This afternoon I was able to enjoy my annual juvenile limosa 'fix' with 3 from west hide at Minsmere - one colour-ringed. Such superb birds #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

The influx of Quail has continued strongly over the last month. The latest weekly reporting rate of 2% is the highest recorded since BirdTrack began in 2004! #ukbirding

Beautiful evening on the Outstrays. Great wader watching as usual plus a handful of Little and Med’ Gulls #Humber

For various reasons I’ve not managed out as much as I’d have liked. This white rumped sand was first year bird for sometime. It was showing not too bad! #birdingscotland #birds #waders #americanbirds

Our first Marsh Tit since 2010 wasn't just a great record—it came with a story. Ringed as a nestling at @tophilllow.bsky.social on 10 May, this young bird travelled around 30 miles before reaching Spurn. 🐦 #BirdRinging

Spurn's first Marsh Tit since 2010 turned up yesterday, bearing a ring from Tophill Low Reservoir (less than 50km) where it fledged last May. I was fortunate enough to catch a few calls during its brief appearance in Kilnsea this morning #spurnbirds

No sign of Caspian Tern between Skeffling and Weeton by 10.30, but 21 Little Gulls on Outstrays @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Caspian Tern still on Outstrays from Weeton screen @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Caspian Tern Weeton Outstrays still until pushed off mud by tide 10.50 and lost to view flying towards Skeffling #phonescoped @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Caspian Tern still on Outstrays with gulls from Weeton screen 0930 #phonescoped @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Caspian Tern still on Outstrays from Weeton screen 0735 @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Get in! Caspian Tern on Outstrays at Weeton #phonescoped

Bird of the day was this Wood Sandpiper that dropped onto Beacon Ponds this morning briefly, before slipping away unseen. Wader no’s building with couple of Golden Plover over the wetlands, 217 Barwits, 70 Knot, 15 Dunlin and 28 Grey Plover on the Humber off Warren lunchtime #phonescoped

Beautiful evening watching the waders with the tide on the Outstrays. Still hundreds of birds on the mud, 3 Curlew Sandpipers being the best #phonescoped

Green Sandpiper seen by @sconebirding.bsky.social at BTO HQ in Thetford this morning - the start of autumn migration! Mid-June is a typical date for first returners from Fennoscandian breeding grounds, before autumn migration peaks in August #ukbirding Photo: Allan Drewitt / BTO

Pluvialis perfection 👌

Interesting acro trapped in the Crown Estate Field this mrng - suspect it's going to turn out to be a Blyth's Reed but certainly a pretty subtle one - plumage not too bad, decent biometrics, poor p4 emargination etc. No field views & no calls.

Could it be a Quail year? We've seen a big increase in reports of this elusive migrant gamebird in the last two weeks. Reports don't usually peak until late June, so it will be interesting to see whether the influx continues into the summer #ukbirding

Miserable morning around Spurn, this Little Gull on Kilnsea Wetlands the highlight. Couple of hours in improved weather this evening on the Outstrays yielded a smart Curlew Sand’ (down from 5 y’day) in the diminishing wader flocks, a singing Quail and a flyover Hobby on the way home #phonescoped

The Mighty St Paul’s in the Pribilofs, twinned with the Mighty Blyth, Northumberland - a bonny RnS showing nicely this afternoon on St Paul’s @yellowbrow.bsky.social @sudswatcher.bsky.social

12 Egyptian Geese over the Warren, Spurn this morning ….. it’s why I moved here 😉

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Delighted to find this Greenish warbler here at Langdon hole this morning, after what has been a fairly quiet spring locally. follow link for more pics perdixbirding.com/2026/06/03/0... #ukbirding #kentbirding

Barnacle Geese at the Warren, Spurn this morning. Not a great variety of waders on the falling tide, but still 575 Sanderling on the Humber here #phonescoped

Pectoral Sandpiper on Rimac car park scrape, Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR, today (when it was being chased off by Lapwings!). A Temminck's Stint joined later, and a fly-over Glossy Ibis made for a good morning #patchbirding #lincsbirding #ukbirding

8 Curlew Sands the highlight of a wadering session at Outstrays (Weeton screen) with @colinbushell.bsky.social this evening, in brilliant light until the rain hit.

Patch gold: a broad-billed county first Chris Turner and Dave Harris were checking their local reservoir on a sweltering Bank Holiday Monday when an incredible wader appeared before their eyes:

2 Little Stints and 9 Curlew Sands at Outstrays (Weeton screen) on the incoming tide this evening. Still lots of waders here 😃. #UKbirding @colinbushell.bsky.social

Spent the evening with @stanstanbury47.bsky.social watching waders at the Warren, Spurn. Some were in fine fettle, can’t be long before they leave, but still plenty of Knot, Barwits and Sanderling on the Humber #waders #phonescoped

A few phrases from this afternoon's Common Rosefinch at Sammy's Point, Spurn 26/5/26

Blimey!

Another varied day on the Humber starting with a smart Cattle Egret in the Triangle at Spurn, Little Terns and a Med’ Gull on Kilnsea Wetlands and ending the day accompanied by Winnie, watching waders on Outstrays #Spurn #Humber #phonescoped

Waders continue to feature around the Humber with this Red-necked Phalarope dropping in on Kilnsea Wetlands late morning in wet, blustery conditions #phonescoped

American Golden Plover, Outstrays. Caught the tide just right this afternoon at Weeton - the AGP was showing on the exposed mud when I arrived. Still pretty distant, but less hazy than this morning from the Warren at Spurn #phonescoped

Another of this morning’s Temminck’s Stint at Kilnsea Wetlands, this time cowering from the sudden downpour. Found by @ivoryg.bsky.social et al as I walked into the hide. Good timing at the moment #phonescoped

Lovely views of Temminck’s Stint on Kilnsea Wetlands this morning. My second of the week, following a brief bird on Tuesday #phonescoped

And folk wonder why we talk about ecological breakdowns: in the past on this sort of date, today's brisk, chilly headwind would have been a dead cert to produce a strong passage of Swifts and a good fall of migrants; today we logged 3 Swifts and 28 nets - many open for 10 hours - caught 5 migrants!

Dapper Woodlark at the Warren, Spurn this morning after @mickturton.bsky.social picked it up flying over Sammy’s Point #phonescoped #Spurnbirds

A few photos taken with the bridge camera with @wisebirding.bsky.social last week: Wallcreeper in Georgia 🇬🇪 and male Montagu’s Harrier in Armenia 🇦🇲

Going through some recordings on return from Armenia. We encountered quite a few passage Mountain Chiffchaff, including this calling (heard at beginning of recording) and singing bird at Norashen in scrub by the lakes #Armenia 🇦🇲

Last full day in the field in Armenia started on the Yeghvardi Plains where Bimaculated Larks put on a great show in song flight and on the deck. Mount Aragats produced several White-throated Robins, Radde’s Accentor and Rock Thrushes @wisebirding.bsky.social #phonescoped #Armenia 🇦🇲

Another cracking day in Armenia with @wisebirding.bsky.social Over 80 species around the Armash Fish Ponds including White-tailed Lapwings, Menetries’s, Paddyfield & Moustached Warblers, Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters and White-headed Duck 📷 Ararat Mtns (Türkiye) from the fish ponds #Armenia 🇦🇲

📷 Crimson-winged Finches at the Caspian Snowcock site and White-throated Robin. Back into the mountains of Armenia again this morning, seeing Caspian Snowcock with bonus Crimson-winged Finches around our vantage point. #phonescoped #Armenia 🇦🇲 @wisebirding.bsky.social

Radde’s Accentor, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Red-tailed Wheatear. Another bird-filled day in Armenia with @wisebirding.bsky.social : Horned Larks, Mountain Chiffs, Eastern Orphean Warbler, Bluethroat, WwSnowfinches ending the day with 3 more Brown Bears #phonescoped #Armenia🇦🇲

Mountain Chiffchaff, Norashen Reserve #Armenia Crossed the border from Georgia with the @wisebirding.bsky.social group today, picking up this and a couple of other target species (Semicollared Flycatcher and Green Warbler) along the way #phonescoped

Ring Ouzel is one of my favourite birds, so it’s been pleasing to see so many in Georgia on the slopes around Stepantsminda. The birds here are the striking subspecies amicorum #phonescoped

Another fantastic day in Georgia. After a morning in the mountains we spent the afternoon in the valley seeing this migrant Nightjar and finishing the afternoon watching 3 Brown Bears on the slopes #phonescoped @wisebirding.bsky.social

We’ve done very well indeed for Great Rosefinches around Stepsantminda on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Georgia and Armenia tour, with 50+ on our walk through the Buckthorn this morning #wisebirding #phonescoped

Up to the viewpoint above Stepantsminda for Caucasian Snowcocks this morning where two showed beautifully. Caucasian Black Grouse, more Great Rosefinches, Alpine Accentors, Wallcreepers and a surprise White-winged Snowfinch made for a great pre-breakfast jaunt @wisebirding.bsky.social #phonescoped

Absolute belter of a first day in the field for the Georgia & Armenia tour with @wisebirding.bsky.social led by @westcoastbirds.bsky.social with 20+ Guldenstadt’s Redstarts and 6 Great Rosefinches near our hotel in Stepantsminda the highlight #wisebirding #phonescoped