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The long Easter weekend - a perfect opportunity for recording rare breeding birds! There’s a blog with lots of tips on what to look for in April at rbbp.org.uk/2023/04/25/what-…
Hopefully this will be used on the proposed 300 turbine windfarm at Berwick Bank.
UK’s offshore windfarms to be painted black to protect birds
Source: The Guardian
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The power lines for the Cross Border Connection project will be an additional hazard for Golden Eagles in SE Scotland.
birdguides.com/news/golden-e… News from BirdGuides 09/12/2024
Sad end for one of the South of Scotland Golden Eagles:
teapawt.net/RareBirdAlertUK/status…
Scottish Golden Eagle killed in very rare collision with wind turbine rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Conte…
Marsh Harrier in-off and a juvenile Caspian Gull fly-by at Dowlaw today. Comments welcome, in favour or against - there's only one previous Borders record. @ScottishBirding
Time to get your erasers out ...
In a major taxonomic shake-up, redpolls are to be lumped into a single species, it has been announced. Full story here: bit.ly/3ScmQFp
Snowy report from Alasdair Reid in Peebles this morning!
Don't think I've heard a willow warbler singing in the snow before!
Your records submitted to @birdtrack eventually reach @ukrbbp via the county bird recorder and help RBBP monitor scarce breeding birds. Please remember to include breeding evidence codes such as H (habitat), S (singing), N (visiting probable nest site). Thank you!
It's important to think carefully before sharing sightings (e.g. on social media) of rare breeding birds in the breeding season - could this lead to disturbance, or worse? Read the RBBP guidance here tinyurl.com/RBBPsound. If in doubt, don’t!