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PINK-FOOTED GOOSE [Anser brachyrynchus]

Hundreds feeding in the fields on November 20, 2020

PHEASANT

[Phasianus colchicus]

Came across three or four of those group sizes. These were about five metres in front of me and we followed the same path for about five minutes.

Totally ignored my presence. Very relaxing in their company.

August 31, 2024

WHINCHAT [Saxicola rubetra]

Left on September 29, 2021. Right on August 23, 2020

SKYLARK [Alauda arvensis]

Showing raised crest on April 8, 2024

SEDGE WARBLER [Acrocephalus schoenobaenus]

Left side on July 1, 2022, and right on June 16, 2022

GOLDFINCH [Carduela carduela]

September 29, 2021

STONECHAT [Saxicola torquata]

Left - female. Centre - two males on October 26, 2020, autumn plumage, and right, March 13, 2024, spring plumage. Far right - juvenile, June 28, 2026, Auchmithie

BUZZARD [Buteo buteo]

Left on August 8, 2020

TWITE [Carduela flavirostris]

November 30, 2025

MEADOW PIPIT [Anthus pratensis]

Above [left] is a youngster on June 1, 2022;

centre looks like a juvenile;

right is an adult on April 8, 2024, same day as high spring tides and rare total eclipse;

WHITETHROAT [Sylvia communis]

Left on July 1, 2022; centre on August 4, 2024, and right on July 20, 2026

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