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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 10h

19 October 2025

Spoonbill on the bank of the Forth at Blackdevon Wetlands (RG).

upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 1d

18 October 2025

Skinflats: 43 whooper swan (40 adults) and 2 scaup on north pool; 80 golden plover and 40 black-tailed godwit on south pool (AB).

19 whooper swan over Dunblane this morning (FM).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 2d

17 October 2025

Female scaup at Loch Mahaick, Doune (DOE).

Skinflats: female marsh harrier at Skinflats by north pool; 43 whooper swan in field north of north pool.

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 3d

16 October 2025

Skinflats area: 40 adult whooper swan between Dutch Inn and Newton Road; 2 scaup on north pool; 35 pintail on Forth; 3000+ pink-footed geese at Howkerse Farm (AB).

4 fieldfare at Blairdrummond (DOE).

1 grey plover over Cambusbarron, Stirling (RMcG).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 4d

15 October 2025

21 fieldfare near Dollar (LL).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 5d

14 October 2025

1 green sandpiper along the River Teith at Lecropt, Stirling (CAM).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 7d

12 October 2025

Blackdevon Wetlands: Single Golden Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, single Grey Partridge, 134 Teal, 128 Lapwings and 46 Snipe (CAM).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 7d

11 October 2025

Kinneil lagoons at high tide: 1 spotted redshank, plus 1 female common scoter offshore (DOE).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 12d

7 October 2025

Skinflats pools: 2 curlew sandpiper and 1 ruff (AB, DR, RS).

Cambus pools: 1 marsh harrier (TW).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 13d

6 October 2025

2 redwing over Alva (JK).

3 swallow in Alloa (JK).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 14d

5 October 2025

Skinflats pools: 18 scaup, 2 guillemot and 1 grey plover from the foreshore (PC).

2 swallow at Loch Watston, Doune (DOE).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 15d

4 October 2025

Gartmorn Dam: 1 great white egret at east end of main island (PC).

Skinflats pools: 3 grey plover on foreshore, and 6 (correction) scaup offshore (PC).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 15d

4 October 2025

Blackness: 1 juv long-tailed skua heading west, plus 1 great skua (DOE).

10 scaup on Forth off Skinflats pools (PC).

Redwing: 3 over Bo’ness this morning (RS); and 2 in Doune this morning (DOE).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 15d

3 October 2025 (date corrected)

Tullibody Inch: 1 little stint, 1 curlew sandpiper, 1 ruff (DOE).

2 redwing over Tillicoultry this morning (TC).

upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 15d

Good spot! You’re lucky I don’t write the year as at some point in the 1990s 😂

upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 19d

30 September 2025

Tullibody Inch: 1 little stint, 3 curlew sandpiper, 1 ruff (DOE).

Kinneil: 1 marsh harrier, 1 peregrine, and a colour-flagged redshank originally caught in Giske, Norway (KW).

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The Scottish Ornithologists' Club @scottishbirding.bsky.social · 19d

Booking is now open for the SOC Annual Conference!

Open to SOC members and non-members alike, this year's theme is Scotland for birds: opportunities for positive change.

The Conference will be held in Bearsden on 22 November. For more info and to book, visit: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/event/...

Stonechat © lauriecampbell.com
Male Stonechat, with a caterpillar in its bill, perched atop a flowering gorse bush with a yellow background of out of focus gorse

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 21d

28 September 2025

Airth: 1 barnacle goose with c800 pink-footed geese (NM).

Blackdevon Wetlands: 1 ruff, 1 gadwall, 30 snipe (DOE, CAM).

Higgins Neuk: 1 pintail (NM).

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 21d

28 September 2025

Tullibody Inch: 2 little stint, 4 curlew sandpiper, 1 marsh harrier (DOE).

Powfoulis RSPB: 3 little egret, 3 greenshank (NM).

Skinflats pools: 1 Mediterranean gull, 1 scaup, 1 pintail, 10 whooper swan; 64 barnacle goose over (DOE).

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sarahlouselly.bsky.social @sarahlouselly.bsky.social · 21d

Hi. Should have read 1240 today.

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 21d

Actually, I assume the time’s is a typo?

upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you! Was this yesterday?

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sarahlouselly.bsky.social @sarahlouselly.bsky.social · 21d

@upperforthbirds.bsky.social adult WTE over Black Devon wetlands flying WSW towards the forth at 22:50

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 22d

27 September 2025

Blackness: 1 arctic skua, 2 red-throated diver, 10 gannets, 1 kittiwake, 1 razorbill, 1 common scoter and 1 wheatear (DOE).

Doune: redwing recorded on nocmig at 0255 (FM)

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upperforthbirds.bsky.social @upperforthbirds.bsky.social · 27d

22 September 2025

Blackdevon Wetlands: 44 snipe & 50 redpoll; plus 1 guillemot & 5 imm gannet on Forth (CAM)

Osprey south over Doune this am (RG)

Skinflats at high tide: 2 gannet, 3 guillemot & 3 goldeneye offshore; 7 whooper swan on north pool; and 2 pintail & 41 golden plover on south pool (PC)