Tag: birdwatching

Cameras just get in the way, sometimes

Nov 7, 2025

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…
In search of the Musselburgh spoonbill

Oct 14, 2025

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…

Cameras just get in the way, sometimes