Week 45

5 - 11 November 2025

During my big year, I will update my blog most weeks. This is the forty-fifth week's recap. The number next to the day indicates my Scottish year list at the end of that day. Birds written in italics indicate year ticks.

November 11 - Day 315: 206

Today, as I was walking to school with my dad, we got news of a single Waxwing seen by Mark Lewis on Stanley Street. Since it was nearby, we decided to keep our eyes and ears peeled for any sign of the birds. Soon, on Desswood place, I thought I heard some, but then dismissed them as a weird Starling or something else. But then, I heard them again with their trilling calls, and we watched in awe as 6 Waxwings flew over our heads, calling. We later had a group of 9 on Fountainhall place, number 206! Mark later had a group of 30+ over Ashley Road, but they were nowhere to be seen later that day.