Monthly Archives: June 2025

June 2025 Photos

Dave Grant tells me that the Osprey he saw over Broomhill (see above) was ringed as a female chick in 2019 in Sutherland. It’s only been seen once before, around the Blair Atholl area.

A lovely, varied batch of photos has been submitted to the Photo Gallery. I find it fascinating how, since this site started over a quarter of a century ago, the quality of the photos has improved by orders of magnitude.  We’ve gone from copies taken from slides where the caption is “Yes, that could be a bird” to stunning digital images.  We’ve also got images that show the bird’s character and others that are just beautifully composed art. However, that doesn’t mean you have to be a top-flight photographer or have photos of mega-rareities to be considered: a snap on your phone of a Starling having a bath is always going to catch my eye.  So, please send your photos in.

My thanks go to Dave Grant, Angus Hogg and Mark Turnbull for sending in the latest batch.

Western Sandpiper

We all know the story of the ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan; well, something similar happened in Maidens. The Little Stint that has been hanging around for months has changed into a Western Sandpiper following subsequent re-identification.  This is a new species for Ayrshire and resulted in a bit of a twitch.  My thanks go to Dave Grant, David Lynn and Kevin McCormick for sending in their pictures for the Photo Gallery.