Just a reminder, Darren Woodhead's exhibition " Up River, The Song of the Esk" starts today at Waterdton House, well worth a visit!!! (open 10am-4pm) Darren...
Plenty of Crossbills today around the Colzium area (Harperrig). Met at least 17. Also one Raven cronking loudly at the point where the woodland gives way to...
Best today - 8 Tree Sparrow (highest count for me so far here), 44 Shelduck, 2 Snipe (locally rare), 2 Rock Pipit and one new bird for my personal Blackness...
Snow Goose present this am from 07:20 when I arrived and took off at 08:15 S/W inland. There were good numbers of Barnacles, a few Brent Goose(pale-bellied),...
Good clear view of an adult argentatus Herring Gull in flight, slightly larger and slightly darker than surrounding argenteus Gulls, and with very surprisingly...
Wildlife and game preservation In Britain wild predators and scavengers were very badly affected by being shot by gamekeepers as "vermin" during the heyday of...
Today at 2.30 had a quick look in the field where Stephen got the White-fronts on Sunday - ie east of the Tranent-Ormiston Road (very busy & parking off the...
Seems to be the bird of the week. Saw 280 today over Auchinoon Hill (on the A70, just NE of Harperrig). Thank God I did too - Tetrad NT06W produced my worst...
Yesterday from the A1 just west of Tranent there was a flock of c500 Golden Plovers flying over fields on the Wallyford side. Not possible to get an accurate...
to the poster who despatched sick and poorly animals ,it's one thing to kill animals /birds to save them suffering,than to kill perfectly healthy viable...
Does anyone know if there is a path round the moss. Had a look from the field on the south side and could see what looked like marker posts but couldn't see...
Geese feeding in same spot btwn B6371 and B6355 just S of Tranent (nt415715) early afternoon ystdy, with a more thorough look contained 4 juv Whitefronts, 13...
I see from the East Lothian Courier that there is an illustrated talk from Dr Bryan Nelson (the world authority on gannets) and David Berry (local historian...
I should have mentioned that the talk will cost £10 and tickets are available at Anderson, Butchers, Affleck Sports and Fisherman's Kitchen in North Berwick...
Just back from a wet and windy drive on the M8. Arrived home (south Edinburgh) to the welcome sound of a Mistle Thrush singing full tilt. No wonder it's...
Following Dennis's email congratulating Darren Woodhead on his achievement which I wholeheartedly echo, I am very pleased to announce that an exhibition by...
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Some of you may be aware allready but, I would like to say a big congratulations to Lothians very own Darren Woodhead, for winning the Birdwatch artist of the...
Frank Ignore my last email. Stuart Housden has very kindly sent me a detailed response relating to the East Scotland release programme and has fully explained...
One of the great things about doing field work for the BTO survey is the delight of finding places you never knew existed. Finding a new species of bird is...
Dear All No one has yet come forward regarding the equipment left in the hide on Tuesday afternoon. If anyone knows of anybody who was around muss yesterday, ...