David (Dave) Burt

@david-burt.bsky.social

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Retired Professor Comparative Genomics (Universities of Edinburgh, Leicester, Harvard and Queensland) #avian #genomes #birds #nature #photography #conservation #walks #lothians

Red-throated Divers (3)

Juvenile Ringed Plover

Ruff

A Common Tern with a few Dunlin

Little Egret 8 of 12) with Grey Heron (2 of 3)

Sanderling

Common Sandpiper

Mediterranean Gull

nest

Little Grebes on nest

Badger visits at dusk

Wheatear

Black-throated Diver

Spotted Flycatcher

Peregrine Falcon off lighthouse at St Abbs Head NNR

Adult (f) Osprey with chick at Loch of the Lowes

2/3 Surf Scoter with Velvet Scoter

Whinchat

Swift

Eider ducklings

Velvet (2) & Common (9) Scoters at the mouth of the River Esk

House Martin

Barnacle Geese

Female Great Spotted Woodpecker with insects

2 Grey Herons attacking Mallard ducks

Pied Wagtails

Barnacle Goose on old lagoons

Yellow Wagtail