White-tailed Eagle at the Estonian seaside.

White-tailed Eagle at the Estonian seaside.

Estonia viz mig was incredible this morning thousands of small birds like this Long-tailed Tit of the ‘cordatus’ white-headed form. Other species include blue and Great Tit, Chafffinch, Brambling and Jay moving west! #birdsoftheworld

Common Kingfisher in Uttarakhand, India. #birding #birdsoftheworld

#SuperSeabirdSunday Giant Petrel in the south Pacific Ocean off Chile. This is one impressive bird species. ⁦‪ @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

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Indian Robin in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

A gruesome and bizarre sight this morning, on the Aln Estuary, was of a Great Black Backed Gull ripping apart a dead Great Black Backed Gull!

‘Plodging’ Curlew at Alnmouth, Northumberland. @curlewrecovery.bsky.social @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social #nebirding #birdsoftheworld

Asian Pied Starling in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Baya Weaver in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Chestnut-capped Babbler in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Bank Mynas hitching a ride, or perhaps engaging in a bit of symbiosis in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Red-naped Ibis in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Wheatear on its southerly migration along the Northumberland coast. #nebirding #birdsoftheworld

What a sight! Skeins Pink-footed Geese have been flying over my Alnmouth patch almost every day these last couple of weeks. #nebirding #birdsoftheworld

Red-whiskered Bulbul in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Rufous Treepie in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Asian Green Beeeater in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Nip and punch for the first of the month! Hope everyone has a great October.

Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding #woodpeckers

Chestnut-headed Beeeater, with friend, Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Chestnut-headed Beeeater, with friend, Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

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The vanguard of the wintering Wigeon, in their eclipse plumage, are with us on the Aln Estuary, Northumberland. #nebirding

Barnacle Geese on the Northumberland coast #nebirding

What a fab morning in Northumberland carrying out the first of my @btobirds.bsky.social ‘Winter Bird Surveys’. Quite a contrast to the Breeding Bird Survey there. Obviously the summer visitors have gone, but to see groups potentially locally bred birds like House and Tree Sparrow.

Grey-winged Blackbird in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld

Black-headed Jay in Uttarakhand, India #birdsoftheworld

#SuperSeabirdSunday David, Franklin’s Gull’s wintering in northern Peru. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

Jungle Owlet in Uttarakhand, India. #owls #birdsoftheworld

Himalayan Woodpecker in Uttarakhand. India. #birdsoftheworld #birding #woodpeckers

Grey-hooded Warbler in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Spotted Forktail in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Black-chinned Babbler in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Koklass Pheasant one of the ornithological ‘prizes’ in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Fantastic saving!

Crimson Sunbird in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Scaly-breasted Munia in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Dark-sided Flycatcher in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

“Hey Joe” Marvellous morning at Alnmouth on the magnificent Northumberland coast.

Rufous-bellied Niltava in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Blue-winged Minla in Uttarakhand, India. #birdsoftheworld #birding

Today was a good day. An Alnmouth patch tick of Cetti’s Warbler. I heard it very briefly several days ago, but this morning it was singing loud and clear. With the expansion into Northumberland it was an only matter of time and I predicted this exact spot to Muriel. #nebirding

Scarlet Minivet (female) in Uttarakhand, India. #birding #birdsoftheworld

“Here Comes the Sun”. “Doot ‘n doo doo” into Alnmouth Bay.

Bar-tailed Godwit on the shore near Alnmouth, Northumberland. @webs-gsmp.bsky.social @billybloodwom.bsky.social @curlewrecovery.bsky.social #nebirding #birdsoftheworld #waders #shorebirds

Sokoke Scops Owl in Kenya on this day 2010. Panasonic Bridge Camera. #birdsoftheworld #birding #owls