<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some Ornithological Chat with Mike Thornton and Andrew Matthews&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark talks to Mike and Andrew about the Lothian Mentoring scheme, which gave less experienced birders based at Edinburgh universities opportunities to spend time in the field with, and learn from more experienced birders. We talk about why learning is so important to both individuals and SOC branches/bird clubs. Andrew fails to get the power of flight into Room 101, and Mike reminisces on good times on the Farne islands, and slightly less good times in Abernethy Forest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SOC website - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Branches – what’s going on near you? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What’s coming up at Waterston house? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Online Scottish Bird Report - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where to watch birds in Scotland app - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scottish Birds - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intro – Coal tit in song. Outro – Song thrush, also in song. And what a song… &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All recordings used were made by Mark Lewis&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Mentoring the next generation

Some Ornithological Chat with Mike Thornton and Andrew Matthews Mark talks to Mike and Andrew about the Lothian Mentoring scheme, which gave less experienced birders based at Edinburgh universities opportunities to spend time in the field with, and learn from more experienced birders. We talk about why learning is so important to both individuals and SOC branches/bird clubs. Andrew fails to get the power of flight into Room 101, and Mike reminisces on good times on the Farne islands, and slightly less good times in Abernethy Forest. SOC DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us</a>SOC website - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/</a>Branches – what’s going on near you? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches</a>What’s coming up at Waterston house? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery</a>Online Scottish Bird Report - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report</a>Where to watch birds in Scotland app - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app</a>Scottish Birds - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal</a> Intro – Coal tit in song. Outro – Song thrush, also in song. And what a song… CreditsAll recordings used were made by Mark Lewis <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Some Ornithological Chat with Mike Thornton and Andrew Matthews

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some Ornithological Chat with Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark talks to Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson about the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, which has been keeping tabs on Scotland’s Raptors for the last 20 years. To celebrate their 20th Birthday, SRMS released their first population trends for Scotland’s raptors via both a report and a brilliant interactive web tool. Also, Amy tells us how she feels about Birds of Paradise and Andrew tells us about his Hebridean birding dream (a Willet) and his Hebridean birding reality (a Snowy Owl/white bucket).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SRMS - &lt;a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-online" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trends report - &lt;a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRMS-Trends-2009-2018-Trends-Summary.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://raptormonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRMS-Trends-2009-2018-Trends-Summary.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Search trends interactively - &lt;a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/trends/explore-trends-interactively" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://raptormonitoring.org/trends/explore-trends-interactively&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SOC website - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Branches – what’s going on near you? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What’s coming up at Waterston house? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Online Scottish Bird Report - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where to watch birds in Scotland app - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scottish Birds - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intro – displaying Teals, male chimes and whistles and female rather high pitched quacks. Outro – Robin.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose hawk and owl calls were used.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lars Edinius – Sparrowhawk - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/741418" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/741418&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lars Edinius – Northern Goshawk - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/665202" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/665202&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jarek Matusiak – Northern Goshawk - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/591228" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/591228&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Irish Wildlife Sounds – Sparrowhawk - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/740850" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/740850&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Andrej Binz – Tawny Owl - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/782767" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/782767&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clive Davies – Long-eared Owl - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/713370" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/713370&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Xeno-canto - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Scottish Raptor Monitoring Milestones 

Some Ornithological Chat with Amy Challis and Andrew StevensonMark talks to Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson about the Scottish Raptor Monitoring Scheme, which has been keeping tabs on Scotland’s Raptors for the last 20 years. To celebrate their 20th Birthday, SRMS released their first population trends for Scotland’s raptors via both a report and a brilliant interactive web tool. Also, Amy tells us how she feels about Birds of Paradise and Andrew tells us about his Hebridean birding dream (a Willet) and his Hebridean birding reality (a Snowy Owl/white bucket).SRMS - <a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-online" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://raptormonitoring.org/srms-online</a>Trends report - <a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRMS-Trends-2009-2018-Trends-Summary.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://raptormonitoring.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SRMS-Trends-2009-2018-Trends-Summary.pdf</a>Search trends interactively - <a href="https://raptormonitoring.org/trends/explore-trends-interactively" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://raptormonitoring.org/trends/explore-trends-interactively</a>SOCDIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us</a>SOC website - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/</a>Branches – what’s going on near you? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches</a>What’s coming up at Waterston house? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery</a>Online Scottish Bird Report - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report</a>Where to watch birds in Scotland app - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app</a>Scottish Birds - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal</a> Intro – displaying Teals, male chimes and whistles and female rather high pitched quacks. Outro – Robin.&nbsp;CreditsMany thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose hawk and owl calls were used.Lars Edinius – Sparrowhawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/741418" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/741418</a>Lars Edinius – Northern Goshawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/665202" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/665202</a>Jarek Matusiak – Northern Goshawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/591228" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/591228</a>Irish Wildlife Sounds – Sparrowhawk - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/740850" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/740850</a>Andrej Binz – Tawny Owl - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/782767" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/782767</a>Clive Davies – Long-eared Owl - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/713370" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/713370</a>Xeno-canto - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Some Ornithological chat with Amy Challis and Andrew Stevenson

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some Ornithological Chat with Ryan Irvine&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark talks to Ryan Irvine about patch birding, and getting involved with Patchwork Challenge – a friendly competition that aims to inspire birders to bird (and record) more locally. Ryan decides he’d like to be reincarnated as a Sooty Shearwater, and fly past Girdle Ness while someone other than Mark finds Scotland’s first Eastern Crowned Warbler there. Charming!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;All your Patchwork Challenge info here: https://twitter.com/PatchBirding/status/1593975691028176896?s=20&amp;amp;t=mIx3jSgpeyAIs52_Ss8p-w&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SOC website - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Branches – what’s going on near you? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What’s coming up at Waterston house? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Online Scottish Bird Report - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where to watch birds in Scotland app - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scottish Birds - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intro – Nuthatch – a relatively recent colonist to Scotland. Outro – Marsh Tit – the latest breeding species we have lost?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose Dipper and Mistle Thrush songs, and thrush calls were used.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Irish Wildlife Sounds – Fieldfare - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/774386" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/774386&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christophe Mercier – Ring Ouzel - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/759159" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/759159&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lars Edinius – Dipper - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/687370" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/687370&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Romauld Mikusek – Mistle Thrush - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/761994" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/761994&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Xeno-canto - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Patch Birding, Patchwork Challenge and a badly seen thrush...

Some Ornithological Chat with Ryan IrvineMark talks to Ryan Irvine about patch birding, and getting involved with Patchwork Challenge – a friendly competition that aims to inspire birders to bird (and record) more locally. Ryan decides he’d like to be reincarnated as a Sooty Shearwater, and fly past Girdle Ness while someone other than Mark finds Scotland’s first Eastern Crowned Warbler there. Charming! All your Patchwork Challenge info here: https://twitter.com/PatchBirding/status/1593975691028176896?s=20&amp;t=mIx3jSgpeyAIs52_Ss8p-w SOCDIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us</a>SOC website - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/</a>Branches – what’s going on near you? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches</a>What’s coming up at Waterston house? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery</a>Online Scottish Bird Report - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report</a>Where to watch birds in Scotland app - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app</a>Scottish Birds - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal</a> Intro – Nuthatch – a relatively recent colonist to Scotland. Outro – Marsh Tit – the latest breeding species we have lost? CreditsMany thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose Dipper and Mistle Thrush songs, and thrush calls were used. Irish Wildlife Sounds – Fieldfare - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/774386" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/774386</a>Christophe Mercier – Ring Ouzel - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/759159" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/759159</a>Lars Edinius – Dipper - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/687370" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/687370</a>Romauld Mikusek – Mistle Thrush - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/761994" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/761994</a>Xeno-canto - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Some Ornithological Chat with Ryan Irvine

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, Will Miles joins us to talk about two books that he has been involved with recently - 'The Birds of Fair Isle' and 'Best Days with Shetland's Birds'. We also hear about mistaking a Woodpigeon for a Crane, and how Will would use his time machine to go back and make a phonecall... &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SOC website - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Branches – what’s going on near you? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What’s coming up at Waterston house? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Online Scottish Bird Report - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where to watch birds in Scotland app - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scottish Birds - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose mega goose and swan calls were used.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Xeno-canto - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pink-footed goose – Simon Elliot - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/670475" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/670475&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Greater White-fronted goose – Andras Schmidt - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/698271" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/698271&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Greater White-fronted goose – Peter Boesman - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/603849" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/603849&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tundra Bean Goose – Uku Paal - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/641876" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/641876&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tundra Bean Goose – James Lidster - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/704753" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/704753&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Birds of Fair Isle and Best Days with Shetland's Birds

In this episode, Will Miles joins us to talk about two books that he has been involved with recently - 'The Birds of Fair Isle' and 'Best Days with Shetland's Birds'. We also hear about mistaking a Woodpigeon for a Crane, and how Will would use his time machine to go back and make a phonecall... SOCDIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us</a>SOC website - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/</a>Branches – what’s going on near you? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches</a>What’s coming up at Waterston house? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery</a>Online Scottish Bird Report - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report</a>Where to watch birds in Scotland app - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app</a>Scottish Birds - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal</a> CreditsMany thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose mega goose and swan calls were used.Xeno-canto - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/</a> Pink-footed goose – Simon Elliot - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/670475" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/670475</a>Greater White-fronted goose – Andras Schmidt - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/698271" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/698271</a>Greater White-fronted goose – Peter Boesman - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/603849" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/603849</a>Tundra Bean Goose – Uku Paal - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/641876" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/641876</a>Tundra Bean Goose – James Lidster - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/704753" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/704753</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Some Ornithological Chat with Will Miles

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some Ornithological Chat with Paul French&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark talks to Paul French (who was wearing his British Birds Rarities Committee hat) about rarity assessment, hundreds of different trips in a time machine, and being reincarnated as an Eleanora’s Falcon for some dubious reasons…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CONFERENCE - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/events/events/the-2022-annual-conference" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/events/events/the-2022-annual-conference&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SOC website - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Branches – what’s going on near you? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What’s coming up at Waterston house? &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Online Scottish Bird Report - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where to watch birds in Scotland app - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scottish Birds - &lt;a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose mega rare chat and Hume’s Warbler calls were used.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Xeno-canto - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Siberian Blue Robin – Yong Ding Li - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/115946" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/115946&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Siberian Blue Robin – Hans Matheve - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/154622" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/154622&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rufous-tailed Robin – Per Alstrom - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/154622" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/154622&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rufous-tailed Robin – Geoff Carey - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/743692" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/743692&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Siberian Rubythroat – Eric Defonso - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/364335" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/364335&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Siberian Rubythroat – Jelle Scharringa - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/647572" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/647572&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Humes Leaf Warbler – Peter Boesman - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/472917" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/472917&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Humes Leaf Warbler – Thomas Bergman - &lt;a href="https://xeno-canto.org/612553" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://xeno-canto.org/612553&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

BBRC, rarity assessment and then the usual birders questions

Some Ornithological Chat with Paul French Mark talks to Paul French (who was wearing his British Birds Rarities Committee hat) about rarity assessment, hundreds of different trips in a time machine, and being reincarnated as an Eleanora’s Falcon for some dubious reasons… SOC CONFERENCE - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/events/events/the-2022-annual-conference" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/events/events/the-2022-annual-conference</a>DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/support-us/join-us</a>SOC website - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/</a>Branches – what’s going on near you? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/local-branches</a>What’s coming up at Waterston house? <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/art-gallery</a>Online Scottish Bird Report - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/online-scottish-bird-report</a>Where to watch birds in Scotland app - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/app</a>Scottish Birds - <a href="https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-soc.org.uk/about-us/scottish-birds-soc-s-journal</a> CreditsMany thanks to Xeno Canto for allowing access to the library of recordings, and in particular, the following recorders whose mega rare chat and Hume’s Warbler calls were used.Xeno-canto - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/</a>Siberian Blue Robin – Yong Ding Li - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/115946" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/115946</a>Siberian Blue Robin – Hans Matheve - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/154622" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/154622</a>Rufous-tailed Robin – Per Alstrom - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/154622" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/154622</a>Rufous-tailed Robin – Geoff Carey - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/743692" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/743692</a>Siberian Rubythroat – Eric Defonso - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/364335" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/364335</a>Siberian Rubythroat – Jelle Scharringa - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/647572" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/647572</a>Humes Leaf Warbler – Peter Boesman - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/472917" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/472917</a>Humes Leaf Warbler – Thomas Bergman - <a href="https://xeno-canto.org/612553" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://xeno-canto.org/612553</a> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Some Ornithological Chat with Paul French

A podcast brought to you by the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, blending conversations on topical issues and lighter chats about birds and birding, mostly in Scotland.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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