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That's fantastic, Keith. What a brilliant bird. I was very pleased with my day, but I am very jealous to hear of the gull! All the best, Julian ...

The phalarope was still present at 1500 but difficult to pick out in the surf amongst the spray and flying seaweed, not to mention the driving rain. A later...

Forgot to mention that there were three Icelands in the field by Binscarth wood as my bus passed at about 3.15 Sat. Gerry...

Very quiet at The Loons in the high winds and driving rain. A few teal, wigeon, mallard, one heron and forty-five greylag. At Marwick there is carrion right by...

Finally got a glauc onto the garden list today, as there was one plootering around by itself in our very wet field just outside the conservatory window!...

There was a grey phalarope working the surf at the north end of Sandside Bay, Deerness, at about 1pm today. It seemed to be paddling out into the bay, and then...

Film-maker, Raymond Besant, has just been in touch to say that earlier today he saw a bedraggled Pomarine Skua standing on the road in South Walls near the...

Yesterday afternoon, between Mar Wick and Sand Geo, there were 60 Iceland Gulls and I found Brian photographing a 2nd W Kumlien's. There were also 8 Glaucous...

The wintering Whimbrel was in its usual spot today on the shore behind the Sands Hotel.   Barrie The wintering Whimbrel was in its usual spot today on the...

Black tailed godwit at St Peters pool this afternoon....

Iceland gulls still passing through with 3rd year bird today and new juvenile recently. A drive-round goose counting totalled 1315 Greylags, 62 European...

Thats exactly where they were! Ian...

I use an SX20 and had the previous model prior to that. I've been using these canon bridge cameras for about five years or so I think. So these comments relate...

A ringtail hen harrier at Hillside. Hunda Sound had an Iceland gull,two great northern divers, three Slavonian grebes,etc. There was a couple more great...

Only a single Iceland gull in Stromness today.  On the way to Kirkwall on the bus there were 2 Little Grebes at the Brig o Waith, at Binsgarth an Perigrine...