The central pair are a darker shade of grey than the outer tail feathers then they have that dark pigmentation on them which is usually just at the tip but is really variable in extent. In bad light and from a distance can look black or dark brown 👍

a nice rockery?

This was from Glenmoriston Estate in the Great Glen. Only had a brief scan of that report will have a proper read later…

Wow!, the number of Red-legged Partridge releases has really changed up here, see them in really bizarre places now like high up in the Cairngorms!

Ahh that’s just low pieces of low cloud drifting through it was early morning

It is real, it’s obviously not migration just released Pheasants sunning themselves on a south-facing slope before getting disturbed by me cycling up the track!

A notably poor year for them passing through here in Scotland, maybe only five all autumn, almost as many Black-faced Buntings!

that you never saw during the day!

The scheme works well in Strathspey for the re-introduction we have here. The vets we have are very supportive, there was an extensive trap-neuter-vaccinate-release scheme for feral cats caught in the Strathspey. It was incredible to see just how many feral cats there were during camera trapping..

That’s a chin strap and a half!

Well done Steve, looks great! 👏

We had a bird from Lukolmskoye Lake in Belarus in April 2017 in Highland, amazing movement!

5-2 on the RB v Evening Grosbeak

There’s been two in Scotland, 10-25th March at Nethy Bridge, Highland and one on Hiort, Western Isles on the 26th March 1969 👍

there is other pics of tail here - bsky.app/profile/alpi...

Awesome Dylan!, what a way to start the day 💥