Keith’s talk ‘Birds of the Scottish Highlands’ will focus on those specialized birds that make their home north of the Highland Line, many of which are Arctic-Alpine species at the southern edge of their breeding range, and of current and future threats to them. Keith is a lifelong birdwatcher, photographer, amateur ornithologist and citizen scientist who cut his birding teeth in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, growing up in Aberdeenshire and Argyll and holidaying annually in Sutherland with his family. He enjoys roaming the uplands and islands of his native Scotland and the moors and coastal cliffs of his adopted North Cornish home in search of any and all birds to survey, study and photograph

MEETING POINT: Western Car Park (free) SU 677 043 START TIME: 9:30am DURATION: Approx. 4 hrs TYPICAL SPECIES: Dark-bellied Brent Geese, Wigeon, Teal, Avocet, Redshank and Dunlin, possible Short Eared Owl and Bearded Tit CONTACT: Glen Pascoe 07856110354 outings@oos.org.uk ADDITIONAL NOTES: The car park can be reached from the eastern Portsmouth A27 roundabout (signed for the A2030). The track leading to Farlington is a small lane between the A27 westbound exit and the A2030 exit leading to Portsmouth. We last visited this site in March 2024 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S209537059)