! @pressjournal #dayruined

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@ScotRail Absolutely shocked that having had how many years to plan there are still only 2 carriages on the Kintore to Aberdeen route (11:34) people looking forward to the Tall Ships being left stranded on the platforms! @pressjournal

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Having visited my friends villa in the mountains of Mijas Andalusia 🇪🇸 regularly for the past 10yrs you could count the number of Gulls seen here on one hand until today! At least 50 Mediterranean Gulls passed over in about 10mins. Wonder what caused such a large movement 🤔

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A great time to visit!! Brace yourselves Andalusia, just got this on my phone as I’m sure 1000s of others have just had! Quite a shock when the phone suddenly erupted 😱

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@bobhazell @STWDraycote @Draycotebirding @WestMidsBirding We’ll all I can say is that it’s taken some stunning photos during its lifetime 👌

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@HainsNiall31850 Hi Niall, Cairnwell, Glenshee

[Boatbirder🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 'Terra Firma' @BoatBirder]

A great day out on the high tops of the Cairngorms today in glorious conditions produced three Ptarmigan. A bird that’s been high on my list since moving to Scotland and a great birthday treat for my brilliant wife Dazza! #scottishwildlife #cairngorms

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A magical half hour at Girdleness #aberdeenshire early afternoon for this drake Surf Scoter found by young birder Edgar Joly! While here a Short-eared Owl came in off the sea. #magical #birdguides

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An excellent morning at Rattray Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 such a hotspot for rarities with just a few sycamores, firs & bushes! Pallas’s Warbler today, 10+ Goldcrest, Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaffs, Lesser Whitethroat & 100+ Whooper Swans & 1000s of Pinkies!

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@Andy3278 Great shot Andy, it was cloudy here 🤨

[Boatbirder🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 'Terra Firma' @BoatBirder]

Back home after another top week on Shetland & my 1st few processed images to show includes Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler (lifer), Arctic Warbler, Pallas’s Warbler & Lapland Bunting! Still more to come 😁

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@greatrav1 Congratulations 🥳 JR lovely to catch up with you guys. Just waiting for my flight home 👍

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@alanbodd A great 1st visit indeed Mr B and the northern lights the icing on the cake 👍 Great to catch up with you guys, see you next year 🧐

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@dogdoughty Was waiting for that one 😁

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An early morning visit to the Ythan Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A needle in a haystack trying to find yesterday’s White-morph Snowgoose among 1000s of Pink-footed Geese but a spectacular sight and deafening noise!

[Steve Gantlett @CleyBirds]

Did you have a terrific birding trip to Iceland in May, but then lose your SD card with your 3,700 bird photos in Norfolk? I have it!

[Boatbirder🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 'Terra Firma' @BoatBirder]

Nice to find this Spotted Redshank along the Ythan Estuary just below Snub car park Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳����󠁴󠁿 this evening.

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After last nights attempt in the fog to photograph the Greenish Warbler at Rattray Aberdeenshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Finally managed a few in the sunshine this morning. Flighty little fella! Also in the lighthouse cottage garden Pied Flycatcher & Lesser Whitethroat. ⁦@BirdGuides⁩