First Portsoy #patchtick in a while - Dipper along the Burn of Durn.
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November 15, 2024 at 2:40 PM
First Portsoy #patchtick in a while - Dipper along the Burn of Durn.
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@patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
March 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Drake Gadwall on Loch Soy, Portsoy - just reward for carrying garden waste to the adjacent recycling centre.
#PatchTick
#PWC2026 #birdingscotland
#PatchTick
#PWC2026 #birdingscotland
May 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Drake Gadwall on Loch Soy, Portsoy - just reward for carrying garden waste to the adjacent recycling centre.
#PatchTick
#PWC2026 #birdingscotland
#PatchTick
#PWC2026 #birdingscotland
A #PatchTick Brent Goose (pale-bellied) flying west past Portsoy today. Onto 81 species for the year.
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#BirdingScotland #PatchBirding
February 22, 2026 at 6:40 PM
A #PatchTick Brent Goose (pale-bellied) flying west past Portsoy today. Onto 81 species for the year.
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#BirdingScotland #PatchBirding
A dream patch find this morning on my urban Oxford patch, with the second Marsh Tit in 6 years completely eclipsed by a #patchtick Yellow-browed Warbler! With a decent bit of vizmig, 43 species is also my highest total of the year so far: ebird.org/checklist/S1...
#UKbirding #patchgold #Oxonbirding
#UKbirding #patchgold #Oxonbirding
October 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM
A dream patch find this morning on my urban Oxford patch, with the second Marsh Tit in 6 years completely eclipsed by a #patchtick Yellow-browed Warbler! With a decent bit of vizmig, 43 species is also my highest total of the year so far: ebird.org/checklist/S1...
#UKbirding #patchgold #Oxonbirding
#UKbirding #patchgold #Oxonbirding
Drake Common Scoter swimming around on the River Mersey below Forrest Way overbridge, Sankey Bridges, Warrington just now. Excellent suggestion by @liamlangley1.bsky.social to check the river. Literally the first bird I saw when I got out the car! #SankeyValley #PatchBirding #PatchTick
March 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Drake Common Scoter swimming around on the River Mersey below Forrest Way overbridge, Sankey Bridges, Warrington just now. Excellent suggestion by @liamlangley1.bsky.social to check the river. Literally the first bird I saw when I got out the car! #SankeyValley #PatchBirding #PatchTick
A #patchtick Little Grebe on Loch Soy (basically, a park pond) on a very dark and damp evening in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A #patchtick Little Grebe on Loch Soy (basically, a park pond) on a very dark and damp evening in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.
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A good migrant day at Portsoy (phenomenal by Portsoy standard!) with #patchtick Pied Fly and Redstart and also Whinchat, 9 Wheatear, 2 Blackcap, Sedge W, 11 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 WW. Also still a dozen Swifts about.
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August 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A good migrant day at Portsoy (phenomenal by Portsoy standard!) with #patchtick Pied Fly and Redstart and also Whinchat, 9 Wheatear, 2 Blackcap, Sedge W, 11 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 WW. Also still a dozen Swifts about.
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@patchbirding.bsky.social #birdingscotland
@birdingholland.bsky.social found a Pectoral Sandpiper on my Local Patch on #Texel. Rude not to check it out. Only the second ever for this area and a long awaited patchtick for me. Thanks Martijn! Also great to meet Jörn Lehmhus from Germany
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September 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@birdingholland.bsky.social found a Pectoral Sandpiper on my Local Patch on #Texel. Rude not to check it out. Only the second ever for this area and a long awaited patchtick for me. Thanks Martijn! Also great to meet Jörn Lehmhus from Germany
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Into first week of our third year in Portsoy and still some "easy" patch ticks to be had; Barnacle Geese, yeserday, among post-Amy movement into Moray Firth. Also 10 Whoopers and an A𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘢 (that would've been #patchtick if ID nailed).
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#BirdingScotland
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#BirdingScotland
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Into first week of our third year in Portsoy and still some "easy" patch ticks to be had; Barnacle Geese, yeserday, among post-Amy movement into Moray Firth. Also 10 Whoopers and an A𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘢 (that would've been #patchtick if ID nailed).
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#BirdingScotland
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#BirdingScotland
Some argy-bargy between a Goshawk and a Buzzard over an Aberdeenshire woodland this morning. Went one for several minutes.
Later in the day, a #patchtick Quail, flushed at Portsoy - my first time actually seeing one in many years!
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Later in the day, a #patchtick Quail, flushed at Portsoy - my first time actually seeing one in many years!
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June 6, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Some argy-bargy between a Goshawk and a Buzzard over an Aberdeenshire woodland this morning. Went one for several minutes.
Later in the day, a #patchtick Quail, flushed at Portsoy - my first time actually seeing one in many years!
#patchbirding #birdingscotland
Later in the day, a #patchtick Quail, flushed at Portsoy - my first time actually seeing one in many years!
#patchbirding #birdingscotland
Heath Rustic and 𝘋𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 were both NFG after a quieter start to August. Enjoyed a #patchtick fly-over Green Sandpiper while emptying trap.
Heath Rustic was New For Hectad, as was a Plain Clay in the Heath Trap set along the shore again.
Portsoy (VC94, Banffshire)
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Heath Rustic was New For Hectad, as was a Plain Clay in the Heath Trap set along the shore again.
Portsoy (VC94, Banffshire)
#TeamMoth
August 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Heath Rustic and 𝘋𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 were both NFG after a quieter start to August. Enjoyed a #patchtick fly-over Green Sandpiper while emptying trap.
Heath Rustic was New For Hectad, as was a Plain Clay in the Heath Trap set along the shore again.
Portsoy (VC94, Banffshire)
#TeamMoth
Heath Rustic was New For Hectad, as was a Plain Clay in the Heath Trap set along the shore again.
Portsoy (VC94, Banffshire)
#TeamMoth
We're approaching two years in Portsoy and low-hanging fruits still fall from the #patchtick tree. Today's Treecreeper was among a roving tit flock. It tried its luck on a telegraph pole and then moved on to gorse stems.
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September 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We're approaching two years in Portsoy and low-hanging fruits still fall from the #patchtick tree. Today's Treecreeper was among a roving tit flock. It tried its luck on a telegraph pole and then moved on to gorse stems.
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This #patchtick Ruff was highlight of a very blustery WeBS survey at Portsoy.
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September 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This #patchtick Ruff was highlight of a very blustery WeBS survey at Portsoy.
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It's all about the gulls at Portsoy with thousands coming and going. Today's highlight a lovely biscuity juv. Glaucous - #PatchTick (found y'day by David Capon).
On Sunday, a 4cy Lesser Black-back (only saw 3 all last year).
11 gull species in 10 days here- brilliant!
#PWC2025 #birdingScotland
On Sunday, a 4cy Lesser Black-back (only saw 3 all last year).
11 gull species in 10 days here- brilliant!
#PWC2025 #birdingScotland
January 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's all about the gulls at Portsoy with thousands coming and going. Today's highlight a lovely biscuity juv. Glaucous - #PatchTick (found y'day by David Capon).
On Sunday, a 4cy Lesser Black-back (only saw 3 all last year).
11 gull species in 10 days here- brilliant!
#PWC2025 #birdingScotland
On Sunday, a 4cy Lesser Black-back (only saw 3 all last year).
11 gull species in 10 days here- brilliant!
#PWC2025 #birdingScotland
Patch-birding waking up after summer doledrums. In recent days, Crossbill and Raven over garden, Whimbrel and juv Wheatear along shore, first Common Terns of year and, today, waders included 9 Common Sandpipers. Best of all was a 1-minute visit of a #patchtick Sanderling.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Patch-birding waking up after summer doledrums. In recent days, Crossbill and Raven over garden, Whimbrel and juv Wheatear along shore, first Common Terns of year and, today, waders included 9 Common Sandpipers. Best of all was a 1-minute visit of a #patchtick Sanderling.
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@patchbirding.bsky.social
A seething mass of gulls roaming stubble fields west of Portsoy yielded an apparent Caspian Gull. #Patchtick and NE Scotland tick if accepted (just 4 or 5 regional records). 54 species for #PWC2025 year list.
Thanks to Paul Baxter for swift encouragement regarding ID.
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Thanks to Paul Baxter for swift encouragement regarding ID.
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January 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A seething mass of gulls roaming stubble fields west of Portsoy yielded an apparent Caspian Gull. #Patchtick and NE Scotland tick if accepted (just 4 or 5 regional records). 54 species for #PWC2025 year list.
Thanks to Paul Baxter for swift encouragement regarding ID.
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Thanks to Paul Baxter for swift encouragement regarding ID.
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Broad-bodied Chaser at the south end of the south pool at Chevington this afternoon. Not very common up here! #patchtick @ElliottatChev
December 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Broad-bodied Chaser at the south end of the south pool at Chevington this afternoon. Not very common up here! #patchtick @ElliottatChev
Brent Reservoir holds the record for the first Great White Egret in the London recording area (May 13th, 1997) and today's bird was the 4th for the patch. #londonbirds @LondonBirdClub #patchtick
December 3, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Brent Reservoir holds the record for the first Great White Egret in the London recording area (May 13th, 1997) and today's bird was the 4th for the patch. #londonbirds @LondonBirdClub #patchtick
Drake Goosander baring its teeth at Brent Reservoir this morning. Surprisingly relaxed around people but not so keen on the Coots! #londonbirds #sawbills #jaws 😬 And a #patchtick too! ✅🍷
December 3, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Drake Goosander baring its teeth at Brent Reservoir this morning. Surprisingly relaxed around people but not so keen on the Coots! #londonbirds #sawbills #jaws 😬 And a #patchtick too! ✅🍷
As well as The Swift on the Little Orme there were 2 Stock Doves over and a #PatchTick Treecreeper. Not a bad day.
November 24, 2024 at 8:30 AM
As well as The Swift on the Little Orme there were 2 Stock Doves over and a #PatchTick Treecreeper. Not a bad day.
Juv Glaucous Gull on Longhoughton Steel, Boulmer. Worth the drenching #patchtick #rbnNBL @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides
December 2, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Juv Glaucous Gull on Longhoughton Steel, Boulmer. Worth the drenching #patchtick #rbnNBL @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides
Juvenile Long-tailed Skua at Boulmer - drifted south after circling high offshore #patchtick @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides
December 2, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Juvenile Long-tailed Skua at Boulmer - drifted south after circling high offshore #patchtick @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides
Yesterday a Marsh Harrier, today a #patchtick Hen Harrier at Boulmer, went through Seaton Pt at lunchtime without stopping. Photo equally bad as yesterday! Looking forward to tomorrow’s Pallid🤞 @NTBirdClub
December 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Yesterday a Marsh Harrier, today a #patchtick Hen Harrier at Boulmer, went through Seaton Pt at lunchtime without stopping. Photo equally bad as yesterday! Looking forward to tomorrow’s Pallid🤞 @NTBirdClub
Played it cool and popped down to Seaton Pt at lunchtime for the #patchtick Great Grey Shrike. Good if distant views of a very active bird @NTBirdClub
December 1, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Played it cool and popped down to Seaton Pt at lunchtime for the #patchtick Great Grey Shrike. Good if distant views of a very active bird @NTBirdClub