Profile avatar
scottstaffswild.bsky.social
All wildlife, especially birding. Volcano spotter. Love exploring wild planet 🌍. BTO, RSPB, Staffs WT, North Wales WT, WMBC, WOS. Worked in Saudi Arabia 2015-23. Background pic: Incubators at the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding, China.
107 posts 213 followers 199 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter
Posts 31 Comments 19

Finally caught up with this little blighter after a fruitless winter scouring the Sherbrook. @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

Driving back from Wales tonight there was some crazy flooding along the Tanat Valley. Stretching from the top of the Berwyns, through Llangynog all the way to Llynclys. Never seen anything like it there before. Several stretches of road were barely passable. Take care all.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

It's a Seafood Chowder sort of day at Dylan's Criccieth.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

38 Whooper Swans in the fields between Pont Croesor and Garreg. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Black Redstart on the pallet stack at i54. Spot-on directions from Jamie Dunn. @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Badger sneaking round the garden in Snowdonia last night. @northwaleswt.bsky.social @iolowilliams.bsky.social

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Well done Cyngor Gwynedd for having not only flower beds in Pwllheli, but also some wild butterfly beds. @iolowilliams.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

12 Whooper Swans in the fields between Pont Croesor and Garreg. #birdingwales @birdsinwales.bsky.social

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I found the Mountain Hares from a distance with my Pulsar Axion 2 Thermal Imager. #birdinggear

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

I went to The Gut at Culbin for a waderfest (hundreds of Knot, Dunlin, Barwit, Oystercatchers and Curlew) and then to Loch Spynnie where the Tree Sparrows (30+) and Red Squirrels were a real treat. #BirdingScotland

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Some extreme nature spotting today on the high Cairngorm plateau. Saw 3 Mountain Hares and 46 Snow Buntings but only the tracks of Ptarmigan (which I've seen before). Blurry photo of Snow Buntings flying over me on the Fiacall Ridge. Better pic at ski centre. #BirdingScotland

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Crested Tit in a very cold Dell Woods. #BirdingScotland @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

West Midland Bird Club's own Liz Clipson is presenting the Stafford Branch's next exciting evening talk. Tuesday 11th, Walton Village Hall. All welcome for what promises to be a fascinating insight into Swedish birds. Details below....

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

A trip along the Moray coast today. Very cold but bright and clear so the glare made seawatching difficult. The sea ducks were well offshore. Plenty of shorebirds though. Highlights were Sanderling at Culbin and Purple Sandpipers at Burghead Bay. #BirdingScotland @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

The beautiful Strathdearn (Findhorn Valley) bringing it's A-game today. It was gloriously sunny and blue, if a little cold, and produced: 1 Golden Eagle 2 Goshawk 2 Red Kite 5 Buzzard Plus Dipper & 2 Red Squirrels. A brilliant morning's birding. #BirdingScotland @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Dark and -7 plus windchill on the moors outside Grantown this morning. 2 hours feeling the cold seep into my bones 🥶 Nine Blackcock at lek? Priceless. No photos, too distant and my fingers wouldn't work anyway 🤣 #birdingscotland @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

On my way to the Cairngorms. Thought I'd hook a left to try for the male Smew at Broadwood Loch.... #BirdingScotland @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Does anyone know if the drake Smew is still at Broadwood Loch? Can't find anything after Sunday. #BirdingScotland

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

We are very excited to invite both members & non-members to our very first WMBC Open Day!! 🥳 📅 Saturday 26th April 2025 ⏰10am - 4pm 📍 Middleton Hall & Gardens The event is FREE and no booking is required. Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you all there! ✨

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Green-Winged Teal, @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social Belvide Reservoir. Still on the North shore from the Gazebo hide at 12:45pm.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Foggy morning at @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social Belvide Reservoir. Missed the Smew but caught up with the Green-Winged Teal. Plenty of Goldeneye about as well as a Peregrine which sat on a post preening for a long time. Met Stuart from Stoke who was on his first visit to the reserve.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Full moon and Mars (below left) through a gap in the clouds in Staffordshire. The moon is purposely over-exposed in an attempt to capture some very basic surface features on Mars.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Phone camera shot of partially leucistic blackbird, Milking Brook Nature Reserve. @btobirds.bsky.social

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Black Swan on the Glaslyn at Pont Croesor at 2.25pm #birdingwales

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Lunar corona and Jupiter through thin clouds in Staffordshire.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

I unexpectedly came across a small herd of Red Deer hinds on a local nature reserve in Staffordshire today. @staffsmammalgroup.bsky.social

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Happy NewYear to all my wildlife friends! 🎉🥂

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Fancy blowing away the Christmas cobwebs? The Stafford Branch of @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social is running a trip to WWT Martin Mere on 2nd Feb. Leaving Stafford at a very reasonable 8.00 a.m! Details in the flyer. Please note payment needs to be made by 12th Jan and is non-refundable.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Have a very Merry Christmas wildlife friends! I hope you get to spend time with those who matter to you and who bring joy and love to your life.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

4 Goosanders (3m, 1f) on Milking Brook Pool, Heath Hayes. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

More Fallow Deer thermal videos from Cannock Chase. Showing a small herd of does and fawns. In the 1st video a fawn leaves a trail of droppings which glow white as they are warmer than the ground they fall on. @cannockwildlife.bsky.social @Staffsmammalgroup.bsky.social

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment