Daniel Boone Scout trail to Calloway peak 5,946 feet (1800 m) superb hike and worth the early start for the views..no birding on the ascent,.but did get a few birds on the way down #birds #birding 🪶 ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Boone Fork trail today. Only short but an enjoyable hike! Lots of Bay Breasted Warblers..but otherwise quiet. ebird.org/checklist/S2... Birds# birding# 🪶

Top hike this morning Trout Lake and Rich Mountain. Some really good birds too! 30 Species in total ebird.org/checklist/S2... #birds #birding 🪶

Work trip to Charlotte, North Carolina for a conference. Had a trip out to Cowan's wildlife refuge this morning.some great birds!! American Warblers are next level! Plus Yellow Bellied Flycatcher. ebird.org/checklist/S2... #birds #birding 🪶

Train up to Alnmouth. 49 species, 1 Knot, 1 Grey Plover, c200 Golden Plover the highlights. #birds #birding 🪶 #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

49 species at North Cave Wetlands. Highlights of Wheatear, Greenshank and c20 Yellow Wagtails across the reserve with a large group near the newest hide..not seen such a large group before. @northcavewet.bsky.social @northcavebirds.bsky.social app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #birds #birding #birdtrack

Lovely trip out to North Cave. Night Heron still present and cracking views of Little Owl, Kingfisher and Greenshank. @northcavewet.bsky.social @northcavebirds.bsky.social #birds #birding 🪶

Nice morning at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social Seawatching festival. Missed the Black Tern but highlights 6 Manx, 1 Sooty Shearwater and 1 Bonxie & 3 Arctic Skuas. And plenty of Little Gulls on the move 08:44 - 10:24. #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #birds #birding 🪶

Cycle out to #Tillmire 28 species with a flock of 40+ Lapwing. Curlew, 4 Stonechat (1 adult and 3 juvs). And a Spotted Flycatcher in the North West corner. @yorkbirding.bsky.social #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #birds #birding 🪶

Visit to @rspb.bsky.social #Blacktoftsands and #alkboroughflats highlights of 2 Spotted Redshank, and 16 Spoonbill at the Flats .Plus good views of Water Rail and Bearded Tits at Blacktoft. #birds #birding 🪶

A balmy 47c (116f) in Qatar at the moment! (Flying visit for work) Still tried to head out to do some birding in #albiddapark just as the sunset, unsurprisingly not much about other than usual. It's still 39c at 20:00. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #birds #birding 🪶 ebird.org/checklist/S2...

Cycle out to the South of York. Very vocal Quail, calling constantly. Thanks to @alsw.bsky.social for the heads up, plenty of Corn Buntings also but didn't hang about as it looked like it was going to chuck it down! @yorkbirding.bsky.social #birds #birding 🪶

Trip to #HornseaMere to see the Little Gulls, also 1 x Greenshank and a female Scaup. #birds #birding 🪶

Trip up to Upper Teasdale, 3x Ring Ouzel ,Black Grouse, 2xDipper, Grey Wagtail. Marsh Orchids A great couple of hours! #birds #birding 🪶 @teesbirds.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social

Gorgeous day up on the Yorkshire Wolds, Pyramid and Spotted Orchids everywhere and clouds of butterflies,.lots of Marbled Whites & Common Blues @ukorchids.bsky.social

Nice morning at #Fairburnings 59 species in total with 14 Spoonbill, 4 Cattle Egret, 11 Black Tailed Godwits the highlights. @rspb.bsky.social #birds 🪶 #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Up early for the late WBBS @btobirds.bsky.social . Pair of Curlew with a single chick on the Ings. @yorkbirding.bsky.social #birds #birding 🪶

Not that you can tell from the video 🤔 but had some lovely views of Nightjar on the @btobirds.bsky.social Nightjar survey last night. Plenty of Woodcock also.

Train and bus up to Seaton and #rspbsaltholme to see the Little Terns, seem to be doing really well,.seemed to be good numbers and lovely to speak to the volunteers. #birds #birding 🪶

A nice morning at #Northcave 55 species in total with Avocet, Med Gull, LRP the highlights . And good numbers of Avocet chicks. @northcavebirds.bsky.social @northcavewet.bsky.social #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #birds #birding 🪶

Nice morning at #BoltonAbbey before the crowds arrived. 12 (m) Pied Flycatcher, a pair of Spotted Flycatcher. 2 (m) Redstart. 1 x Dipper and Common Sandpiper the best View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birds #birding 🪶

Nice morning at #wheldrakeings 2 Whimbrel, Hobby, 6 Garden Warbler and 3 Cuckoo. #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @yorkbirding.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social 🪶

We’re going to be doing a 24hr bird race around Yorkshire next Saturday 10th May, trying to see as many species as we can to raise money for our MOTUS Jack Snipe project www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... @ollie333.bsky.social @jabbirdart.bsky.social

Cycle out to #Askhambog. Alive with birdsong and butterflies.. Orange tips, Brimstone, Comma, Green-Veined White. Really lovely visit!

Nice couple of hikes in the Lakes at Borrowdale YHA. Great Gable from Seatoller (one of my favourite walks).and High Raise..some good birds with 4 x Raven ( think 2 pairs) 4 (m) Redstarts,7x (m) Pied Flycatcher the best. #birds #birding 🪶

Cycle out to Naburn. 4x Yellow Wagtails near the manure piles, 1 White Wagtail and Corn Bunting. Plus the first Whitethroats of the year for me. Lovely morning once the the sun came out! #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @yorkbirding.bsky.social @jempierson.bsky.social #birds #birding 🪶

Nice morning at @rspb.bsky.social St Aidens. Slavonian Grebe, Black Necked Grebe, 3 Whinchat, LRP, Bittern and 2 x Garganey. #birds #birding 🪶

Cycle out to Heslington Tillmire 3 x Wheatears on the field to the east..plus good numbers of Lapwing and my first Willow Warblers and Blackcaps of the year. list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @yorkbirding.bsky.social #birds #birding 🪶

Absolutely loving #Namibia so far! Headed down from Windhoek to the Namibrand nature reserve..fair old drive but spectacular place.. Cape and Bat eared fox seen. @namibia.bsky.social 🪶 #birds

Cycle to #Tillmire 25.species 29x Lapwing, Skylarks singing all over the place. 2 Little Egret and 2 Barn Owls hunting, Red Kite and Brown Rat colony. list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @yorkbirding.bsky.social 🪶

Cycle out to #Tillmire 32 species. Highlights of 28 Lapwing, Pair of Curlew and Little Owl. Also a large flock of Linnet and c20 Reed Bunting. list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @yorkbirding.bsky.social 🪶

Snake's head fritillaries look very nice at the moment in @rowntreepark.bsky.social. also Nuthatch , Treecreeper, Goldcrest and Red Kite over Bishy rd.

My @birdtrack.bsky.social year..mostly local. 210 species in total. The place where I recorded the most species was Wheldrake ings, where I recorded 112 species.

54 species in total at North Cave Wetlands this morning. Highlights of Avocet, f Scaup, Med gull, my first Chiffchaffs of the year. list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... @northcavebirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social 🪶

Nice to see a Fox from the city walls. Definitely seeing more and more foxes in the city over last 2 or 3 years 😀

Check out the way this Long-eared Owl changes the shape of its facial disk when it hears a rodent below it:

Lovely warm 'spring' morning at #wheldrakeings. @yorkbirding.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social 60 species in total with highlights of 2xBarn Owls, GW Egret, Drake Goosander, 50+ Curlew and good numbers of Golden Plover. #yorkshirebirding 🪶 list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Lovely naturalistic scene of birds and a butterfly in a papyrus thicket, carved by an ancient Egyptian artisan some 4,500 years ago! Faint traces of paint survive on this limestone wall relief from the funerary temple of king Userkaf. Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

Brutal - One Dunnock attacking another Dunnock this morning. There were signs of blood around the eye, with the Dunnock under attack clearly injured. #DevonBirds #Birds #Topsham

Cycle out to #askhambog. Sadly no sign of any Willow Tits. 2x Grey Partridge in the fields near Knavesmire Wood. Good to see the signs up! @yorkbirding.bsky.social 14 species in total. 🪶

Visit to #RSPBOldmoor. 40x species in total with highlights of Caspian Gull and good views of a hunting Sparrowhawk. app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Took a trip out to the fields nr Claxton..still c1000 Linnet, with Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch, Chaffinch and Goldfinches. Linnets mainly on power lines and tree tops with the rest in the hedgerows @nybirdnews.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social 🪶

Lovely sunny winter morning at #Wheldrakeings Highlights of Pink footed geese, Black Tailed Godwit and Male Marsh Harrier hunting. @yorkbirding.bsky.social #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Grey morning at #wheldrakeings but really good views of a pair of Smew from pool hide. Plus 2 White-fronted Geese still from the platform at NDC @yorkbirding.bsky.social @ldvnnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social 🪶

Amazing trip to Fuerteventura, great cycling and hiking and some good birds too! Houbara Bustard. Fuerteventura Stonechat. Trumpeter Finch, Black Bellied Sandgrouse and Barbary Partridge the highlights 🪶

Great days birding by train&bus to Seaton and #rspbsaltholme. highlights of c50 x Twite (inc a ringed bird but could only make out pink on left leg) , White-fronted goose, RB Merganser, Bar T Godwit and hunting Short Eared Owl. app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #NEbirding #lowcarbonbirding 🪶

Great morning at #Northcave on the chilly side but highlights of 4 x Brambling, 4 x Egyptian Geese, Green Woodpecker and Siskin. 53 species in total. list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... 🪶

Slightly sketchy crossing on the pilgrims route onto Holy Island 😅, had to start early before the sunset, so the tide had not fully gone out. Highlights of Barnacle and Brent geese plus small flock of Twite just before the causeway.🪶 Magic up here in December ❤️ list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Pied Wagtail roost on Parliament street..at least 100 birds in the trees outside.M&S. @yorkbirding.bsky.social 🪶

Visit to @rspb.bsky.social Old Moor..38 Species in total highlight of Peregrine and Caspian Gull. 🪶 RSPB Dearne Valley - Old Moor on 21/12/2024, 09:16 - 11:00. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...