Bossenden Wood last couple of days: Lesser Spot, Great Spot, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Firecrest, Goldcrest, Stock Dove, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Blue Tits, Great Tits and LT Tits. #kentbirding

And we’re off! With conditions less than favourable so far, it was good to get out to the Blean. Between 5-6 birds, including drumming and two territorial females ‘chittering’ started the LSW season off nicely #kentbirding @lesserspotnet.bsky.social

I’ve now set up a YouTube channel called Kent Birding with some poorly taken videos of some things I have seen, very rough no editing. Here is my latest uploaded, follow if you like! #kentbirding youtu.be/6ejXbcCjfMI?...

This Thursday evening’s talk at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory is about wardening for a year on the island of Bardsey All are welcome #kentbirding

New book on rewilding! A curated collection of 27 articles published in British Wildlife over the last 5 yrs So, accessible & nicely produced for a broad readership And I’m one of the authors. Cheap at the price (£16.99)! www.britishwildlife.com/wilding/

Seawatching from King George Park got that more lively when this brute of a Glaucous Gull(!) materialised from the melee of gulls. Meanwhile two of each Little Gulls and Red-breasted Mergansers were highlights between hundreds of birds #PWC2026 ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Very pleased to share #OpenAccess paper, which we think is important to understand woodland bird declines and impact of forestry on native ancient woodland in Britain. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ornithology @ukceh.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @mizpas.bsky.social 🧵1/n

I normally err towards pale northern Herring, but this beauty on the north side of Shrewsbury this morning looked smooth, pale and Glaucy enough to be a Viking #lovegulls #shropshirebirding

The Lesser Whitethroat (Halimodendri) still thriving in my small garden for its 26th day. #UKBirding

It was only 200 metres more to Surrey 🧐🫣😎. Kent and LNHS won though 🫣🤗. Red-flanked Bluetail found by Will Oliver yesterday afternoon and very very elusive . Still difficult today but a few saw it well with patience . Also in the area, Woodcock, Brambling, Crossbills

A flooded Stour Valley, and tons of beaver field evidence. Suprise flock of bewick's flew over, 3 egret species, raptors, ducks and water pipit.

Great to see this article published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social. The paper presents valuable perspectives on #rewilding from a discussion among scientists & practitioners during the @britishecologicalsociety.org Policy Training workshop. 👉 tinyurl.com/ykwfrjmh

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation with @rspb.bsky.social to plan and support #island restoration projects in the UK Overseas Territories: buff.ly/yQfjqWI

No. 8 in our Top 10 highlights of wildlife seen on our 2025 tours was the superpod of White-beaked Dolphins off the coast of Shetland - the 6th species of cetacean we saw that week! Aerial footage by @hughharrop.bsky.social #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

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Our paper in December's @britishbirds.bsky.social describes success in using sound recording for detecting Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. We found Lesser Spots still present in woodlands where they have not been seen/heard for years. This is very exciting www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...

This time, the washes were ready! 🦢✅ After a 570km U-turn north to Aberdeenshire, likely due to low water at the Ouse Washes, the same swan has migrated south again & arrived to restored, higher levels. A real-world example of landscape-scale habitat assessment by migratory birds.

Goldeneye from a gloomy afternoon (15/11/25) Coldharbour Lagoon, Reculver. A nice suprise. #kentbirding

Highlight this morning, two black redstart and tree sparrow. Reculver. #kentbirding

Wonderful self-found suprise today in the form of this wryneck, at Chambers Wall, Reculver. Fair few birds around, but had to scoot for a 10am meeting. #kentbirding #selffoundbirding.

As a county bird recorder I can honestly say that the best and easiest way for you to make your birding count, is to upload them to either eBird or BirdTrack. Doing so contributes directly to #ornithology and bird #conservation at both local and national levels. #birdingScotland #birdingWales

Blimey, a proper seawatch off Estaca de Bares yesterday with 2 Black-capped Petrel, 2 Zino’s Petrel and a bunch of other good stuff #seawatching ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Beneath wide skies and whispering trees, I walk the earth with quiet ease. With friends and laughter, meals we share, Warm hands, kind hearts, the open air. No gold, no rush—just time well spent, A life in tune, a soul content.

Our most recent report, Rare Breeding Birds in the UK in 2022, is now available open access on our website at tinyurl.com/2xf23keu All reports dating back to 1973 can be found at rbbp.org.uk/annual-repor.... Our next report, for 2023, will be published in @britishbirds.bsky.social in November

Just back from a pelagic trip out to the Whittard Canyon area on the continental shelf edge with @scillypelagics.bsky.social @scottinscilly.bsky.social @nomadbirder.bsky.social Madeiran Storm Petrel reclassified from MEGA!!! to scarce summer visitor in one evening with 84 counted last night! 😂

Fancy something a bit different, or perhaps give a gift to someone who likes poetry & prosecco? Listen to four Kent-based poets for a local Canterbury-based fun evening out. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-pro...

Just wow 😵‍💫 #MolluscMonday

More wadering in D&G with visits to Browhouses & Newbie. Totals for both sites; 1 barwit, 7 blackwit, 7 ruff, 2 whimbrel, 25 golden plover, 11 greenshank, 17 snipe, 5 turnstone, small nos ringed plover, alongside oic, curlew, redshank & lapwing. Also tree pipit, osprey & 2 peregrine.

Great skua the highlight this morning from Corsewall Point @dgbirdnews.bsky.social. Lots of kittiwake and terns, 270 manx, eider, RT diver and the usual suspects. #BirdingScotland

A 2.5hr 'luxury' seawatch at Corsewall Point in @dgbirdnews.bsky.social was tern heavy, with c80 sandwich tern, a few common tern & at least 1 arctic tern. 8 common scoter & 2 arctic skua highlights. An afternoon stint was enlivened by 2 European storm petrel. ##BirdingScotland

A seawatch for just over an hour at the Isle of Whithorn was fun, 5 arctic skua, approx 560 Manx & a supporting cast of terns, gannets, kittiwake and auks. #BirdingScotland @dgbirdnews.bsky.social - an osprey over the road as we continued west was a nice surprise, too.

A trip to Castle Loch, Lochmaben, D&G for a gentle stroll. Found a great white egret. #birdingscotland

More open spaces in D&G #birdingscotland this afternoon. 5 whimbrel, 6 greenshank, 7 black-tailed godwit and an adult med gull being highlights. 15 Gooseander always nice to see. Lots of jellyfish along the beach.

Nice afternoon birding in D&G, #birdingscotland. 3 x avocet, 1 x juv marsh harrier, 4 ruff, along with a selection of other waders. One of the avocet had 2 x yellow rings and a flag on left leg. Ideas of where's it from are welcome.

Quite shocked by this Common Buzzard yesterday at Falsterbo - dark chocolate bib & pale underparts almost like a Swainson’s Hawk. Anybody else seen this plumage variant?

Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys academic.oup.com/condor/advan... 😊 #ScotBirds #UKBirding

Whilst out looking for/at late breeding UK RBBP species, came across this common toad. Not seen one for a while.

Green light for birding this morning, and overcast conditions. Juv cuckoo, a flock of 6 green sandpiper, a summer plumage grey plover, a few willow warbler and 1 tree pipit. #kentbirding

Yesterday's (Tuesday) highlights from a pre-work walk were a great white egret flying east, 2 cuckoo, and a wheatear. Found a slow worm on a path and moved the little fella to a safe spot. Awesome animals.

An interesting study of Lesser Spots in Sweden in different types of woodlands.

After a long break (too long), made it out birding this morning. Highlights being a gropper, hobby, several willow warblers, and a nice variety of waders.

A gentle stroll along the cliff tops was interspersed with butterflies, including this stunner, a small cooper. The purple of the black knapweed pops against the dried out grasses behind.

Nice garden visitor today to our 12m square wild flower lawn in the back garden. Bees buzzing, ants scurrying, young blackbird being fed this morning. Simple things bring so much pleasure when you pause and notice them.

The Sandwich Bay speciality continues to spread! Sifting through Damselflies on Worth Marshes last week produced this Dainty Damselfly, first site record! They’re going from strength to strength in Kent @marcheath.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

2025 was a record breeding season for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests monitored by our volunteers. None failed & where we were able to check the nest contents the number of chicks fledged was the highest since we started the project in 2015. Full story www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/index.php/ne...

@ukrbbp.bsky.social - you might like this footage!

It was a privilege to invite @lesserspotnet.bsky.social to the Blean and help with their work on nest productivity for these three healthy chicks! Altogether, my woodland survey site within the Blean for the KOS LSW Survey held no less than six territories! #kentbirding @kentishplover.bsky.social

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Summer’s a great time for confirming breeding by RBBP species, maybe by returning to sites where you’ve found possible or probable breeders in the spring to “upgrade” records. It can be challenging - here’s some tips on what to look for #UKBirding #birds #ornithology youtu.be/a3nDoucMHCk?...

As mentioned in yesterday’s video, now is a great time for upgrading possible and probable breeding records to confirmed. Here’s a crib sheet of the breeding evidence to look for.