The Dutch Spectacled Eider is to be released back into the Wadden Sea after it was taken into care at the end of 2025:

Britain’s first Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca was discovered on Whalsay, Shetland, on 20th October 2023. It remained on 21st October, when it was trapped and ringed.

This presumed Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca 白眼潜鸭 Bái yǎn qián yā) x Baer's Pochard (Aythya baeri 青头潜鸭 Qīng tóu qián yā) hybrid was on the Wenyu River during our monthly biodiversity survey with Beijing Forestry University. #hybrids #beijing #birds

Another amazing Goose day here in the Fylde Bird Club area, finally saw a Tundra Bean goose, this one at Cockersand and the amazing Russian White-front influx continues, saw over 800 today including a single flock of 670 ! #LancsBirding #ukbirding

Very pleasant walk around the Triangle at #Spurn after lunch at the Crown with Mrs B & Winnie. Four Tundra Beans in Well Field, 51 Russian ‘fronts and a flock of 19 Snow Buntings in Walker Butts in the sunshine (yes, sunshine!) #phonescoped

Mountain Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus trivirgatus) #BirdsSeenIn2026 #highlands #Pahang #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

Had another look at the Russian Whitefronts in the Triangle at #Spurn this afternoon (53 + 4 Barnacles) and had this lovely Tundra Bean with Greylags on Easington Straight as we drove home. Close to road at first; but distant in fading light when we got back with camera 😐 @birdguides.bsky.social

Some excellent goose watching in North Norfolk over the last week. A notable influx of White-fronted, Barnacle and Tundra Bean Geese joining the Pinkfeet flocks. The Netherlands is most likely the origin of these birds. Certainly livened up the grey weather.

I was going through some images of a visit to Thailand with my good friend Colin Bushell in 2018. Here are a few attached, what an incredible country. I have only been twice but would love to go back as there are so many great areas i have still to visit. ❤️ #birds #Thailand #Thaibirding

2 Tundra Beans, 177+ Russian White-fronts, 13+ Barnacles in fields from west end Sheep Trod Lane, Welwick #Outstrays this morning. 2 Gtr Scaup on Old Channel Marshes. @birdguides.bsky.social

A great trip out hoping to see some rare Scoters. Met up with Mark Wilkinson at Buckhaven, very few scoters there. So we moved to Leven to check the scoter flock & try & see Adam Hutt's White-billed Diver. Little did we know we would find our own, an adult bird in heavy moult. #scottishbirding

Black Brant looking smart in the hazy sun just east of Welwick hide at Outstrays. In flock of 1200 Dark bellied and 5 Pale bellied Brents. @rarebirder.bsky.social

Still plenty of geese in the #Spurn area: 33 Russian White-fronts and a Pink-foot in the Triangle and 17 more ‘fronts and 2 Barnacles on Easington Straight. Took Winnie for a run on Outstrays to end the day: 31 Avocets and a Short-eared Owl of note #phonescoped

Rolling back the years... #UKBirding

Still a bit of a ‘front-fest’ in the Spurn area; had 33 fly past us as we walked around the Triangle and 25+ on a brief stop at Kilnsea Wetlands lunchtime. Sure there’ll be more …. #phonescoped #geese

Crested Goshawk (Lophospiza trivirgata). Intense gaze & “all out white streamers" (fluffy white undertail coverts) were to intimidate another Goshawk that had infringed its airspace – it was summarily dispatched. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

Some of the 18 Russian White-fronts on Easington Straight this morning. I can’t remember a better winter for seeing these in the Spurn area since we moved here #phonescoped

….. and a Pintail.

Doi Chiang Dao, Northern Thailand 🇹🇭

That’s the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour finished for this year. Over 400 species, starting with Spoon-billed Sandpiper, ending with Slaty-backed Forktail, with many goodies like this Blue Pitta in between #WiseBirding #Thailand 🇹🇭

Never seen so many blue #flycatchers (≤20 individuals combined of 4 spp. identified) visiting a single pool in merely an hour! These include the resident Indochinese, the fully migratory Chinese, and the partially migratory Hill & Hainan. Taken at Tham Pha Tha Pon, #Thailand a few days ago #birding

Plenty of variety of birds and birding on @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour. From watching Giant Nuthatch, Spot-winged Grosbeaks and Parrotbills in the mountains to Long-billed Plovers and Yellow-breasted Buntings in the paddies en route to Doi Inthanon this morning #WiseBirding #phonescoped 🇹🇭

Collared Owlet showed very well indeed yesterday in Khao Yai NP for the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour group, showing the “false eyes” on the reverse side of head at times. Endemic Rufous Limestone Babbler as we headed north this morning #phonescoped #WiseBirding #Thailand 🇹🇭

Early start on @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour to catch Wreathed Hornbills feeding at a fruiting tree in Khao Yai NP #phonescoped #WiseBirding 🇹🇭 #Thailand

End of a long and busy day in Khao Yai NP on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour with Mugimaki Flycatcher and this female White-throated Rock Thrush among the highlights #phonescoped #WiseBirding #Thailand 🇹🇭

Nice post lunch surprise on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour - Buffy Fish Owl, Khao Yai NP 11/1/26 #phonescoped #WiseBirding #Thailand 🇹🇭

The Sun Bear that’s been frequenting the park HQ restaurant at Kaeng Krachan showed up while the @wisebirding.bsky.social group had lunch yesterday! 🇹🇭 #WiseBirding

Chinese Egret on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour at Pak Thale this morning detected by the rather strange crouching ‘velociraptor’ feeding posture 🇹🇭 #phonescoped #WiseBirding

Excellent wader watching continues on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour this morning with Nordmann’s Greenshank and Asian Dowitchers at Pak Thale #phonescoped #WiseBirding

Fantastic start the day with Spoon-billed Sandpiper on the @wisebirding.bsky.social Thailand tour. #WiseBirding #phonescoped

2025 ended with the biggest influx of European White-fronted Goose and Tundra Bean Goose for many years. Latest BirdTrack data show a big and sudden spike in the reporting rate in the last week of the year! #ukbirding

Another long walk from Easington to Spurn and back for Angie, Winnie and myself today. She’s doing 50 miles for Dementia UK this month, so any donations gratefully received here fundraise.dementiauk.org/fundraisers/...

Three hour walk along the Outstrays from Patrington to Skeffling with Mrs B. and Winnie and hardly another soul in sight. Black Brant, a Light-bellied Brent and at least 28 Russian White-fronts at Welwick were the best birds of the day.

25/12/25. Plenty of wildfowl on view around the Spurn area during our Christmas Day walk. As well as the usual dabbling duck there were 3 Barnacle Geese on the wetlands and a small group of grey geese on Easington Straight included 7 Tundra Beans, 4 ad’ Russian White-fronts and 2 Pinks #phonescoped

There are few birds as magnificently adorned as the Malayan Banded-Pitta (Hydrornis irena), female (left) & male. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perlis #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

A friend found this Todd's Canada with the Greenland Whitefronts on Kintyre at Rhunahaorine this afternoon #happydays #ukbirding

Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea). A bird with a ventriloquist call/song. Short clips of a number of birds (possibly males) singing. Perak, Malaysia, Dec 2025. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

🏆 Carl Zeiss Award 2025: Celebrates top rarity submissions to @britishbirdsbbrc.bsky.social – the observations, images & recordings impress, visit: 🔗 britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 🏅Winner: Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, by Frank Moffatt. Thanks #ZEISSbirding for sponsoring & the prize binoculars!

The Black Brant (alongside 2 Light-bellied Brents) was on Weeton Outstrays again this morning in the Dark-bellied Brent Goose flock #phonescoped @birdguides.bsky.social

The new update to the BirdTrack app introduces several features aimed at helping us collect accurate bird data and alert you to those slip of the finger data entry errors #ukbirding

Presumably the 4 (2ads) Russian Whitefronts from Spurn have relocated to Old Channel Marshes on the Outstrays now. Also 11 GWE, male and ringtail Hen Harriers and at least one Merlin in the area this morning. #BirdTrack #phonescoped @birdguides.bsky.social

One of the world's oldest living animal species has been restored to a reserve on the Scottish Solway coast:

“Should be some White-fronts around” were my words to Mrs B. as we walked the Outstrays yesterday, so nice to see 4 in the Triangle at Spurn this morning while the sun was still out #spurnbirds

A comparison of Hume’s Leaf Warbler (Wells Woods), left, and Yellow-browed Warbler (Holkham), right, from the last two days. Subtle but distinctive differences between these two similar Phylloscopus species supported by their quite different calls. #NorfolkBirding

Hume’s Leaf Warbler is a variable bird. The 3 currently inhabiting Holkham NNR all look different. The two I found on 16th: a grey/greenish rather scruffy bird (top left), & a buff/cream clean bird (top right) & Ash Saunders’ Wells bird is grey with contrasting green secondary edges #NorfolkBirding

Some of the many migratory, small flycatchers feeding on Glochidion obscurum fruit this morning: Mugimaki, Green-backed, Yellow-rumped, Asian Brown, Dark-sided Flycatcher. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Winnie enjoyed her walk around Easington this morning. Hume’s Warbler calling by the Tithe Barn in the village and 2 Black Redstarts around the terminal (including a cracking male on the rocks) made for a pleasant morning #spurnbirds

Rarity finders: Siberian Rubythroat in Shetland What began as a foggy day of late-autumn birding for Dave Cooper ended with a prize find long woven into British birding folklore:

Rarity finders: Black-faced Bunting in East Yorkshire A quiet late-autumn visit to Spurn took a dramatic turn for Andy Mears when a 'dull Reed Bunting' at Middle Camp slowly revealed itself to be something far rarer:

Very vocal Firecrest in Holly alongside cycle track, Hemel Hempstead (Herts) maps.app.goo.gl/DSGePionKgrq...