Dave Pullan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Travelling birder with camera, sound recorder, sketchpad. Wildlife and wild places.

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Juv Sabines Gull west past Nairn at 1825rs.
Balearic Shearwater west past Nairn at 1935hrs.

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Cory's Shearwater flying west off Nairn towards Whiteness, 1440hrs

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Northern Bottlenose Whales here 1430-1500hrs at least, between mouth of Cromarty Firth and Balintore. They've done a big circuit today having been off Nairn and Nairn Bar this morning.

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Walrus still at Hopeman harbour, asleep in a small boat

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Walrus swam out of Lossiemouth harbour into the open sea ar 1245hrs

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Some pics of the Walrus at Lossiemouth late afternoon/early evening today. Great to see so many families and young folk out to see it

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@peediepuss Thanks Martin, the back flippers weren't clearly visible. It had some sores around the right shoulder area. I'm sorting some photos now and will post later this evening

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Walrus still present on pontoon at Lossiemouth harbour at 1800hrs at least

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I've never seen Canada Geese on the beach at Nairn before, just a few yards off to the right were 67 Pale-bellied Brents. I reckon the Canada in the middle might pass as a Todds if it were in a flock of Pinkfeet

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@ParkyBirder Thanks for putting the news out Tom. Great bird. Although regular sites are well known further east along the Moray Firth they don't often reach the inner Firth.

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White-billed Diver feeding on flatfish off Nairn this afternoon. Very nice find by Tom Parkinson.

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Nice to find this male Blue-winged Teal at Loch Loy near Nairn this afternoon.

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2 Woodlarks still on saltmarsh at Lossiemouth

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Ross's Goose with several hundred Pinkfeet at Muir of Ord, Highland, today

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@neild1962 Cheers Neil, I'm glad you got there as well

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Diademed Sandpiper-plover in the Yeso valley, 9,000' asl in the Chilean Andes

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And the other adult

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Here's the chick

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@neild1962 I was there 3 days ago Neil, they've got one chick