After a recent early morning airport drop off, I continued down to Wexford for the first time in years. I was delighted to find a juvenile American Golden Plover at Tacumshin, before a harrier spectacle. The male Northern Harrier joined a few Hen and Marsh Harriers as the sun set.

Best from a morning at Langness, Isle of Man included this juv male Hen Harrier heading SW out to sea, a Sparrowhawk high SE out to sea and numbers of passerines on the move; Mipits, Alba Wags & Chaffinches mainly & 50 Swallow. A juv Curlew Sand in the high tide wader roost and 21 Chough. #UKBirding

Dungeness: A juvenile Hen Harrier that flew through The Desert then spiralled up and out to sea this morning. Many thanks to Jacob for the heads up. #Kentbirding #UKBirding

It is remarkable that, in a region as heavily studied as the Mediterranean, it is still possible to discover places were a "raptor river" takes place tinyurl.com/mu77m7hc Mellone et al. 2025. Akritas Cape: a new raptor migration hot spot in the Balkans. Bird Conservation International

New research has documented Red-footed Falcons frequently stealing prey from Lesser Kestrels in Italy's Po Valley – the only region in Europe where the two species nest side by side:

www.raptoridentification.com/a-focus-on-j... I have been glacially slow at pulling these thoughts together on the vagrancy/ID of these Nearctic Hare-footed Stunners. I hope it’s of use to some very lucky person one day somewhere in Europe. thanks for your time.

Pic of that ST Eagle here👇 Incredible to see it fly over, in Bruges!

Excited to be doing the Yorkshire Big Day on Saturday with our Dirty Habicht team @grafhamwbirder.bsky.social @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social and Dunc Poyser. We'll be trying to beat the record we set in 2019 of 156 bird species in 24 hours. We'll be donating to the Jack Snipe tracking project too.

We’re going to be doing a 24hr bird race around Yorkshire next Saturday 10th May, trying to see as many species as we can to raise money for our MOTUS Jack Snipe project www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... @ollie333.bsky.social @jabbirdart.bsky.social

Of all the things I was hoping to find today in Georgia today, a Bateleur was not one of them! This juv drifted in from Azerbaijan and over David Gareja before returning that way. First for Azerbaijan and 3rd for Georgia!

Nature is amazing!

Grey male Hen Harrier NNE over garden. No pics sadly as was a ringing. 😊

If you were to explain a feathers colouration as ‘bolognese stained tupperware’ is this acceptable? But you know what I mean right. 🤷‍♂️ #reviewingmynotesinshame 😆

A Long-eared owl painted in watercolours few years ago.

For the first time, the RSPB has launched an interactive map showing the whereabouts of its satellite-tagged Hen Harriers:

Very happy with my new addition to my patch @yorkbirding.bsky.social just think of the nest where that juvster hatched 🤯

An antidote to Black Friday, today is #GivingTuesday. The RSPB Investigations team tackles raptor persecution in the field, gathering evidence, working with police, compiling data & exposing these crimes. It's only possible thanks to you. Thank you. www.rspb.org.uk/donate/help-us-stop-the-killing

African Green Pigeon ringed today at Ngulia Lodge, Kenya 🪶

Absolute peach of a calidus-type Peregrine from Cley recently, pics well worth looking at from 31st October here cleybirdclub.org.uk/wildlife-new... @jabbirdart.bsky.social

1CY male Taiga Merlin ringed today in southern Ontario 🪶

After getting decent views of the Pale-legged Leaf quite early, it was back to home turf, and the Welwick Pallid Harrier gave amazing views, just a shame I only had my phone. Watched it gain height, go east and descend into the 'Kilnsington' area, where it was then seen later on. #UKBirding