Fantastic morning up the cliffs. Picked up a Pallid swift first thing over eastern docks, Dover harbour for 5-10 mins before moving NE then a point blank Pallas’s warbler in Langdon hole . Edited pics on the blog later www.perdixbirding.com #rarebirdsuk #kentbirdng

A ripping ringing day at the Bill: the Black-faced Bunting a top notch rare but 45 Goldcrests also an exceptional total for November out of the day total of 108 new birds; Skylark a rarely-ringed highlight amongst the lower totals.

Today's Caspian Gull near Sizewell has to be one of the best looking (most "traditional" looking) cachinnans I've seen in a long while, a sensational looking big male. Here he is throwing some shapes (unimpressed pseudo (?) heinei, dark mantled Common Gull looking on). #SuffolkBirding #cachinnans

At the back end of the 90s, when Caspian Gull was still a very scarce species, Richard Millington & I would travel to the pig fields of Suffolk, honing our cachinnans ID skills. All change now of course, but it was great to scan fields again today: this magnificent adult made my day. #SuffolkBirding

Greenland Whitefront in the morning at Hayle. Swift (sp) in the afternoon at the Tate in St Ives. Thanks to James M for finding it. Seen heading east over the Island at dusk but it might roost on the church as an Alpine did a couple of years back. Will look for it tomorrow #cornwallbirding

Sorry for the late news, ridiculously busy first couple of hours so not had time to post a photo of the Black-faced Bunting trapped in the Crown Estate Field on the first net round of the day - ta to Duncan Walbridge for this pic

Singularly impressive bird-finding and rarity-documentation - a visibly-migrating Black-faced Bunting photographed this morning in the Netherlands 🪶 www.dutchbirding.nl/gallery/deta...

How are movement patterns affected by energy expenditure & gain, and what does it mean for fitness? This @iapetusdtp.bsky.social PhD opportunity will use data on movement & demography of kittiwakes & spatio-temporal food abundance across their range iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... #ornithology

@cbwps.org.uk #rarebirdsuk Helston Boating lake - Lesser Scaup. #cornwallbirding

I have 3 spaces available for the 2026 Challenger Expedition to the continental shelf edge in British waters. See images below for more information, dates and contact details… #seabirds #UKbirding

The eBird taxonomic reshuffle is still underway, but Lagopus has been processed, and Red Grouse is now a UK species-level endemic #UKBirding macaulaylibrary.org/asset/609783...

Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere? Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In cooperation with RWE, we proudly announce the installation of the first #MOTUS station in an offshore wind farm (Amrumbank West) in Germany and in Europe. This will help to fill key knowledge gaps in offshore environmental monitoring. We were supported by our colleagues from Wind Energy Systems

A close but no Cigar-tailed Tit from Durness today! #highlandbirds #birdingscotland

Last one, you can also set up eBird Patches e.g. all locations that you bird around your village and eBird will keep a tally of species seen in that Patch during the month, year or ever. It’ll even allow you to compare your patch totals with others in your county or country #eBird #birdingScotland

Coming up soon (9 am today) an opportunity to hear this classic episode of In Our Time on Bird Migration featuring Tim Guilford of @biology.ox.ac.uk www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

We're hiring 🧪🌍 Two amazing senior science opportunities in Northern Ireland Seabird Scientist: Tagging, tracking and monitoring to inform marine policy in NI tinyurl.com/yeuw5znd Conservation Scientist: Restoration of key habitats and priority species tinyurl.com/4rj43dfp

📢 JOB VACANCY Marine Ornithologist - Scottish Government Application deadline: 7 Nov shorturl.at/tXeHn #ornithology

Do you also have a "To Read" folder that’s basically a black hole? 🕳️ My new blog post explores why that’s okay. And how to orbit the black hole instead of getting sucked in. You’ll Never Keep Up with the Scientific Literature (and That’s Okay) jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/y...

Dispersal, maturation and recruitment in a long-lived, intercontinental migrant bird | www.sciencedirect.co... | Animal Behaviour | #ornithology 🪶

New PhD opportunity: Balancing the trade-offs between conservation and restoration in woodland creation and wader protection Details here: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @chrissuthy.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social 📷Ben Andrew

A 1st winter male SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT caught on North Ronaldsay!!! #RareBirdsUK #BirdingScotland #OrkneyBirding

We are still interested in any found twite feathers for a study on the relationships and genetic diversity between the British groups - particularly now for birds of Scottish origin in the NE of England or, birds on the Avon. DM me for me more info. #birdringing

eBird is really good for very quickly viewing your records of a particular species/ location. Here’s an example for my Little Auk sightings in Fife. Also speedy for species totals/lists for counties, countries and years (or a combination of these criteria).

Rarity finders: Eastern Nightingale in Aberdeenshire A major prize was hiding among a fall of common migrants at Rattray Head for Andy Carroll, who discovered a fascinating nightingale from the east:

Researchers have discovered that Thrush Nightingales attain their highest energy conversion efficiency during long migratory flights at intermediate speeds – approximately 7-8 metres per second – rather than flying very slowly or very quickly:

It all kicked off yesterday afternoon on North Ron with a Radde’s Warbler trapped at the obs! And then a Northern Bullfinch caught at HH I didn’t think it could get any better until Alison and I found this Black-throated Thrush in a net during the roost catch! #BirdingScotland #OrkneyBirding

Pendeen 0745-1745 Eider 3, Common Scoter 129, Great Shear 6, Balearic Shear 2, Sooty Shear 199, Storm Petrel 4, Great Skua 7, Arctic Skua 42, Long-t Skua 1, Little Gull 12, Sabine’s Gull 2, Arctic Tern 1, Sandwich Tern 5, Black Tern 1, Puffin 2, Little Auk 7 #cornwallbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Things have really picked up the past few days, with thrushes, Blackcap and Goldcrest everywhere and highlights in the form of Pallas’s Warbler, Isabelline Wheatear and Paddyfield Warbler, as well as a few Northern Bullfinch today. Read more here www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight... 📸 A Penn

Ring-necked Duck at Helston Boating Lake this morning #cornwallbirding

Looking for a PhD position? Come and work with us on migratory songbirds at the University of Oldenburg! uol.de/job788en

Another shot of today's Blackpoll on Barra. We were watching a Lesser Whitethroat when a big pair of wing-bars appeared in the same bush! 10 minutes of shock and awe followed as it bounced about the garden. Then it was gone with no further sign by late pm. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK

Eastern Yellow Wagtail on St Kilda today! Sound recording on a phone isn't easy, but the bird had a short raspy call, not dissimilar to a Citrine Wag. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Rainforest Restoration Team Worker - RSPB - environmentjob.co.uk/jobs/107773-... #ScottishBirding #conservation

Rarity finders: White-throated Needletail in Yorkshire Mandy Gregory and Ray Maddison discuss a routine visit to Tophill Low that transformed into an unforgettable day, while Ashley Saunders describes the bird's remarkable relocation at Bempton Cliffs:

Three Bonaparte’s Gulls still in Dunnet Bay today, also a new Ring-necked Duck on Wester Loch #CaithnessBirds

Wow! This Lesser Redpoll influx just keeps growing. Another 241 ringed yesterday at Cannock Chase! Incredible movement with no retraps or controls yet. What a season for these stunning little finches! 🔥 #migration #Redpoll #birds

Cley's two most interesting gulls from tonight... ...I'll leave this one here for anyone who likes a north Norwegian black-backed gull (& a cachinnans of course 😉). More on the left hand one tomorrow... @linnetincley.bsky.social #NorfolkBirding #cleybirds #larids

Short news piece on the Challenger expedition and the Band-rumped fiesta: britishbirds.co.uk/news/band-ru... #RareBirdsUK

Our new publication with @strandings.bsky.social & #SMRUsealpred contributors. A first attempt at quantifying grey seal predation of marine mammals and the potential impact on declining harbour seal populatons. Check it out! doi.org/10.1111/1365...

We had three Bonaparte’s Gulls (ad and two 1st w’s) in Dunnet Bay this morning!!! Also a Juv Sabine’s Gull, Juv Little Gull, 1st w Mediterranean Gull and a Curlew Sandpiper with @ninaohanlon.bsky.social #CaithnessBirds

Bonkers day-trip to St Agnes yesterday provided two lifers. The mourning dove didn't move much but the spotted sandpiper, american pipit, and hoopoe all put on a show to make up for it. With @leelachanner.bsky.social @liamlangley1.bsky.social and quite a few others!

A 1cy Caspian Gull currently in Sennen Cove. Digiscoped pic as it's miles off on the island #cornwallbirds #ukbirding

JOB ALERT: We have an exciting Senior Research Assistant post available for a project tracking predators and prey simultaneously starting early 2026. We need someone with experience tagging adult raptors or wader chicks. This you? app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...

One of the most incredible WTF!! moments I have witnessed in 41 years birding Belvide. 8 White-rumped Sandpiper on the north shore between 4pm-5.30pm. Just short of a British Record of 11 on the outer Hebrides. Thought I'd lost the plot when I saw them. Still pinching myself. #UKbirding

Finders-in-the-Field: Harlequin Ducks in Co.Donegal, an Irish first @robertvaughani.bsky.social and two friends headed to Tory Island for an autumn bird-finding trip and end up landing on a fall of Red-eyed Vireos and Ireland's first and second Harlequin Ducks www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/F...

But then I spotted these 2 ducks asleep in the harbour at Maheroarty. A comical wait for them to pop their heads up, Irelands first Harlequins! Great to hear they are back again this morning. #donegalbirding

We were hoping that the storm would deliver something from the west. And it did. Swainson’sThrush Foula today. Very difficult to get close too, hence the most record or record shots. #RareBirdsUk

This Blackpoll Warbler gave outstanding views on the beach in Haroldswick, Unst today. #birds #ukbirding #shetlandbirds