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Neil MacIver

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Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇸🇰 Slovakia

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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Braw couple o Munro’s in the Arrochar Alps yesterday in Beinn Ime & Beinn Narnain 👍 don’t think Islay like the Midge at the campsite at Beinglas though😬👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
One of the Birds I like to see when in the Slovak Tatra is Spotted Nutcracker, 9 times outa 10 they just fly over your head making photos difficult so here’s my favorite flyby 👍🇸🇰
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Good to finally catch up with the Aberlady Red Footed Falcon this morning after a 4 hour no show & me driving home it was reported again so a dash back to Aberlady 👍 Braw Lothian & Scotland ✅ Thanks to finder @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Was out Listening for owls last night & apart from hearing a Tawny owl it was good to come across this Hedgehog… don’t know who was more surprised! 👍🇸🇰
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Braw walk up Kralova Hola 1946m in the Nizke Tatra today 🇸🇰👍 2 spotted Nutcracker fly over on the accent & wheatear & Black Redstart on the summit .. no Alpine Accentor seen☹️Sand Lizard & Adder on the way up 👍
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Wee afternoon down at the Goulash festival in Brezova pod Bradlom this afternoon 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍺
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Peaceful evening from the garden in zriedlova Dolina .. Spotted Flycatcher in the orchard & a distant black Woodpecker calling in the forest 👍🇸🇰🍺
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Honey Buzzard & Black Stork high over Zriedlova Dolina today & a tree creeper in the orchard 👍🇸🇰 37 degrees, boilin ☀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍺
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Black Redstart, Red backed Shrikes & Stonechats ,Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia🇸🇰👍
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great Spotted, Grey-Headed, Green & Middle Spotted Woodpeckers from the last few days in Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia 👍🇸🇰
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Black Redstart chicks have flown the nest by this morning & are loitering around the garden 🇸🇰 parents back & forth all day feeding them 👍
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Black Redstart Nest in the Chicken coup Slovakia 🇸🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 coup empty just now but plenty cats about so I’ll have to keep an aye oot 🇸🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Over in Slovakia visiting the in-laws & 1st woodpecker of the day in Zriedlova Dolina , Grey-Headed 👍🇸🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Braw 28k bike & hike yesterday up the Munro Beinn Eibhinn 1102m Long day for the Bairns so 1 summit was enough! Single Ptarmigan & a Golden Plover the best birds seen 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿@scottishbirding.bsky.social
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
2013?on the summit of the Corbett Beinn Vuirich 903m .. the wife said carry the spades! In reality it is probably the Hardest day in the hills in my life. miles of knee deep crispy snow turned into a 12 hour trek & 3 hours walking in darkness to reach the car.. a day we will always remember👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Some years ago (1993-94) I was lucky enough to spend 2 summers surveying Dotterel in the Scottish Highland (pic under licence, tent in distance!), special birds, females can lay >1 clutch for diff males (polyandry), males provide all parental care. Sad to think of mountain plateaux without them:-(
Photo shows a Dotterel nesting on a montane plateu in Scotland with snow fields in the background
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Braw but Dreich & Windy walk up Mendick Hill 451m from West Linton today , Meadow Pipits & Skylarks a plenty 🌧️👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
My closest ever photo of a Spotted Nutcracker about 20 years ago in the Vysoke Tatra Slovakia .. 🇸🇰 amazing what you see when just walking through the Tatra 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇰
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Braw Bike & Hike today from Loch Turret up the Corbett Auchnafree Hill, Common Sandpiper at the Lochside & RedKite Higher up also wind rain & low cloud 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚴🏻‍♂️⛰️New Summit for the Bairns
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
White tailed Eagle from recent trip to Applecross 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Braw walk last Friday up the Munro’s A Bhuidheanach Bheag & Carn Na Caim with the boys , Plenty Golden Plover & good to see 3 Dunlin on the plateau, also Snipe lower down 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏕️⛰️
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Braw drive through Torridon this morning, White Tailed Eagle & not 100% sure about this Diver in this plumage but I’ll go with Great Northern as beak looks too big for Black throated but happy to be corrected 👍
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
1st Wheatear of the year for me at Big sand Gairloch 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏕️
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Single Snow Bunting Shore carpark by Golf course Eyemouth Harbour 10am 16/03/26
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Last week walk around Myjava & Brezová before back to Bonnie Scotland 🇸🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Took the Bairns to Stara Myjava yesterday for a Ski Lesson, they done really we’ll & learnt the basics 👍🇸🇰⛷️
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Spent hours today in the forests around Zriedlova Dolina in freezing conditions but the effort paid off with my best ever views of Black Woodpecker, one landed not far from me & entered an old nest allowing for a photo of its exit 👍🇸🇰
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Very cold in Zriedlova Dolina today but a walk through the forest this morning produced this Marsh Tit , not the closest view but after hearing its call to distinguish it from Willow Tit 👍🇸🇰
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Braw wee local walk through the woods in Zriedlova Dolina Slovakia today.. Wild Boar tracks😳 and the best birds seen were a Middle spotted Woodpecker & a distant Hawfinch 👍🇸🇰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A wee visit to the In-laws Slovakia 🇸🇰and a wee bit of Snow in Zriedlova Dolin & the 1st Fieldfare I’ve had in the Glen 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇰
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Braw walk up East Lomond in Fife yesterday 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 a New Sub 2000 summit for us all
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This week's convictions show yet again how property is protected better than the lives of animals!
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The 13 Snow Bunting Still near the mouth of the Eel Burn yesterday on our family walk From North Berwick to Gullane also a good few Purple sandpipers & this Crow at Fernyness today possibly a Genuine Hoody 🤷‍♂️? @birdinglothian.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social
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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously! 4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Braw to see 3 Tree Sparrows at my Garden Feeders again today in Haddington.. 1st time I’ve had 3 together on a feeder 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
River Tyne Haddington in Spate after recent rain & snow melt , Otter below the Cascades seems to be enjoying its swim 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Braw walk up The Graham/Donald, Culter Fell 748m in the Borders last weekend , 1st hill of the year & a new summit for us all , only birds seen were a couple of Raven 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Nice to see Blackcap & Tree Sparrow at my Garden feeders this week also Peregrine Falcon above the Cliffs near Eyemouth on a walk last Weekend👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scottishbirding.bsky.social
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Red Kite & Mountain Hare from our Munro walk last year in the Glenshee Hills 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries. 18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Friend in Achiltibuie has had a pair of Red Legged Partridge visit her garden in recent days .. 1 has just succumbed to a bird of prey! Don’t know how common they are in the North West 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Braw 15k walk up 3 Munro’s from Glenshee today .. New summits for Anna& the Bairns , Carn and Tuirc 1019m , Cairn of Claise 1064m & Glas Maol 1068m , low cloud meant no summit views but a Red Kite brightened up the day also at least 200 Fieldfare feeding on the plateau 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
📣You really couldn't make this up! On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens... raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/09/b...
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Breaking news….’out of control muirburn’ on grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park
You couldn’t make this up if you tried… Breaking News….on the day the Scottish Government announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing af…
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Only managed 3 days panning this week because the weather wasn’t on our side .. rivers in spate but still managed my best bit of gold in many years so celebrated with a Braw dram 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Took the Bairns fishing for their 1st time at Helmsdale harbour the other day .. 1 wee pollock caught & thrown back safely… 👍
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Braw wee strole up the Sub 2000 Creag Thoraraidh 404m this am from Helmsdale.. typicaly the weather cleared on our descent 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
There’s gold in them thar hills also found this dragon fly nymph on the Helmsdale river 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Braw Bike & Hike yesterday taking the Bairns up our most Easterly Munro Mount Keen via Glen Mark , nearly 30 years since my 1st visit up this route & about 15 years since I visited from Glen Tanar with The Wife 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Neil MacIver @scotbird71.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Wryneck , Lesser Spotted Woodpecker & wasn’t sure with the last pic but looks good for Middle spotted rather than Syrian Woodpecker but happy to be corrected 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇸🇰 #Zriedlovadolina #birdingslovakia
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