Couldn’t believe my eyes when this stunning Sardinian Warbler appeared in front of us @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social reward for all the efforts the team put in. A cracking Redstart was nice too. #ukbirding

MarshHarrier and 2 Merlin the best so far on our early spring trip to the wonderful island of #StAgnes #IslesofScilly #UKBirding

March has been a great month for bird ringing @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with a variety of species ringed and unusually good numbers of Goldcrest, Chiffhaff and Robin this early in spring #birdringing #Ukbirding

It’s been a great week of early spring migration @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social

Not just the team @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social getting on with spring maintenance, a nice Black Redstart near home too. #ukbirding

Another lovely early spring morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social ... male Stonechat and Wheatear #Birdringing #Ukbirding

My earliest ever #Wheatear this morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social - a beautiful male just returned from Africa. The wonder of migration 🌍 #UKBirding

Cracking morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with @philwoollen.bsky.social & my eldest. Highlights a c-ringed Stonechat (ringed on Mull🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aug25), another which we caught&ringed (1 of 5 on), 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tits (scarce spring migrant at Hilbre) and much more (all on our blog) #UkBirding #Ringing

Early start to get over for the tide @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social payed off with a fantastic imm male Hen Harrier that came in off the sea. Spring migration continues with 3 Stonechat, a pair each of Starling,Stock Dove & Woodpigeon. 13 Purple Sand roosting. #UKbirding

Spring was in full swing @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with all the locals back in full voice, Stonechats buzzed around the paddock fences & waders fed as the tide moved them. Great to see a male Hen Harrier come in from the North before heading West, a sadly rare bird here now. #ukbirding

First spring migrants seen @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social yesterday with Stonechats (7), Grey Wagtail and Chiffchaff (only our second February record ever!) plus some other wildlife noted (H Porpoise 🐬 and Common Frog 🐸) #UKBirding

Some White-tailed Eagles over Islay and Jura recently #UKBirding

The returning adult Red-breasted Goose showed well on the Loch Gruinart flats during our half term week on #Islay #UKBirding

A massive shock to hear of the passing of great friend Marc Eden last weekend. Despite living in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿was just a message or call away. Kept in touch during difficult times incl losing dad, BSB & my battle with big C. We never did do the scoters together - sorry mate 😞💔 I’ll be raising a few on #Islay 🥃❤️‍🩹

Purple Sandpiper - one of my favourite waders 😍 @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social this morning #UKBirding

Bustards on Salisbury Plains … a great way to finish a fabulous south Costa roadtrip (plus loads of Red Kites and Corn Buntings) #UKBirding

Grackles to the north of me, grackles to the south … here I am stuck in the middle 👀 Great-tailed Grackle Holbury Hampshire yesterday #UKbirding

Lovely to catch up with this male LesserSpottedWoodpecker in the New Forest yesterday along with Firecrests and Marsh Tits - #UKBirding

Killdeer at Ripley Res yesterday - the start of a great day down south in great company! #UKBirding

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