Saturday (15th) was my birthday, but it was also the day a Grey Phalarope, my long-standing nemesis and bogey bird was found on KGV Res. What a birthday treat to finally see one of these spinny fuckers @gdh56.bsky.social 😉 I did have to wait until yesterday to get point blank views though!

Putting the time in doing some vismig in-between making breakfast and getting the kids off to school paid off today with a WOODLARK ✅ flying high S calling over my N London garden at 08:08! Beats the 2 Great Egret a few mornings ago! Crossbill and Ouzel next please... #londonbirds #lowcaronbirding

Honey Buzzard, Grasshopper W, Grey Plover & Raven - all new for 2025 - highlights of September @ Walthamstow Wetlands. Round-up on walthamstowbirders.blogspot.com Thanks to @samodonnell25.bsky.social @chris-farthing.bsky.social @ivorh.bsky.social @eugenedh.bsky.social & YLD for pics #londonbirding

Superb morning in N London on patch at Vicarage Farm with first big vismig mostly SW of 500+ Swallow, 50+ House Martin, 150+ Mipit also 4 Skylark, 4 Rook, Hobby, 2 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, Sprawk and Spotted Flycatcher.

Nice walk around KGV today #londonbirds with highlights of 2 Goosander (fos), Garganey, 2 Wheatear, Yellow Wag, 200+ Swallow, Hobby, 9 Mipit SE. Hopefully a change in winds next week will bring the rarities in... #ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding

Couldn't quite believe our eyes yesterday when @gdh56.bsky.social and I spotted this Honey Buzzard flying over #WalthamstowWetlands yesterday afternoon at 14:50. A full-fat lifer✅ for me too! Still absolutely buzzing!! @birdguides.bsky.social #londonbirds #UKbirding

Nice pre-work walk on Vicarage Farm, Enfield this aft. Produced 2 Spot Fly, 1 Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail and 3 Hobby. #londonbirds #lowcarbonbirding @birdguides.bsky.social @birdingclimate.bsky.social

Beautiful sunny morning in Enfield. Had hoped for a few more migrants with overnight heavy rain, but this Whinchat was the highlight. Also 1 Lesser and 3 Common Whitethroat. #londonbirds #lowcarbonbirding #UKbirding

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social is this a very reddish Small blood vein? Thanks

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social could I have help with this one please. Thanks

Another top visit to KGV Res today. 4 Little Gull, 4 Black Tern, 1 Arctic Tern and 19+ Common Sandpiper, 2 Hobby. Whinchat seen by @chris-farthing.bsky.social too. #londonbirds #ukbirdwatching #lowcarbonbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Some of the local wildlife in Enfield last week on Vicarage Farm. Always great to catch up with Whinchat as they pass through, hoping for Redstart next, especially as we didn't get any autumn birds last year on patch. #londonbirds @rspb.bsky.social #enfield #saveenfieldgreenbelt #lowcarbonbirding

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social could I please have help with this one, thanks!

Delighted to find this juv. Little Stint today at #walthamstowwetlands my 2nd in 6 years. Glad @davidbradshaw52.bsky.social and co got to see it! Also an adult YLG was foy for me taking me to 144 for London in 2025! #londonbirds @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Brilliant day at KGV Res, a few waders, Oyc, 2 Dunlin, Redshank, 9 Com Sand, Ringed Plover. Then a movement of Terns with a flock of 29 Arctics through N and shortly after 3 Black Tern dropped in on N basin. Wheatear and 2 Yellow Wagtail too. #Londonbirds @birdguides.bsky.social

@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 2 Common Redstart, 2 N Wheatear, Hobby hunting hirundines, 3+ Raven, Lesser Whitethroat. 37sp total between Oborne and Poyntington

I was rather excited when I glimpsed what I thought was a juv Black Redstart in my garden this morning, after a short wait it reappeared, only for it to continue to show up numerous times over the day! What a special visitor to my little patch of North London! #londonbirds @rspb.bsky.social

Wader fest with @gdh56.bsky.social at KGV carried on this morning with 2 Dunlin, Redshank, Lapwing(foy) and 14 Common Sandpiper. Other highlights, 1 Jay(foy), 500+Swift, House Martin, 3 Swallow, Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Shoveler. #londonbirds #migration

Had a feeling that today would produce something at KGV with @gdh56.bsky.social and then this Wood Sandpiper Came in to view on the N basin. Chuffed with that, and a first for London for both of us! @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #londonbirds

Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social apologies for poor phone pic, is this a twin spotted Quaker?

Absolutely brilliant to catch up with Spotted Flycatchers that have bred locally to me (Enfield) for the first time since 2018, despite taking fall damage while trying to get the perfect shot... (look where you're stepping folks!) @birdguides.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #londonbirds

Hi @mothiduk.bsky.social I'm not certain on these two? Thanks

Hello @mothiduk.bsky.social any thoughts on this trapped last night in Barnet.

Hi again @mothiduk.bsky.social is this one a Dwarf Cream Wave? N London. Thanks

@mothiduk.bsky.social hello! First post since last year on the other place... Is this a Garden or Bright Straw? N London

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Fascinating stuff when your colleagues at @royaloperahouse.bsky.social ask you what the dead bird outside stage door is..? A Whimbrel!! Presumably an overnight Peregrine Kill while it was migrating. @birdguides.bsky.social #londonbirds

First kitchen moth of the season, Common Swift #moths #ukmoths

It was quite mesmerising watching yesterday's huge #thunderstorm roll East-West over London from the safety (and totally dry) loft in North London. Rolls of thunder were almost constant for more than an hour! #thunder #storm

Very foggy conditions this morning with only about 20m visibility for most of the morn, started to clear just as I was leaving... Still foy Reed and Garden Warbler for #KGV this year, 3 Yellow Wags over. No waders unfortunately, but never had a clear view of the causeway... #londonbirds

Couple of Wheatear from KGV yesterday afternoon, there were 6 total. #londonbirds #lowcarbonbirding

Red Kite in #TrentPark this afternoon put on a bit of a show in good light, eventually going back down to collect its carrion before gaining height and going south. Looks like it was feeding on a Stock Dove. #lowcarbonbirding #redkite #londonbirds #londonbirding

Pair of Wheatear on the local patch in Enfield this week 13/04, my first local birds of the year. Good fall of migrants that day with 2 Garden Warbler, Lesser and Common Whitethroats, Willow Warbler, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow and 15+ Blackcap #Londonbirds

Redshank and Scandi Rock Pipit #Walthamstowwetlands on 04/04 with @gdh56.bsky.social The pipit caused a bit of headache but we got there in the end... Nice to see @samodonnell25.bsky.social that day too! #Londonbirds @davidbradshaw52.bsky.social

Some arty shots of a couple of Cormorants at KGV #Londonbirds

Couple more images from KGV yesterday (15/04) great to see groups of Arctic Tern and Little Gulls and an arrival of Yellow Wagtail along with this beauty of a f Blue-headed #londonbirds

Just popped my Oystercatcher on charge for a bit #Londonbirds

Great morning at KGV w/ @gdh56.bsky.social 4 Little Gull, 17+ Arctic Tern, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 1 Com Sand, 6 Yellow Wagtail and found a f Blue-headed Wagtail 🤩 #Londonbirds @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

@jayrayner1.bsky.social just been to Bali Satay House for the first time (recently moved to east Barnet) wow... Beautiful food, especially the Satay dishes and the service was brilliant. So friendly and attentive. Thank you for bringing it to our attention!

Avocets, Firecrest, Nuthatch, Brents & Marsh Harrier among March highlights at London’s Walthamstow Wetlands Round up now on walthamstowbirders.blogspot.com Thanks to @samodonnell25.bsky.social @ivorh.bsky.social @eugenedh.bsky.social & @chris-farthing.bsky.social for pics #ukbirding #londonbirding

Nice walk around #WalthamstowWetlands today with @gdh56.bsky.social with Sand Martins and a single Swallow. An interesting plumaged Scandi Rock Pipit caused some debate and made for a nice year tick ✅ also FOY Painted Lady. #Londonbirds

Great Northern Diver on KGV yesterday, first time ive seen one for a couple of weeks up here and gave the best views i've had on KGV. Also present, Garganey, Smew, Black-necked and Slavonian Grebe and 11 Sand Martin #Londonbirds #UKbirds

Wonderful day in the Brecks and wonderful company in @gdh56.bsky.social and @themarshtit.bsky.social Cranes, Marsh Harriers, Firecrests, Bramblings, Siskins, Redpolls and much more! Here's to Spring!

Looking forward to the first visit to Norfolk of the year tomorrow with @gdh56.bsky.social and @themarshtit.bsky.social gonna be an early start!

Missed out on the morning's excitement in London after a SE wind and overnight rain, but managed a Wheatear this afternoon (FOY) with @gdh56.bsky.social so can't complain too much! #londonbirds

Couple of nice local finds this week, with a male Brambling at Walthamstow Wetlands and lifer Orange Underwing at Trent Park, which aren't typically seen settled on the ground, so rarely photographed. #londonbirding #ukmoths

Very pleased to have found this male Brambling yesterday afternoon at #Walthamstowwetlands with @gdh56.bsky.social a nice suprise on a day that didn't to be very fruitful. I believe a FOY for the site? @davidbradshaw52.bsky.social

I think this set of #Firecrest deserves to be my first post on Bluesky!