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Our Edinburgh sparrowhawk chicks finally have names! Six lucky people who came along to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh over the weekend suggested the winning names. The only female in the brood has been named Leila and her brothers are called Lucky, Fluffy, Nev, Radar and Killer. It's good to...

Well, I'm sure you've all been as glued to your computer screens/laptops/fancy phones as I've been, watching our three Aberdeen Red Kite chicks (live on our webcam!!!) grow from fluffy cute little white bundles to almost adult size, with a wingspan of around 5ft 7, in just six weeks! Over...

After a fantastic breeding season with six successful nests producing 15 young we should have a lot of kites to look for flying around Aberdeenshire. However, this is now getting more difficult! Most birds have now lost their radio transmitters, which means that we have to rely on the unique two digit...

Hi, It would be fun just to say 'I went birding with Steve, Dave, Jon, Steve, Bryan, Steve ,Dave and Andrew' and leave it at that but some dang birders have distinctive first names too! And.... why are there so many Steves and Daves ?? :) S ps- It must be so easy in Sweden - 'I...

There are many species in the UK that have a number of different names depending on the respective region. Many of them come from the calls, habitats and folklore relating to the species. The house sparrow for example has a good few alternative names such as spuggie, spadger, thatch sparrow and hoosie...

I've been below the radar a bit recently, like many of our adult kites who have gone off to moult and recoup after a busy summer season. But like them also I'm now back and ready for winter! In the last couple of weeks the kite roosts have come into their own again with up to 20 birds sharing...

My wife George and daughter Florence spent the day in the garden at Florence's grandparents on Wednesday. It's so nice that we can start to spend a bit more time outside now the weather's picking up. They came home telling me about a creepy crawly they'd never seen before. My in-laws...