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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 7h

Brody, my sidekick was looking extra handsome yesterday

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A few Brambling around in Ness this week #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today at the Butt of Lewis. John Coe, Aquarius and a Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Humpback Whale, images taken from shore at Tiumpan Head using a long lens (and cropping)

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Kitchen window Orca spotting today 🫍

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Skigersta Sunday #OuterHebrides #IsleOfLewis Fulmars, thrift coming into flower, Red-throated Diver and the local Common Seal.

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Black-tailed Godwits migrating through Loch Stiapabhat today. A couple of colour-ringed birds with them. A single Knot with them, a bird we don’t often see here #IsleOfLewis #BirdingScotland

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Half a dozen Whimbrel, rather well camouflaged, at Loch Stiapabhat this evening #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Eagles hunting the geese at Loch Stiapabhat today and a feisty Merlin taking on a bit of a challenge #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Velvet mite signalling the arrival of spring. Tiny Ichneumon wasp (sub family Tersilochinae). Flapper Skate egg cases and more seaweed than a golden retriever can handle. #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I tend to forget to post on BlueSky as Twitter and Facebook still does what I need. Just some of my recent birding highlights in the Hebrides

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

It’s been all about the white-winged gulls up in the North of Lewis this past few days. #BirdingScotland #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Orcas past my Shorewatch site this morning. Doesn’t get much better than this The 012s pod, with their matriarch Bréagha #IsleOfLewis #CetaceansUK

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Finally got a decent bird on my trail camera. Red-eyed Vireo 12th October nr Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK #birds 🪶 🦉

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Strong Aurora outside. Pup is snoozing, he knows better than to go out into the cold

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Always wonderful to see an otter and two is a bonus #IsleOfLewis #OuterHebridesMammals

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Always wonderful to see an otter and two is a bonus #IsleOfLewis #OuterHebridesMammals

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Masses of Redwings swooshing down from the sky is one of the most evocative sounds of Autumn

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Think this was a Barred Warbler, it was not playing ball with me 😂 #IsleOfLewis #OuterHebridesBirds

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

White-tailed Eagle in the mist at Loch Stiapabhat

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Ended my day with a couple of hours sea-watching from my car. So many Sooty Shearwaters going by. Great Northern Diver and loads of Gannets (other half saw a single whale blow) Also saw several Arctic Skuas and a couple of Manx Shearwaters

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

A lovely flock of Snow Buntings at the lighthouse #OuterHebridesBirds #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

A hen harrier flushing all the birds from the scrubby bushes I was surveying #OuterHebridesBirds #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

My day started with a White-tailed Eagle eating a crab #OuterHebridesBirds #IsleOfLewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

A bird hide is only as good as its approach. Every bird sees you as you walk to Loch Stiapabhat. Drives me up the wall. I often ‘scope the loch from the road now which totally defeats the object of having a hide

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Hurray some birds! Thanks to a heads up from a visiting birder I’ve just seen Cattle Egrets on Lewis

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

2 coots cannot be my Autumn birding highlight at Loch Stiapabhat this year! Maybe something will get blown here this weekend

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Best birdwatching buddy is exhausted tonight

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Taiga Bean Geese (2) with Greylags on the far side of Loch Stiapabhat this morning #OuterHebrides #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #RareBirdsUK #birds 🪶 🦉

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Loch Stiapabhat this morning. Highlights were 2 Bean Geese with the Greylags, Bar-tailed Godwit and juv. Grey Plover with the Curlews

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Brody and I are birdwatching the shoreline for waders. Just a single Knot and a handful of Redshanks and Curlews. Highlight was a gorgeous male Merlin. Brody is tired after a run up the croft and on the beach. He is less than impressed to be here

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Whinchat making the most of newly managed areas at Loch Stiapabhat #OuterHebrides

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Horrible video, from a mobile phone through a rain speckled car window. I’m watching a little snow bunting at the Butt of Lewis. It’s been a tricky day for birds so this is a lovely end to the day

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Andy Williams @pelagicbirder.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Isabelline wheatear, Isle of Lewis- a super find by Jack Morris/Dan Beadle. #IsleofLewis #BirdingScotland

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Grateful that this Isabelline Wheatear stayed around long enough for me to catch up with it. Up at Cunndal near Eoropie. Lots of Sanderling too. My favourite time of year

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Peter Stronach @macstronach.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Spent hours being spellbound by Convolvulus Hawk Moths last night as they nectared on Nicotiana plants in my highland garden!. Up to 3 feeding at a time, their entire abdomens glowing red hot in the thermal from flight muscle use!! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Phenomenal Manx and Sooty Shearwater passage off the Butt of Lewis this morning, a few Great Shearwaters Plenty of Storm Petrels too

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Humpback whales a couple of miles off Port of Ness this evening #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK 🦑

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Leatherback Turtle off The Butt of Lewis today #TurtleSighting #MarineLife 🦑🪼

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Grey Seal munching on a Blonde Ray today 🦭 #MarineLife #MarineMammals

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

@megabunus.bsky.social Hello 😊 Could you help me to try and narrow down or identify this harvestman on the Isle of Lewis? I only managed one angle as it was in an awkward spot

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Spent many hours doing Shorewatch surveys one day last week. Rewarded with a mixed pod of bottlenose and Risso’s dolphins. There are hybrids in this area but I didn’t spot one in this pod 🐬

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Nessie_w @wildlife-diary.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Gannets and black guillemot yesterday

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