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Lara 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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23 • professional worrier • birder • wannabe tardis traveller • F1 fiend • 🎨 • UoE -> UoG • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 tha beagan Gàidhlig agam!

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rspbscotland.bsky.social
Scotland's swifts are in freefall. They need action now.

Yesterday, @scotgov said Swift Bricks don't belong in the Natural Environment Bill. We disagree.

There's still time to back Swift Bricks - email your MSPs now: action.rspb.org.uk/page/181323/...
A close up photo of a Swift's face against a black background
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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dundeebirding.bsky.social
My 150th species from within Dundee this year - a surprise find in Eastern Cemetery this morning on my way out to Broughty Ferry and Balmossie - a Ring-necked Parakeet. It turns out there are 'some' of these birds present in grounds of Gardyne College (0.5miles from EC).

#BirdingScotland
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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alpine-swift.bsky.social
The Black-necked Grebes showed brilliantly at Burntisland this afternoon. Sometimes getting as close as 10m from the shore.

#BirdingScotland
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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simonwest26.bsky.social
Glossy Ibis - Falkland (Fife) 11/11/25 #fifebirds #scottishbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding @fifebirdnews.bsky.social
@fifekinrossswt.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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wilsonjaredm.bsky.social
Sooties aren’t usually this close at Fife Ness
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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joshswildlife.bsky.social
Just a sheep and its feathered friend, enjoying the view across the Moray Firth!

#BirdingScotland #FarmingLife #Birds
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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alpine-swift.bsky.social
A 1st winter male SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT caught on North Ronaldsay!!!

#RareBirdsUK
#BirdingScotland
#OrkneyBirding
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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atmylifeoutside.bsky.social
Finally made it to Scotland for the first time this year, and fair to say that we’ve started with a bang. Superb views of large numbers of Bearded Tits alongside the River Tay. #birdingScotland #birds #UKWildlife #photography #birdPhotography #birdsoftheworld #wildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife
Bearded Tit
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
swiftlyginger.bsky.social
Finally got eyes on a Glossy Ibis, and in lovely (cold) sunshine too! After continually missing them wherever in Scotland I am, this was a lovely Saturday morning treat. #BirdingFife #BirdingScotland 🪶
A glossy ibis, with shiny feathers and long curved bill, scouting the muddy shoreline at Angle Park A glossy ibis, with shiny wing feathers, looking for food in the mud A glossy ibis facing away from view flaps its wings, showing its glossy feathers. It is surrounded by rocks and reeds
October 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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dougiepreston.bsky.social
3 Northern Long-tailed Tits showing well on Yell today. Got a feeling there may be a few decent photos of these birds appearing, as they're very accommodating! 😎👍 #YellBirding #Shetland #RareBirdsUK #Birdguides
October 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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alanknox.bsky.social
Two of 3 male Crossbills on the sea wall at Musselburgh today.
@scottishbirding.bsky.social #birdingscotland
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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digiscopingbyrick.bsky.social
Missed the Glossy Ibis when it circled my local patch but caught up south of Barr loch in fields nr Kerse bridge. #Digiscoped with kowa884 using vario adapter and iphone16Pro #birdingscotland
October 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
swiftlyginger.bsky.social
I’m back and forth between Fife and Glasgow for uni, but always appreciate the home nature while I’m here! The resident kestrel put on quite a show for me last week, and these little woodpigeons (I think blown out of the nest by storm Amy) have both fully fledged since this pic #BirdingFife
A male kestrel in flight, carrying a rodent in its talons A male kestrel soaring, its head locked on to prey A flock of barnacle geese directly overhead Two young woodpigeons, huddled together under a bush
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
swiftlyginger.bsky.social
Uni is going to start getting a bit busier soon, but managed to put together something for Halloween, facts and folklore about some weird birds! 🪶

midnightmurmurations.substack.com/p/vampire-bi...
Vampire Birds and Other Ornithological Oddities
It’s spooky season. There is no better time to discuss some of the strangest birds and bird tales the world has to offer - expect vampires, skeletons, and spirits!
midnightmurmurations.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Victorian attitudes towards birds of prey /predators in general remain stubbornly persistent in many parts of the UK.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

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Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberd…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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clarascintilla.bsky.social
Herons
October 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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kingleby1.bsky.social
Spoonbill at Musselburgh today, supporting cast of Spotted Redshank, Whooper Swans and Marsh Sandpiper.
@birdinglothian.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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fifebirdnews.bsky.social
Glossy Ibis @ Morton Lochs & 2 Common Crane west over Tentsmuir Forest
05/10/25
October 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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btobirds.bsky.social
⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland
Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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esqueer.net
And the gender criticals will still say that care is too easily accessed because they don't think trans people should exist at all.
awjt.bsky.social Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · Oct 4
In Glasgow, there is a 224-year waiting list for gender clinic appointments.

224 YEARS.

This is institutionalised discrimination. It's unacceptable, it's ruining people's lives and it needs to change.

We have the solution. Time for politicians to act.
Gender Clinic Files: Some people in Scotland will never get a gender clinic appointment on a 224-year waitlist. This system is failing to support people to transition not because it is broken, but by design. The frustrating thing is that this would not be a difficult problem to solve under a different political paradigm. Trans+ people do not need to be assessed by gender clinics or diagnosed by psychiatrists to tell us what we already know: we are trans. The healthcare we need, especially when it comes to hormones, is already available to cis people through making an appointment with their GP. Gender clinics are unnecessary and exist to segregate healthcare for Trans+ people. Abolishing this system and providing Trans+ healthcare in primary care, at the GP through an informed consent model, would solve many of the issues this data reveals. GPs already prescribe hormones to cis adults. Trans+ adults simply need the same access to this healthcare.
October 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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rspbscotland.bsky.social
We're incredibly concerned about the welfare of two satellite-tagged golden eagles, Tarras and Wren, that have recently disappeared in Dumfries and Galloway.

Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.

Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo

📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images
September 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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wildlenslife.bsky.social
After recently capturing this pair of gannets with their egg, I was concerned about their success and survival. This paper gives me hope that they’ve all made it! 😊

#BirdingScotland 🐦 🌿 📷
Pair of gannets clutching an egg on the cliff.
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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wilsonjaredm.bsky.social
A black-eyed and a regular silver-eyed Northern Gannet at Fife Ness yesterday. Suggestion that this change in colour is linked to HPAI infection #birdingFife
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Press statement from Police Scotland 🔽

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland #Ornithology

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Red Kite found dead in Perthshire confirmed to have been poisoned (banned pesticide + rodenticides)
Press release from Police Scotland (24 September 2025): BIRD OF PREY FOUND TO BE POISONED IN PERTH & KINROSS AREA Enquiries into the death of red kite are ongoing. On 22 June, 2025 a dead red k…
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September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM