Arasaki has been kind to our @bwntours.bsky.social adventure with not only 12000 Cranes of 6 species but singles of 3 rare Geese, various Buntings, Raptors, Rails & Gulls. We found vagrant flocks of 11 Chinese Grosbeaks & 22 Red-billed Starlings! Today is a two plane day way up to snowy Hokkaido+

Crane sunrise Izumi, Japan. 10/02/2026 13,000 leaving after breakfast. Six species - hooded, white-naped, common, sandhill, demoiselle and Siberian. A jaw dropping sight and the sound is mind-blowing!!!! #birds

While watching a heron catch perch at Hanningfield reservoir, the reeds moved behind it. #birds

Shorelark Kessingland shore pools 06/01/2026 With patience (= sitting still) the four #birds will settle and give good views

Shorelark Kessingland shore pools 06/01/2026

Golden plover Kessingland beach 05/01/2026 The prolonged cold weather is starting to bring continental #birds in off the sea. Golden plover and lapwing flocks with snipe and jacksnipe this morning.

Snow buntings Kessingland beach 05/01/2026 120 #birds today

Shorelark Kessingland 03/01/2026 Conditions in the morning were really tricky, but occasionally, the light allowed a nice separation between the snow flurry blur and the colour of the #birds.

Shorelark Kessingland 03/01/2026 Tough conditions, but the four #birds were finding a lot of seed patches under the snow.

Snow bunting. Kessingland beach 03/01/2026

A stunning snow day on the beach today Kessingland 03/1/2026

Shorelark & snow bunting Kessingland beach pools 30/12/2025 The 4 shorelarks are still present but due to the attention they have had are extremely skittish and elusive. The snow bunting flock has reduced to around 80 #birds. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Birders have been asked not to access Hanningfield reservoir, Essex, tomorrow (Monday) as the reserve and centre are closed due to an incident. Please respect this instruction from the rangers. #essexbirding

For ID purposes videos can be great for familiarising yourself with seabird flight actions, structure, etc. but it’s a pain tracking down useful clips. I’ve collated video links for various N Atlantic species here #seabirds #seawatching #birding #birdID chatterstanes.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/s...

Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks

Snow buntings Kessingland beach. Suffolk. 16/12/2025 Apparently a flock of snow buntings is sometimes called a "flurry" due to their appearance resembling snowflakes when they fly together. 100+ #birds today, with 4 shore lark. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Slavonian grebe Abberton reservoir, Essex 12/12/2025 Nice to see these two yesterday, but they were eclipsed by a goosander flock of at least 67 #birds!

Woodcock Hanningfield 5/12/2025 Lucky to notice this very smart #bird out of the corner of my eye this morning.

Jacksnipe Kessingland beach, 30/11/2025 The over-wintering #birds are starting to arrive on the pools.

Great egret Suffolk, 26/11/2025 Fishing in the last light

Shorelark Kessingland beach, 20/11/2025 7 today with 25 snow bunting.

Siberian chiff chaff Lowestoft, 16/11/2025

Isabelline shrike (possibly Daurian) North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, Hunting wasp and bees during the morning of 17/11/2025. May have moved on yesterday am when the bracken in its favoured feeding area was cut. #birds

Tawny Owl 18/11/2025 Should have gone to Specsavers!

Marsh harrier @rspbminsmere.bsky.social , 17/11/2025 Keeping the starling murmuration active. Estimated at 15k #birds, although how, I have no idea.

Isabelline (Daurian?) shrike North Warren RSPB, Suffolk, 17/11/2025 Showed well today. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds

Grey phalarope Benacre, 30/10/2025 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #Suffolkbirding #birds

Grey phalarope Benacre, 30/10/2025 An excellent find by team @paulgreenwildwire.bsky.social A very confiding #bird. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #Suffolkbirding

Four mornings with no little auk yet; despite them being seen to the north and south of the beach. A velvet scoter close in this morning.

Shorelark Kessingland beach pools, 29/10/2025 Feeding in the same area as last winter, so possibly a returning #bird #SuffolkBirding @lowestoftlizards.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Dungeness: A pale bird dropped into a Bramble beside me at the red and white gates, then morphed into a super leucistic Kestrel and alighted on a lamp post in the power station, only to be mobbed by a Magpie then have a close shave with an encounter with a Peregrine. #UKbirding #Kentbirding #Birds

Brown shrike Hollesley, Suffolk, 22/10/2025 A 1st calendar year #bird; the first for Suffolk, and my sixth shrike species for the year

Red-tailed or Turkestan shrike Dunwich, Suffolk, 05/10/2025 It seems very settled. Hunting bees and storing them in a gorse bush larder. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding #birds

Red-tailed shrike Dunwich, Suffolk, 05/10/2025 #suffolkbirding #birds

Red-tailed shrike Dunwich, Suffolk, 05/10/2025 "Showing well" @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding #birds

Turkestan shrike Dunwich, Suffolk 02/10/2025 My out for three shrikes week just went to four, when this Turkestan / red-tailed shrike was found, a short walk from Minsmere, where I was birding today. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding #birds

Lesser redpoll Winterton, Norfolk. 27/09/2025 #birds

Out for three shrikes in Norfolk. Lesser grey shrike, Winterton Red-backed shrike, Winterton Isabelline (Daurian?) shrike, Happisburgh #birds

Cuckoo Kessingland 28/09/2025 Juvenile #bird yesterday.

Pied flycatcher Southwold 25/09/2025 No sign of the two yellow-browed warblers, after a morning sea watch, but good to find a pied flycatcher in the same area. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

We spent the rest of our final morning on Shetland y’day checking spots up the west side of Mainland, including the burn of Geosetter. Just a Blackcap seen on the way up, but coming back down this stunning Wood Warbler popped out! Pic by @chrisddarby.bsky.social #UKbirding

The Blue-winged Teal at Hillwell y’day kicked off the final day of our 1st group to Shetland of the season. We were lucky as it flew in from the south with a group of Teal just as we arrived. Certainly a lot easier to pick out in flight than on the deck! #UKbirding Pic by @chrisddarby.bsky.social

Taxonomy didn’t ruin the excitement for our Shetland group this morning when we stumbled on this absolutely stunning Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll up at North Roe with the Isbister sparrow flock! Hopefully a sign that more will be on the way! #UKbirds #UKbirding

Whinchat Kessingland beach, 12/09/2025

Common buzzard Kessingland, 12/09/2025

Kestrel Carlton marshes 10/09/2025 I was down to 1/50th of a second before the #bird moved away. Amazing how still they keep the head.

Arctic warbler, Gt. Wigborough, Essex, showing better today #essexbirding

Black tern Hanningfield, Essex, 1/09/2025 Four juvenile #birds present in recent days.

Barred warbler Kessingland 26/08/2025 The more usual feeding behaviour. Still there today, but better in the morning, when it starts feeding - after which it can be elusive. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding #birds

Barred warbler Kessingland 26/08/2025 The #bird was fly catching this morning, showing superb aerobatic skills. Something I have never seen before from this species; only “clumsy” berry eating. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #suffolkbirding