Could become the first ‘accepted’ for #Wirral and a great find by Pierre Montieth this first winter #CaspianGull graced the roof of Bidston Recycling Centre on Sunday #UKBirding

First visit to the magical island this year - stunning morning over the tide but rather brisk bracing NNW breeze @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social

Some more nice birds from late October on #StAgnes … #RingOuzel #Greenshank with #Redshank #Kingfisher and #BlackRedstart #Ukbirding

St Agnes for our usual end of October week was fairly quiet but we managed a few good birds on the islands and the mainland - #BuffbelliedPipit #Bluethroat #Hoopoe and #SteppeGreyShrike #UkBirding

St Agnes for a few days mid month … Mourning Dove (with Collared), Lapland Bunting, American BuffbelliedPipit and Hoopoe were among the highlights #UKBirding

The seawatching over the weekend @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social was great thanks to StormAmy … I still forget to post on BlueSky 🤦🏻‍♂️ must try harder! Video of Leach’s Petrel #UKBirding

This #SlavonianGrebe was found on West Kirby Marine Lake last night by John Willams, fortunately it was still there this morning when I checked the lake out #UKBirding

Always a joy to hear and see the first #YellowbrowedWarbler of the autumn and this morning’s bird was in the heligoland @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social our joint second earliest ever. Autumn has properly arrived this week 🍂💥 also at least 20 Chiffchaff on the island today and a smart male Stonechat too 😍

Delighted to see this #GreyPhalarope out on the edge of the East Hoyle sandbank yesterday evening. Thanks to Tim Kinch for the shout 🙏

Also seen @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social earlier this week two Sabine’s Gulls (video of juvenile from last Sept 🎥), Leach’s Petrels (34 on Tuesday) and a Great Northern Diver

Some great seawatching earlier this week - three species of skua (Arctic,Bonxie and Pom) plus BlackTern

Call in at the Bird Observatories Council stand (www.birdobscouncil.org.uk) and hear about the great work of bird observatories around Britain and Ireland and what the BOC is all about @globalbirdfair.bsky.social

Back on the patch @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social … #UKBirding

Some birds from our recent #StAgnes #IslesofScilly trip … #UKBirding

A great holiday on #StAgnes and the #IslesofScilly

What a glorious day to arrive on the Isles of Scilly - always a thrill just to be here ☀️🏝️🌅📸

A great day on Wirral started @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with a fall of Chiffchaffs (including a British ringed control), my first HouseMartin of the year and our second Osprey of the day circled the Obs itself. Later I called in a couple of times to see the GreatGreyShrike at Leasowe #UKBirding

The solar eclipse ☀️🌙⛅️ from the magical island 🏝️ today @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social

Non stop at @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social set, rise, eclipse and more maintenance.

A great couple of days @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with our first #BlackRedstart of the year on Friday and first LittleGulls of spring on Saturday being the highlights #UKBirding

First #Wheatear of the year @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social found by @hilbre.bsky.social yesterday … spring has sprung! 💥 interestingly a very early female

Great to catch up with the first #BlackScoter for #Wirral yesterday morning off the East Hoyle sandbank, Hoylake #UKBirding

It's fascinating to follow the lives of individual #birds, which is made possible through #BirdRinging. If you see a bird with a ring you can report it via the Euring portal ➡️ bit.ly/_euring Doing this contributes valuable data to our research, and you get to find out about the bird's history too. 😀

Last few hours on Islay and we squeezed in our second delightfully dainty Richardson’s Cackling Goose of the week, this one at Cornabus … a lovely way to finish another brilliant trip 🎥

Not been a bad week for geese either - as ever the Barnacle and Greenland White-fronted Geese that make Islay special but also nice to catch up with the adult RedbreastedGoose, Russian White-front, one of the RichardsonsCacklingGoose and a leucistic Barnie as well as PbBrent and Greylag) #UKbirding

It’s been an incredible week for eagles on #Islay with many WhitetailedEagle (up to six a day) around the Loch Gruinart area and up three GoldenEagle per day mainly along the road to Ardnave #UKBirding

Our first post here. A great weekend for the BOC AGM hosted by @btobirds.bsky.social Superb turnout with 16 Obs represented from Fair Isle in the north to @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social in the south. Thanks to the BTO Staff, the Theford Bell Inn & the Thetford Raj. Excellent service all round

A fabulous weekend at the Bird Obs Council meeting in Thetford … Some great birding too! Highlights included GlaucousGull, SnowBunting, LesserWhitefront, Whitefront and BeanGeese plus 8 CommonCranes, GW and Cattle Egrets, 350+ WhooperSwans and RedKites and Marsh Harriers everywhere! ❤️

Nice to get out yesterday in the late afternoon sunshine ☀️ and see the Fort Perch Rock male #BlackRedstart at New Brighton #UkBirding

Sometimes I just look up and wonder 👀 it was great to be back @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social today for my first brief visit of the year ❤️

Lovely to see a beautiful pair of Goldeneye on WestKirby Marine Lake early morning along with at least 19 Goosander and a single RedbreastedMerganser #UKBirding

View of the frozen shore Hilbre and West Kirby Marine Lake this morning - the latter held 7 Goosander and a single RbMerganser #UKbirding

Ross's Gull showing superbly at South Shields pier. Thanks to Mark Harper for original find and John Chapman for relocating the bird.

The sun set on our mid winter Norfolk adventure - we’ll be back 🌅❤️

SnowBuntings, Spoonbill, GlossyIbis and more today in North Norfolk #UkBirding

Winter birding in #Norfolk - love it ❤️

Great little road trip to NewHytheGravelPits in Kent today from our Norfolk break to see the stunning 🍋 #AmericanYellowWarbler 🇺🇸💥 which was vocal & showed well on & off for a couple to hours from c1010am. It was great to see some old friends and make some new ones! Happy New Year to all 🥳 #UKBirding

Plenty of expected black-and-white waders … and the odd unexpected one! #Avocets and a ringed, fully-winged and unwary 😉 #BlackwingedStilt @ Titchwell @rspb.bsky.social today and the Norfolk sky this evening 🌅

It was so good to be out in the sunshine today☀️in what seems like first time for ages. NorthNorfolk coast … 4 VelvetScoter, 8 #Shorelark, 10 #BewicksSwan, Merlin & #LongbilledDowitcher (📸 Cley Feb23) the highlights amongst a stunning amount of birds @Holkham - what an impressive reserve it is now ❤️

A recent sunset at West Kirby Marine Lake 🌅📸

Nice to see my first #Goldeneye of the winter lurking in the murk this morning on a flat calm West Kirby Marine Lake #UKBirding

There has already been over 400 PalebelliedBrentGeese @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social this autumn but very few juveniles, so it was nice to see this family part (2 juvs) at the North End mid-week possibly just arrived. It’s also been a good autumn for Darkbellied birds with up to 9 present #UKBirding

Ok I give up it’s winter ❄️ now … here is one of my local highlights from last winter. The lovely drake Smew found on West Kirby Marine Lake by my good pal CJ with Goldeneye. Would love a repeat performance this winter 😍 #UKBirding

Happy anniversary 🥳 CapeMayWarbler, on Bryher, IslesofScilly 15Nov23 … a fabulous day … & night 🍻Thanks to @scottinscilly.bsky.social @hilbre.bsky.social and others for making some great memories possible 🙏 #UKBirding

Early November highlights on the patch @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social #UKBirding

St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, one of my “happy places” 😍 some #UKBirding highlights from Teachers’ Week 2024

@steveonhilbre.bsky.social ‘s interesting Lesser Whitethroat on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. #Ukbirding

First day on #StAgnes for our usual late October trip produced some nice birds incl #RedbreastedFlycatcher & #SiberianChiffchaff in the Parsonage, 7 BlackRedstart, #MedGull & CorysShearwaters off Wingletang and HorsePt and @hilbre.bsky.social & I found my first #CattleEgret on StAgnes #UKBirding

Some recent highlights from the patch … @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social #UKbirding

Today was livened up by this juvenile male #HenHarrier @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social which flew in low over the beach between the islands & RedRocks before continuing south down the estuary passing Little Eye. Only our second record of the year despite them wintering in the Dee.