Redpoll, 2 Dipper (one singing) & Marsh Tit the highlights from the final @webs-gsmp.bsky.social of the year in some of Dartmoor's pits. Also, 47 Teal, 68 Coot, 22 Goldcrest, Chiff, 7 Siskin, 2 G Woodie, 4 Tufteds, 4 M Thrush, 70 Redwing, T Owl & Grey Wag #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

A pre-work dash around Wembury produced the Water Pipit still feeding on seaweed by the outfall pipe with Mipits and Rock Pipits. 14 Cirls, plus usuals. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Firecrest in the garden for most of the day, with a brief visit from a Chiffchaff and Goldcrest. First Siskin for a while too. Marsh Tit at Newnham Meadows NR. 5 Pintail, 4 Shoveler, 13 Wigeon in Dartmoor's lower pits. Pix through the window #birding #ukbirding #birds @bto-gbw.bsky.social

First garden Firecrest of the autumn/winter. Normally much more numerous than Goldcrest here, but this autumn it's the reverse! Although there seems to be plenty of Firecrests in south Devon at the mo. @bto-gbw.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds

Beautiful morning on the Tamar Est - Slav Grebe, 2 Whimbrel, 1,000 Dunlin etc on St John's Lake. Firecrest, 70 Avocet, 2 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 150 Teal etc at Wacker Quay. @cbwps.org.uk #birding #ukbirding #birds

Brambling over Plymouth garden, flying S #birding #ukbirding #birds

Great morn at Soar with a YB Warbler in the hedgerow S of E Soar Outdoor Experience. Ring Ouzel in Starehole Valley, Brambling & Redpoll over, 5 Firecrest, 75 Golden Plover, plus usuals #ukbirding #birding #birds

Great day birding locally - 3 Ring Ouzels (Cadover), Yellow-legged Gull (Trowlesworthy), Goldeneye (Crownhill Down), Firecrest, 2 Ringed Plovers, Treecreeper, 5 Pintail, RCP, 2 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler and 32 Wigeon in the Cadover and Crownhill Down area today #patchbirding #ukbirding #birding

No Ouzels at Cadover, but plenty of wildfowl in Dartmoor's pits. 2 Gadwall (first on the moor since 2021), 3 Pintail, Saltram's RC Pochard on her winter holiday, 9 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon, 100+ Teal. Also Lapwing and 94 Coot (very high count for Dartmoor) #patchbirding #birding #birds

Short Eared Owl at Warren Point, Dawlish - ///future.scorecard.wide. Out of sight as it flew over ridge back towards reserve. 10 Eider offshore. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Flock of c300 Golden Plover over Cadover, most landed on the slopes of the tors. Wheatear in the paddocks. 20+ Redwing over Plympton late morning #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Adult YL Gull at Cadover, Dartmoor, in field next to holiday cottage this morning - ///bliss.remaining.edges #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Whizz around various sites on my 10km patch - Osprey at Kingsmill Lake, Whimbrel and Knot at Blaxton Meadow, Plym Est, and 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Wigeon & 43 Teal in the Crownhill Down area #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Baird's and Pec Sandpipers still at Siblyback Lake ahead of the heavy rain. Supporting cast of 9 Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, 2 Ruff, 16 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 7 C Sand, 4 Dunlin, Snipe and 4 Wheatear #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk

Three Red-crested Pochard at Slapton Ley yesterday. Three immature Common Tern past offshore, with 25+ Sandwich Terns on the beach, Med Gulls and several Kittiwakes. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Female Sparrowhawk in the garden #birding #ukbirding #birds @bto-gbw.bsky.social

Little Stint still in Crownhill Down Main Pit at 07:15. Also two Dunlin #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Little Stint, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Ringed Plover and a Yellow Wag (over E at 0800) were the highlights in the Crownhill Down area first thing. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Crownhill Down Main Pit: Little Stint with Dunlin and Ringed Plover #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Clear skies overnight and most migrants out - 2 Spot Flies, Tree Pipit over and 8 Wheatear the best in the Crownhill Down area today. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Brilliant #patchbirding morning - a Wryneck along the fenceline of Crownhill Down (W3Ws ///bills.tiles.ombudsman). Wood Sandpiper still on small pool on the down. Also in the area, Whinchat, Ringed Plover, Pied Flycatcher, 4+ Spotted Flycatchers and a Tree Pipit. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Crownhill Down: Wryneck along fenceline here: ///bills.tiles.ombudsman #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding

A #patchbirding sandwich either side of work, with Black-tailed Godwit the best at dawn in the Dartmoor pits! Wood Sand, Whinchat, Green Sand (over), Ringed Plover and 5 Wheatear the highlights this PM! #birding #ukbirding #birds

Wood Sand on small pool on top of Crownhill Down now. View from here: ///mixing.outcasts.digests #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

One Sanderling still on Crownhill Down Main Pit #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Two ad sum plu Sanderling in Crownhill Down Main Pit this morning. My first of the year in the Dartmoor recording area. Also, Green Sand low over calling, Swift, 6 Shelduck. Yesterday - 3 Ringed Plover and Wheatear. #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Little Stint, Great Northern Diver, 7 Common Scoter, 160+ Sandwich Tern, 7 Sanderling, Knot, Grey Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, Med Gull & 2 Cirl Bunting the highlights at Dawlish Warren with @ruthpeacey.bsky.social #ukbirding #birding #birds

A bit of wader passage on Dartmoor with Dunlin and Ringed Plover, plus 2 Spotted Flycatchers and a family of 5 Kestrels in the Crownhill Down area. Non-avian highlights - 65+ Grayling, 50+ Gatekeeper, 20+ Red Admiral, 5 Wall Brown, 3 Small Heath – 7 sps of butterfly seen. #patchbirding #birding

Successful breeding year for both Shelduck and Mute Swans in the pits. Both scarce breeders in the Dartmoor recording area #patchbirding #birding #birds

A bit of #hedgehog action in the garden last night. Looks like the same hog. It triggered the trail cam 17 times. Hopefully more tonight! 🦔 #nature #wildlife @mammalsociety.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Still one Spot Red on view at high tide this morning at Bowling Green Marsh. Also, 2 Spoonbill, 2 adult sum plu Med Gull, 4 Whimbrel, 10 Greenshank, Blackwits, Dunlin, Lapwing etc. Cattle Egret reported by another birder, but out of view while I was there 😎🥵 #birding #ukbirding #birds

Two Black-tailed Godwits on Crownhill Down Main Pit - stronger summer plumage than the two birds present a few days ago #patchbirding #birds #birding

Wood Sand briefly on pool on Crownhill Down before flying N. #patchbirding #birding #birds

And so it begins! Autumn wader migration started in the #Dartmoor pits today with two Black-tailed Godwits in Crownhill Down Main Pit #patchbirding #birds #birding #waderwednesday

Blue morph Ring-necked Parakeet at Saltram last week. I'd heard reports of blue morphs in the area for ages, but it was the first time I'd seen one #birding #ukbirding #birds #10kmpatch #patchbirding

Love this time of year! Plenty of juvs around on patch. Shelducks successfully bred again on Dartmoor - first time since 2018. Two female Mandarin were new for the #patchbirding year. #birding #birds #ukbirding

Some Nightjar action this week - 4 in south Devon on Sunday with @birdssophie.bsky.social, @pyrrhula.pyrrhula.co.uk & @middevonbirder.bsky.social. Last night on Dartmoor, 👇 2+ males (and a bug dicing with death!) plus a surprise Gropper. #ukbirding #birding #birds

Redstarts were the stars of the show on #Dartmoor today! Supporting cast of Whinchat, Spot Fly, 3 Crossbills & 4 Cuckoo. #birding #naturephotography #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #ukbirding #wildlifephotography

Strong population of showy Squacco Herons in #kos. Never seen so many so close! #kosbirding #birding #birds #brdsofkos

Nesting Black-winged Stilts at Tigaki Lagoon, #kos from earlier in the week. Elsewhere today - 3 White-winged Black Tern, 2 Roller, Lesser Kestrel and shockingly the first Northern Wheatear of the holiday #kosbirding #birdsofkos #birding #birds

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear in #kos - two birds seen in the mountains #birding #birdsofkos #kosbirding #birds

Psalidi Wetlands first thing - Little Bittern 6ft away, 5 Turtle Dove, 6 Red-rumped Swallow, 5 Bee-eater, 2 Black-winged Stilt, plenty of E Olivaceous Warblers and Crested Larks #birding #birdsofkos #kosbirding #birds

Ferruginous Duck at Psalidi Wetlands #kos first thing was a long overdue lifer #birding #birdsofkos #kosbirding #birds

Spur-winged Lapwing, Cretzschmar's Bunting, Ruddy Shelduck & Lesser Kestrel - four lifers today. Supporting cast of 46 Greater Flamingo, Little Bittern, Corn Bunting, Squacco Heron, Woodchat Shrike, Skink sps and Greek Tortoise #birding #greecebirding #kosbirding #birds #birdsofkos

Great first day in Kos - 31 sps - Eleonora's Falcon, Chukar, Purple Heron (in off the sea), 5 Bee-eater, Turtle Dove, Pallid Swifts, Squacco Heron, Crested Larks, Zitting Cisticolas #birding #greecebirding #kosbirding #birds

Four Whimbrel, four Dunlin, 33 Turnstone (many in their finest breeding plu), Sandwich Tern and the usuals at Wembury this eve 😎 #birding #ukbirding #birds

11 Cattle Egrets the #patchbirding highlight this morning. Patch tick (sps #154 since 2017) and acc to the latest Dartmoor Bird Report only two previous records for the moor. Egyptian Goose still. Garden Warbler, 2 Tree Pipits, 2 Cuckoos the best of the rest #birding #birds

10 Cattle Egret on Portworthy pit shore, Dartmoor, viewed from B3417 #patchbirding #birding #birds

Red Kite, Spot Fly and Little Egret #patchbirding year ticks this week. Egyptian Goose was a patch first today (sps #153 since 2017). Also this week - 5 Dunlin, 6 Shelduck, 2 Tree Pipits, 3 Garden Warblers, Redstart & regulars #birding #ukbirding #birds

Some decent wildlife encounters in recent days, watching Pied Flies on Dartmoor, 2 Groppers and 3 Garden Warblers at another site, and a Toad and 4 summer plu Dunlin on patch #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds