I haven't seen Black Guillemot in Lothian for a few years so it would have been churlish not to stop off at the Prestonpans Lidl car...

I managed a brief trip out yesterday to check a couple of local spots - Duddingston, Figgate Park and Seafield. At each site a small num...

Here are some slightly better (!) pics of the primary pattern of Saturday's hybrid/YLG candidate. Note the extent of the band on P5...

Twitched the Common Crane at Knowes Farm in East Lothian today that has been present for the last few days. Great to get such useful he...

This is the best candidate I have had yet. Looks good to me, though a slightly broader band on P5 and a heavier head would be nice... ...

I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours of gulling today. As the tide was in I checked the loafing area beside the pipe-pile at Seafiel...

This male sparrow stopped me in my tracks today until I raised my bins - a soggy House Sparrow rather than the Spanish Sparrow that it w...

Well, the weather forecast for Sunday was not good, but it was my only real chance for Footing It in this the last weekend of the competit...

With the snow I kept an eye on the garden on Sunday hoping that a Redpoll might drop in. No luck there, but a Tree Sparrow briefly at one o...

Hit the 100% mark on Saturday during a 14-miler. Started at around 8:00 am - nice and calm with fresh snow underfoot. One of the hybrid Hoo...