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Edinburgh Birds

@dansk.bsky.social
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Pictures of birds I've taken myself - usually while pretending to vigorously cycle around Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @CheepBirds on Twitter

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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#BirdingScotland What warbler did I see on Dornoch Beech? Typical warbler, Brown over buff with spots of yellow around it's eye and a single, wide yellow streak down it's chest like a Great Tit's Black streak. Warblers that I could Id there were Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Wren, Rain, Post. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Song Thrush collecting worms for the kids. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Grumpy Baby Robin #Birds
A newly fledged Robin
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Apparently I've been mixing up Blackcap calls with Garden Warbler for years.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Failed to capture exotic bird, got a nice Chaffinch instead.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A Dunnock, the only bird I could manage while out trying to get colourful things. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
They're usually miles away, in the top of a tall tree and nowhere near the middle of Edinburgh. Good Luck!
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...
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Crossbill Bird Facts | Loxia Curvirostra
A chunky finch with a large head & bill which crosses over at the tips. Most often encountered in noisy groups or larger flocks flying close to treetop height
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Having never seen one that close, I was sure it was a Greenfinch until I went to delete the photo...
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Chinese Hillside pond.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A scabby Greenfinch in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens aka Unexpected Crossbill. #Birds #BirdingScotland
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Treecreepy #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Redshanks #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Frog. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
That logo makes my eyes sore.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Grey Wagtail, probably the most bird amongst birds.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I've spent altogether far too much time looking at mud in the hope of a glimpse of this prehistoric looking creature. I've been rewarded with some great insights into it's behavior. Heard the full gamut of it's calls. I've even seen it fly. He (probably) is my bird now. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Dipper construction time in the Water of Leith today. Stupidly located nest immediately abandoned for a more quiet outlook. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Just look at the vermiculation on this Teal. Taken in Edinburgh today. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Kingfisher. I wasn't going to take a photo but rude not to. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A Water Rail sneaking about. Real shame you so rarely get to see them do this. On the Water of Leith in Edinburgh. #Birds #BirdingScotland
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
well, I'd like that to be true, but I'll not let it go to my head.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I wish, but can't let the wishful thinking in.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
I do in fact think they were red throated. Unfortunately they were too fast and my id is not good enough to be sure.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Does anyone know what kind of divers there are far off the coast at Musselburgh today? Saw 2 or 3 with black/white spotted backs, grey at the back of the neck and white underneath. Surface time limited to slightly shorter than it took me to focus them. #birdinglothian #birdingscotland.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Overwintering Blackcap, the hard to find female in sunshine type. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
#BirdOfTheDay A skating manky pigeon.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My new Kingfisher friend. #Birds #Edinburgh
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Oystercatchers, knowing full well nobody believes they are busy catching oysters, always look like they are up to something nefarious. #Birds
Oystercatcher on a sea wall
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Here's a new regular Cormorant from the Water of Leith. He regularly sits on this stick pointing the wrong way. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The delightful camera-dodging coal tit. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Kingfisher sitting where it ought not to. #Birds
Kingfisher perched on a rock
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
the invariably inverted Nuthatch. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Go look in exactly the same place for a whole year, eventually a Common Gull will turn up #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I never get bored of jeweled eyed Jackdaws #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Robin #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Nice weather for (taking pictures of) ducks. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
A paucity of Redwing #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The improbable playing field Curlew. # Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Should consult a tern. Or a Gannet.
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Another Kingfisher. I've named this one the Shitfisher because rather than put on a show, it bellyflops onto the water, splashes about a bit and somehow emerges with a fish. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
There's always an exciting bird to photograph if you can get as close to Rock Dove as you can tell amongst all the manky boys in Leith. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Kingfisher. It's either a good photo or a bad photo. Either way I can't see out of one eye now. #birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Water of Leith Kingfisher, distant gloom version. #Birds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Enjoying taking pictures of tiny brown Treecreepers in the murk. Using all the ISO. #birds #ukbirds
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Moorhen without it's usual black background
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Surprised it didn't instantly vanish behind the tree trunk
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Day 5 of wearing my shutter out taking hundreds of pictures of the same bird. Some improvement. #WildlifePhotography
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Edinburgh Birds @dansk.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I'm constantly frustrated by inaccurate bird names so concur Little Shit is more compelling than Little Grebe.
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