Fay Stanton

[Fay Stanton @FayStanton00]

Lovely to see nesting Kittiwakes and Shags at Dunbar Harbour in the sunshine.

[Fay Stanton @FayStanton00]

@smdavies67 Pity you couldn’t manage this morning, it was such a good view. I went again this afternoon but it wasn’t there.

[Fay Stanton @FayStanton00]

Seafield Pond, Belhaven. Fantastic views of the Glossy Ibis this morning. @birdinglothian

[Fay Stanton @FayStanton00]

Just back from a nice sunny trip to St. Abbs Head.
Saw a lovely stonechat on a fence, with razorbills, kittiwakes, guillemots and gannets all crowding together on the cliffs.

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@KittiwakesTyne @birdinglothian Yes, I would be very pleased for you to use my photos. I will have a look at your website. Thank you for getting in touch.

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Dunbar Harbour - Really pleased to see kittiwakes back again and to hear “Kittiwake, Kittiwake, Kittiwaake”echoing across the harbour. @birdinglothian

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Barns Ness: Lovely to see two pairs of Red-Breasted Mergansers in the sunshine this afternoon.

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Dunbar: Pleased to see the Red-backed Shrike still at JMCP. A bit too distant for my camera at first, but as the rain got heavier the shrike came nearer! @birdinglothian

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Pleased to see the Snow Bunting along the Dunbar cliff top. First seen down on a rock, soon after I almost walked on it just off the path. It seemed very tame. @birdinglothian

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Just back from Estonia with friends from @RSPBEdinburghLG and @travel_wildlife. Lovely countryside with lots of migrating cranes and sea ducks, but the highlight was a night in a bear hide. Great views of a mother and two cubs, briefly joined by a second bear with two cubs.

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The Steppe Grey Shrike is still on Winterfield, it gets really close to people.

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@john_dryden @birdinglothian @RSPBEdinburghLG Hope you manage to see it. It is raining quite heavily now.

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More photos of the Steppe Grey Shrike in Winterfield Park this morning, just across from my house. @birdinglothian @RSPBEdinburghLG

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@jofwx Glad you saw it. Exciting to have a rare bird in Dunbar!

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Lovely to watch the Steppe Grey Shrike on Winterfield Golf Course, it almost got run over by a golf trolley! @birdinglothian

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Belhaven: At Seafield Pond this afternoon I saw three Little Egrets and a Heron. As I walked further on I met a lady who asked if I’d seen the Pochard and Mandarin Ducks. Thank you, I’d not seen them. They were lovely. Two Pochard and two female Mandarin Ducks.

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John Muir Country Park. Well worth a walk to the spit and tern fence this afternoon. A large number of terns and waders: sandwich and common terns, oystercatchers, ringed plovers, dunlin. Also diving gannets.

[Fay Stanton @FayStanton00]

Had a nice walk round St. Abbs Head this morning. Lots of seabirds still there: gannets, kittiwakes, guillemots. The gannets seem quite settled there.