Aidan Branch

20 Year Old Birder and Naturalist | BTO C Permit Holder | Lancashire, UK 🇬🇧

[Aidan Branch @aidanbirding]

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

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@ElliotsPetrel @LongPointBirdOb Seeing that 🤯

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

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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!

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@austinmorley402 That first nest a Ringed Plover?

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@austinmorley402 Great selection mate!!

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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!

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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. https://t.co/O0rB3DegTE 305g won't ruin that carry-on allowance either 😉 #berlin #fernsehturm #travel

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

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

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@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 😌

[Aidan Branch @aidanbirding]

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

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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.

[Aidan Branch @aidanbirding]

@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!

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

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

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

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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

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

[Aidan Branch @aidanbirding]

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

[Aidan Branch @aidanbirding]

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