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Pictures of birds I've taken myself - usually while pretending to vigorously cycle around Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @CheepBirds on Twitter
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The Dunnock is a small brown thing that sounds enough like single peep Kingfisher to confuse. #birds

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Dippers nest building in the Water of Leith #Edinburgh

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The arrogant beast which is the Lesser Black Backed Gull #Birds

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Most of a Bullfinch #Birds

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

On of our many local robust Woodpigeons dominating a bench. #Birds #Edinburgh

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

The Nuthatch of Anticyclonic Gloom. #Birds

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I like Great Tits, but I couldn't get a whole one in focus. #Birds

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Average day of birding around North Edinburgh interrupted by what I'm 90% sure is a Purple Sandpiper. I've never seen one anywhere near here before. Correct Id? #BirdingScotland #UKBirding

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

One of the most difficult birds to focus on, the exceptionally evasive Fieldfare. #BirdingScotland

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

A jackdaw, from way back last week when it was sunny.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Kingfishers have stupid little feet. #birds #wildlifephotography

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Just look at this magnificent Blackbird. Surely the most under-rated bird. #birds #wildlife

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

You manage a nice picture of a Redwing and it's got mud all over it's beak. #birds

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Set out today to find a local Collered Dove. Actually found one!

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Sneaking about on the rugby pitches... one of a pair of Mistle Thrushes #Birding

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There was a disturbing lack of blown in rarities for me to find today, so a Coot.

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I venture up to Loch Leven in Fife for a glimpse of distant Whooper Swans. #BirdingScotland #birds

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Kingfisher mounted on convenient bullrush, Edinburgh. #birds #BirdingScotland

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

Attempting to emulate both a rugby ball and a grazing sheep... Female Wigeon. #ukwildlife #birds

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Pied Wagtail, much more friendly than their river loving cousins. #birds #ukwildlife

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

New year, same wagtail in the murk.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

My favourite picture of 2024, the keen Dipper and the fed up Dipper. #ukwildlife

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

My Christmas Robin

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Today's Redwing proximity index for Edinburgh is "Much Improved". #birds #UKWildlife #BirdingScotland

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

A mucky, mucky Oystercatcher. #birds #ukwildlife

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

I should reclassify my hobby from "Taking varied photos of birds in cycling distance of my house" to "This heron in particular"

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Weak sunlight means not too much under/overexposure of Magpie. #birds #photography

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I've been going to the Edinburgh Botanics almost daily to take this exact same photo of a co-operative Kingfisher. It's not getting any closer, though. #birds #ukwildlife

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

A heron on the Water of Leith in Edinburgh, doing something (as opposed to their usual habit of doing nothing) #birds #ukwildlife

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

In the game of "How far is your Redwing", I've graduated from "extremely" to "very". #birds #ukwildlife

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

There's been a considerable influx of rotund Bullfinch in Edinburgh recently. #birds #ukwildlife

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

A Canada Goose is temporarily not mad. #birds #ukwildlife

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments