Five grey plover and five knot were feeding on Greatstone Beach, Dungeness while I was walking the dogs this evening. Phone photo. @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social @dungenessowen.bsky.social @ploddingbirder.bsky.social

A green sandpiper flew from the scrapes near Boulderwall Farm towards ARC, Dungenes this morning. My first for this year. @ploddingbirder.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social

After a frustrating spring of birding failing to see or find anything of much interest, I've had two lucky finds in June. Ring-necked duck at Kenfig Pool on 3rd and a squacco heron found on the Long Pits, Dungeness this morning.

Roof nesting oystercatchers have at least one chick at Romney Sands Caravan Park. @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social @dungenessowen.bsky.social

Some photos taken at Sker Point area this morning. Razorbill, linnets and meadow pipit. #birds #birdingWales @rspbcymru.bsky.social @eastglambto.bsky.social @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social

Chough at Pink Bay, Porthcawl this morning.

Adult male sparrowhawk with house sparrow at Nottage, Porthcawl this morning.

Five drake American wigeon were on the Ogmore Estuary for their second day and showing much better at Portobello Island. A little ringed plover was on the island too. In the flight shot there were only four which were accompanied by a pair of Eurasian wigeon.

After missing the Glamorgan Bird Club visit to Garw Nant last week, Becky and I went today. We were lucky to see the main target species, willow tit, singing in the car park.

We had a walk at Pen Pych this afternoon. There weren't many birds about but we had fun watching a kestrel in the hill above the waterfall.

NE European/Russian 'albifrons' race white-fronted goose in field on east side of Kenfig Pool this morning. Nice find by Neil Donaghy earlier.

An obliging chough was feeding next to Sker House, Porthcawl this afternoon.

ebird.org/tripreport/4... Ebird trip report from my three weeks in Australia during November.

A few shots from sunny Tasmania today: Pacific gull, black oystercatcher and Tasmanian pademelon.

Some birds at Melbourne's Western Treatment Works. It's possibly the best birding site I've ever been to. Australian crake, red kneed dotterel, sharp-tailed sandpiper and Australian pelican.

Today's offerings from Victoria, Australia: dusky wood swallow, diamond fire tail, striated pardalote and wedge-tailed eagle

Today's best bird photos in Victoria, Australia. Yellow tufted honeyeater, Australasian darter and hooded robin and it's fledgling.

I'm spending three weeks in south-east Australia with a birding pal from my childhood. Almost all natives are ticks for me. Some pictures from my first two days. White-plumed honeyeater, yellow robin, fairy wren and galah.

Redshank and 1st winter male sparrowhawk at Kenfig Pool during an uneventful WeBS bird count. @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social

We went to Ogmore Est. this pm to walk the dogs and see a red-breasted merganser that was found today(Paul Roberts). It was probably the same bird seen briefly at Kenfig Pool earlier(Neil Donaghy). Two bar-tailed godwits were nice to see too. @neild1962.bsky.social @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social

An evening dog walk at Kenfig produced a spotted flycatcher and male Kestrel. No luck seeing either the glossy ibis or hobby though @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social

This Saturday, 27th September, the club will be running a Birding Walk for Women at Bryngarw Country Park! Meet in the car park at 10am 🐦

I made a quick trip today to see a buff-breasted sandpiper and American golden plover in the same field near Camber Sands. They weren't easy to see in the brisk wind and heat haze. I didn't even try to photograph the hyperactive BBS.

A fairly quiet seawatch off Dungeness this morning. Dark-bellied Brent goose the highlight with pintail, teal, wigeon, common scoter, 2 common terns and several Arctic skuas. Greenpeace's 'Rainbow Warrior' passed in the distance. @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social

Juvenile Sabine's gull at Aberavon, Port Talbot this morning. An incredible six were seen there this morning.

This morning's juvenile black tern at Kenfig Pool found by Kenfig's bird finding machine, Neil Donaghy.

Some recent pictures from the Porthcawl area this week. I'm trying to learn how to quickly crop in camera then send to phone and out to social media. Chiffchaff, gannet, pintails and cormorant

A very obliging juvenile/1st winter grey phalarope on Sker Pool, Porthcawl this afternoon. @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social #glamorganbirds

Arctic tern at Newton Beach, Porthcawl this evening. @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social #glamorganbirds

Little stint on Kenfig Pool yesterday evening #phonescope @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social

The somewhat approachable black-tailed godwit that's been at Kenfig Pool for a few days. @glamorganbirdclub.bsky.social

We were lucky today, chancing upon our first Adonis blue whilst stopping to eat sandwiches at Seven Sisters Country Park, Eastbourne. I didn't have bins or camera but thankfully was able to grab a shot with my phone.

Common blue in our Porthcawl front lawn meadow. First record this year.

A few pictures from our front garden meadow this morning including male red-tailed bumblebee and wall brown.