http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Exotic Wildlife Highlight of the Day en Mon, 18 May 2026 01:53:42 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-266264 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 10:58:41 +0000 unhurt 266264@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo my mum is also jealous, apparently! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-266261 Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:01:59 +0000 gembo 266261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Three on the lymphoy in flight spotted by my bird spotting pal. He was telling me about them at farmers market, when I went home looked out window and saw one in gutter. My pal insists now I text him if I see it again and he us coming straight round </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-266260 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:59:13 +0000 I were right about that saddle 266260@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p>Rarely seen even where they are commoner it would seem. Excellent spot. I am jealous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-266258 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 23:07:39 +0000 gembo 266258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hawfinch spotted from the attic in the gutter of roof over our kitchen. Like a heavyweight chaffinch with stripes on wings and one mother of a beak.</p> <p>Quite rare around these parts if not exactly exotic </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-133012 Mon, 18 Nov 2013 10:06:30 +0000 fimm 133012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great Northern? isn't the best of the Swallows &amp; Amazons books, IMHO, but it is the only one set in Scotland... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-132940 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 18:13:26 +0000 SRD 132940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not seen it myself by a great northern diver's been spotted off portobello. </p> <p>(The soon-to-be seven year old has shown herself to have better literary taste than might be expected from her previous fondness for 'the problem with' books and the Bobbsey twins suggested, and we have spent the weekend arguing about who is reading coot club and who is reading the big six. Perhaps great Northern should be next?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-123842 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 11:14:50 +0000 kaputnik 123842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Out of curiosity and the nice weather I went along to Cramond yesterday after work. Found the 300m exclusion zone being enforced by Police Scotland somewhat over the top considering the width of the promenade and the general lack of people around, especially as you had to detour quite significantly back on the main roads to get around. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-123801 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 23:40:07 +0000 recumboris 123801@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Beached pilot whale at Cramond today caused the foreshore esplanade path to be blocked of. As I arrived here just after 6 the poor animal was being removed by tractor. This despite the best efforts all day from British Divers Marine rescue for most of theday.Detour by Lauriston Farm road and Cramond Road North. Unusually large number of cyclists therefore going this road route. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-92487 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:37:47 +0000 chdot 92487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> A team from the University of Exeter studied how electrical lighting and gas flares affected the feeding habits of the common redshank (Tringa totanus) in the Forth estuary, eastern Scotland.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/28/light-pollution-wildlife" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/28/light-pollution-wildlife</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82687 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:45:01 +0000 chdot 82687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://m.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/zoo-s-escaped-scarlet-ibis-is-recaptured-1-2491623" rel="nofollow">http://m.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/zoo-s-escaped-scarlet-ibis-is-recaptured-1-2491623</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82577 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:27:24 +0000 chdot 82577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> CHERRY the Ibis was causing a flap when it appeared at Silverknowes beach yesterday, as efforts to recapture the escaped animal continued. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/cherry-says-cheese-for-cheeky-snap-1-2489089" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/cherry-says-cheese-for-cheeky-snap-1-2489089</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82558 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:41:03 +0000 scotti 82558@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well it was still on the loose when I passed back alng the Prom last night. It seemed quite happy roosting up in the trees. It had gathered a fair sized crowd too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82474 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:19:49 +0000 scotti 82474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28640064@N03/7850029658/">Phone Pic here</a></p> <p>as seen earlier today </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82464 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:13:07 +0000 scotti 82464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>PM Sent </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82454 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:46:53 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 82454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any chance you can PM me scotti? I was planning an early morning scout with the big lens (see if I can get the Figgy otter again as well). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82453 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:41:19 +0000 scotti 82453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw it up close this morning. Have let the Zoo know where it was </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8258#post-82443 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:18:00 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 82443@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a zoo escapee on the loose at the mo in the city. A Scarlet Ibis - pretty hard to miss, last seen yesterday in Seafield... (pic is generic from Wikipedia, not thw actual bird)</p> <p><img src="http://talkporty.org/hosted/266px-Eudocimus_Ruber_Wading_KL.JPG"></p> <p>(from <a href="http://forum.talkporty.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=5754">Talk Porty</a>) </p>