Andy Lawson

Mountains and Wildlife (esp. cetaceans).
Completed Munros (x2), Corbetts, Grahams & Donalds.

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Roe deer this morning

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Moody skies this afternoon while watching for cetaceans from Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh. #Orcawatch

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Great to hear that Magnus survived his encounter with orca off the Moray coast and is now making his way up the Norwegian coast. Just hoping now that he survives the humans. Photo taken in April.

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@EileenFindlay3 I think this type mainly eats insects with occasional small birds. It was flying around catching insects yesterday.

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Woodchat Shrike, Brora, Highlands, 11/5/2026

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Managed to locate this beautiful Woodchat Shrike this morning, which has been seen near Brora during the past few days. @RareBirdAlertUK

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Mother and calf bottlenose dolphins swimming around Aberdeen Harbour this morning.

Please don't pay to see dolphins off Aberdeen with the skipper recently convicted in court of disturbing cetaceans. You can watch dolphins perfectly well from land (North Pier or Greyhope Bay).

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Great White Egret this morning at Loch of Strathbeg

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@Jura_Harris Yes, same

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Orca, twice in the past three days from North Aberdeenshire. 19s group and Hulk & Nott

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@quineofthenorth Strongly suspect Magnus met the 19s between Hopeman and Lossiemouth. Magnus left Hopeman earlier in the morning shortly before the orca swam past. The orca were then seen 'swimming with a seal' rather than attacking it off Covesea. Not sure of outcome.

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Walrus today at Lossiemouth Harbour

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Mother and calf fin whales photographed this afternoon, off Cabo Girao, Madeira

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Sperm whales off the coast of Madeira

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Ten consecutive boat trips watching Fin Whales off the coast of Madeira.

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@JontyWilliams74 Alas, no.

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It's not every day a fin whale shows you its tail

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A fin whale surfacing next to the boat

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A Bryde's whale seen today off the coast of Madeira in the same area as numerous fin whales. It has a remora attached behind its blowholes.

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@GrafhamWBirder Thanks

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Birder Twitter, could I have ID confirmation please? I initially thought this was a Manx Shearwater but a frined has suggested Barolo Shearwater? Photographed today out from Funchal. Thanks.