The species of birds identified using Merlin [in or beside Linn Park except as noted] from 20th June 2025 is as follows:
Note: a "✓" indicates the bird is listed in the "Wild Birds" page and a "✓" in the "River Birds" page, viz there is a photograph taken in Linn Park. So lots of species yet to be photographed, and a few still to be identified using Merlin - and added to the Life List.
Note: Merlin running on the mobile phone belonging to one of the Gents.
On 18th May 2026 [Total species of bird now 58]
Oystercatcher - is it lost or just in transit ?
On 19th March 2026
Brambling
On 18th March 2026
Greylag Goose
Meadow Pipit
On 8th March 2026
Redwing
On 29th January 2026
Pink-footed Geese
On 28th September 2025
✓ Common Buzzard
On 21st August 2025
✓ Great Spotted Woodpecker
On 2nd August 2025
Spotted Flycatcher
On July 29th 2025
✓ Common Raven
Western House Martin [on someone else's phone]
On 22nd July 2025
✓ Mallard
On 21st July 2025
✓ Nuthatch [Heard by Merlin, and seen but Merlin crashed when trying to save the record.]
Seen and heard again on 29th July 2025.
On 14th July 2025 [NOT included in count]
White Wagtail [Banchory, on the River Dee]
On 12th July 2025
Ring-necked Pheasant
On 11th July 2025
✓ Common Kingfisher
Eurasian Coot
On 10th July 2025
✓ Grey Wagtail
✓ Eurasian Sparrowhawk
On 9th July 2025
Common Moorhen
Sedge Warbler [Cathkin Marshes]
Garden Warbler [Cathkin Marshes]
Common Whitethroat [Cathkin Marshes]
Barn Swallow [Cathkin Marshes]
On 8th July 2025
Canada Goose
On 7th July 2025
✓ Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Long Eared Owl
Up to 1st July 2025
✓ Goldcrest
✓ Eurasian Treecreeper
✓ Rook
Collared-Dove
Eurasian Blackcap
European Geenfinch
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Western House-Martin
✓ Coal Tit
Hooded Crow
✓ House Sparrow
Common Starling
✓ Eurasian Bullfinch
Stock Dove
✓ European Robin
Eurasian Siskin
Rock Dove
Carrion Crow
✓ Common Chiffchaff
✓ Eurasian Jackdaw
✓ Common Chaffinch
✓ Long-tailed Tit
✓ Eurasian Wren
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Blue Tit
European Goldfinch
Common Swift
✓ Mistle Thrush
✓ Song Thrush
✓ Dunnock
Great Tit
✓ Eurasian Blackbird
✓ Common Wood-Pigeon