Category: birds
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At Port Seton, near the caravan site where the Red Burn flows into the sea, a small beach lies hidden from view. Here the fresh water from the burn meets the salt water of the Firth of Forth, connecting the land and the sea. The iron ore which gave the burn its red colour has…
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Once a fortnight, I meet up with a group of friends and we head out with our cameras to enjoy some photography. And of course coffee. We’ve been doing this for many years, so even in a city as beautiful as Edinburgh, we’ve photographed pretty much everything there is to see. Usually several times. We’ve…
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In 2019 I felt the need for a new challenge. A recent trip to Mull had introduced me to the white tailed eagle – a truly magnificent bird, about the size of a barn door – and I’d come away enthused by my experience. I’d always enjoyed casually watching birds at the local park, but…
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Birdwatchers’ Facebook in the Lothians has been all of a twitter over the past ten days or so. Storm Amy, like all good storms, blew large numbers of birds off course. The result was a flurry of rarities at Musselburgh Lagoons – my local birding patch. A Marsh Sandpiper was the real highlight. That’s a…
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