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Donald Wilson

@clydebirder1.bsky.social
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Clyde is my home county, local patcher, Scottish & UK lister/Twitcher. Lover of all things nature. Says it as is.

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Jared Wilson @wilsonjaredm.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A sad end for another White-billed Diver, this one at the Eden Estuary #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I had a bit more time off in Jan so decided to see how quickly I could get to 100 bird species in Clyde. I achieved that goal by the 21st and finished the month on 112 species for Clyde only. One highlight this Green Woodpecker. A scarce bird for us but maybe expanding?
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A great start to 2026 with the successful twitch of a superb find in Lothian of a Woodlark. I didn’t go for the 2008 Lothian bird as just couldn’t find the time. A new Scottish bird for me! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️ Thanks to the finder and all the reports!
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A nail biting 2+ days to connect properly with the brilliant find of this local mega Common Crane! A new Clyde tick in a tricky place! Thanks to the finder and all those putting news out! A new Clyde bird for me!👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Clyde SOC Grapevine @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New on the website today - tinyurl.com/clyde-nov-list read Donald's @clydebirder1.bsky.social review of November's sightings in Clyde and check the total and species on this year's Clyde List bit.ly/4q4y2Dz Chronological summary available too tinyurl.com/grapevine-nov #clydebirding
photograph pf Slavonian Grebe in sunshine and calm water
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Baron’s haugh is a semi urban wetland about 2 miles from Motherwell town centre. So far it’s had 16 species of wader and at least 20 sp over the past 15 years. Lately 8 sp been present simultaneously. This Greenshank showed very well yesterday. More to come this autumn?
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Apart from the superb Spoonbill over the past two days, Baron’s Haugh is one of the top sites in Scotland for wintering Green Sand. Six have now been seen at once at the site lately and last year the peak count was 20+, with 6/7 over wintering. Nice close one yday.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
And to round up today some cracking local Osprey action! Clyde birding at its best! Osprey just seem to be everywhere and going from strength to strength! 👍
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Also today I came across two pairs of Little Ringed Plover (LRP). Once a mega rarity in Clyde but now our county seems to hold a high % of the Scottish breeding pairs? Obviously very recently fledged, is this not very late?
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Some cracking local Clyde birding today with a Spoonbill being found several hours (not by me) after my early morning wader count! 🙄 This being my 3rd Clyde encounter with this species.
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Mandy Forde @mandyforde.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
First #Chough chick fledglings of the 2025 season arrived in my garden this morning. Here's Mr & Mrs Pen-las Rock South with their 3 noisy chicks constantly begging for food. @cofnod.org.uk @rspb.bsky.social
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
What a day in urban Clyde. 114 Black Tailed Godwits today over 3 sites all in semi urban/urban environments. Also a superb 8 wader species afternoon at Barons Haugh inc 2 Wood Sand, 4 Common, 5 Green, 1RP, 1 Curlew, 56 Lapwing & 1 Redshank. These Blackwits were no more than 50m away! 👍
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
These striking Black Tailed Godwits were at Musselburgh Lagoons yesterday. After looking in the books I’m considering these are the sub species Limosa limosa ie the continental race? Comments welcome & happy to be wrong. 👍
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Dipped the WW Scoter at Musselburgh this afternoon. It seems a 7am visit produces the goods currently? However thanks to Dennis Morrison for point HH out this Small Skipper, a S Ostoja first for me!
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
My second singing Scottish Blyth’s Reed Warbler today. My first being the Nigg bird over 20 years ago (I think). This bird singing constantly and extremely obliging! 👍
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Along with the Wood Sand, 2 Greenshank also dropped in overnight. A scarce bird in Clyde this year especially during the spring. Both birds failed breeding adults probably.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Delighted to find this Wood Sandpiper yesterday at Barons Haugh, Motherwell. The third for this site this year & the first return passage bird.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
White Storks born at the Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex last year have returned to the site this spring having wintered as far south as Morocco:
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Knepp White Storks migrate to Morocco and back
White Storks born at the Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex last year have returned to the site this spring having wintered as far south as Morocco. At least six storks born at Knepp in 2024 returned to nest in the colony, including a female has set up home in the same tree as her parents, according to White Stork Project officer Laura Vaughan-Hirsch. Knepp Castle Estate owner Isabella Tree said the site's storks were
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
A new nature reserve in the Yorkshire Dales is set to restore temperate rainforest and provide a haven for wildlife in the process:
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New nature reserve to restore rainforest in Yorkshire Dales
A new Yorkshire Dales nature reserve will help restore rare temperate rainforest, supporting species such as Red Squirrels, Pine Martens and Black Grouse. The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust says the site will boost biodiversity with native trees and shrubs, offering a vital refuge for threatened wildlife and a place for public enjoyment.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
A wee wader fest at RSPB Baron’s Haugh Motherwell mid morning. 2 Green Sand, 3 RP, 1 LRP, 2 Juv Common Sand & 11 Lapwings. Lanarkshire urban birding. 👍
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The Solway coastline has received a major £1.4 million funding boost as the first recipient of the National Lottery Heritage Fund's £150-million Landscape Connections programme:
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Solway coast secures £1.4m nature-restoration grant
The Solway Coast in south-west Scotland has secured £1.4 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to kick-start a major restoration project. The SCAMP initiative aims to unlock a further £6.4 million to restore key habitats, create 200 km of coastal trail and boost local economies. It's the first project funded under the UK-wide Landscape Connections scheme.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
wildpoland.com/poland-bird-... A superb 9 days in Poland in May. A mix of finding my own birds and guided outings. Brilliant value for money & thoroughly recommend Wild Pollad! 👍
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Poland Bird Festival, May 2025 - Wild Poland
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
After twitching the Tentsmuir Iberian Chiff for a welcome Scottish tick it was off to the Ythan to try for the BB Sand. 5 mins from the destination this mega was found over the tern colony. Another very unexpected & welcome Scottish tick! Always take the luck when you can! Bridled Tern!
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
What a superb week in NE Poland based in the ❤️ of the Bialowieza Forrest with Wild Poland during their birding festival. A mix of some short guided trips & birding on my own.159 species recorded with only 4 heard & finding many of my own.Here a 3 Toed Woodpecker as part of one of the guided trips.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
My first Scottish tick of the year & much better views than my Norfolk one in 2011, despite the horrendous weather. This was the 26th May, the day after it was re-identified.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Delighted to connect with a pair of Avocet at one of my local haunts, Barron’s Haugh. I was in Croatia when they turned up last Fri. Only the 4th record for Clyde and a county 1st for Lanarkshire. It amazes me how they find food with that sweeping action!
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Social media posts reveal the alarming extent of illegal wildlife hunting in Lebanon
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Scotland's seabird populations are continuing to decline, according to new figures released by NatureScot:
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Scottish seabirds continue to decline
Scotland's seabird populations have halved since 1986, with all monitored species showing declines, according to new NatureScot data. While some species show signs of short-term recovery, threats such as food shortages, climate change and avian flu continue to put pressure on these internationally i...
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Clyde SOC Grapevine @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Bootcamp birding in Northumberland with @clydebirder1.bsky.social - read all about the species seen and hotspots visited on our latest outing bit.ly/northumberla... #clydebirding
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
An inland breeding? RP in Clyde today. A joy to observe!
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Any views on this “hooded” LBB Gull in Clyde today? A different race or ?
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Jared Wilson @wilsonjaredm.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
My first Common Redstart and Common Whitethroat of the year (@ Upper Kilminning & Balcomie) and a ‘fall’ of 50+ Willow Warbler. Blummin’ chilly though #birdingFife
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Jared Wilson @wilsonjaredm.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Blank for the Ruddons Point Black Scoter in two hours first thing (was seen briefly late morning). Sum plum Black-throated & Great Northern Divers (& 50+ Red-throated) a welcome distraction #birdingFife
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Jamie Partridge @jamiepartridge.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Langdon & South Foreland this am:Male Ring Ouzel, 12 willow warblers, fem common Redstart ,2 Black redstart, 2 tree pipit, yellow wag, 3 lesser whitethroat, 15 c whitethroat , 10 swallow. Y’day: Cattle egret, WTE crossbill other recent notables. #kentbirding
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Review of the Week: 7-13 April 2025 Spring migration ramped up as Hoopoes continued to arrive in jaw-dropping numbers and plenty of continental overshoots were discovered. Sam Viles reports:
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Review of the Week: 7-13 April 2025
Spring migration ramped up as Hoopoes continued to arrive in jaw-dropping numbers and plenty of continental overshoots were discovered. Sam Viles reports.
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John Bowler @tireebirder.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Juv Glaucous Gull at Loch Bhasapol on today's Tiree WeBS counts, also an elusive female-type Black Redstart again at Balephuil (arrived last night) & a Knot at Balephetrish Bay @birdguides.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland
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Matt Smith @mattsmith10.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Savi's Warbler singing and showing a few times although briefly and distantly. #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The British Broadcasting Corporation in Scotland maintains a reportage aimed at inducing doubt and mistrust in Scotland's government that will almost certainly disappear overnight should Labour ever find themselves in power in Scotland again. You'll be proper had.
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ARO Birding @arobirding.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Slapton Sands || 13th April 2025 5+ Cetti's Warbler 5+ Reed Warblers 3 Sandwich Terns 2 Grasshopper Warblers 2 Great Northern Divers 1 Ring Necked Duck No sign of either Night, or Purple Herons this morning. With @kevinbirder.bsky.social
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Clyde SOC Grapevine @clydesoc-grapevine.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
14/04/25 Garganey pair still at Balmore Pool. Two Little Ringed Plovers and 10 Shovelers on the scrape at RSPB Lochwinnoch, also a Great White Egret still at Barr Loch. Eight Black-tailed Godwits at RSPB Baron's Haugh, also an excellent 37 Gadwall. Two Redstarts at RSPB Inversnaid. (SOC Clyde)
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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Diving Whiskered Tern!😍 This evening I visited Durleigh reservoir in Somerset, not far from my home, to see if I could see this very rare bird, a first for me!😀 Light was poor and the Tern was distant at first, but it started to come closer before diving in front of me! 😊🐦 #birds 🪶
A rare Whiskered Tern diving down towards the water
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Delighted with these 6 Black Tailed Godwits at RSPB Barons Haugh, Motherwell this morning. My 2nd find of this species in Clyde this spring. All but 1 in full breeding plummage, stunners! 👍
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Little Ringed Plover in Clyde. This was once a mega rarity in our recording area but now perhaps 12-20 breeding pairs. Cracking wee bird.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Displaying Mute Swans Bishop Loch, Glasgow.
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Donald Wilson @clydebirder1.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A post work visit to RSPB Barons Haugh in Motherwell produced my first self found spring passage wader with this non- redwing plumaged Black Tailed Godwit & my first Sand Martin of the year.
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Concern is mounting over the lack of law enforcement against bird trappers in Cyprus, with an estimated 620,000 migrant passerines killed on the island last autumn:
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Growing concern over lack of enforcement against Cyprus bird trappers
Concern is mounting over the lack of law enforcement against bird trappers in Cyprus, with an estimated 620,000 migrant passerines killed on the island last autumn. This shocking total is set against worrying survey results that found an increase of 76% in net trapping in the country compared to the...
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