Turkestan Shrike - ad male, Dunwich Heath this afternoon. An excellent bird and find; photos in gloomy light not the best and was a little elusive early evening #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

Fantastic to find 2 American Golden Plovers on Dale Airfield, Pembrokeshire, this afternoon. Such an elegant wader. #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK

Juvenile Pallid harrier this afternoon over Foxhill down, then again over the top fields at South Foreland. A dream patch find for me , perhaps negotiating the channel from Dunge.more pics on the blog www.perdixbirding.com #kentbirding #rarebirdsuk

UK Birding Pins September releases: Two new pins for the UK Birding series this month and one for the quarterly Pin Badge Group. Following hot on the heels of the UK’s first ever confirmed breeding record and still present at time of writing, the first design is…

Smart Clouded Yellow up on verges of Rougham Airfield yesterday. ♠️ #SuffolkButterflies @bc-suffolk.bsky.social

Great to join Richard Baines from @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social & boat skipper Swan Baxter today for their final Seabird & Whale trip of the season. Finally broke my Minke Whale duck with 7 feeding offshore just off Whitby, providing some great photo opportunities. Seven porpoises too

A chilly morning at #RSPBLakenheathFen with lots of birds fresh in. 2 Pintail, Ringed Plover, 2 Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipits, Siskins and Reed Buntings on the move. @rspbengland.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding

Just for fun - Chiffy from Blythburgh patch at weekend. ♠️ #SuffolkBirding

I had a colour-ringed Avocet from the pub on Saturday evening. That's the sort of behaviour you can expect from me. ♠ #SuffolkBirding thewrongtimebirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/recu...

Grey-Cheeked Thrush trapped and ringed @lundybirds.bsky.social this morning. @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

That's a bit much.

Bearded Tit worship. ♠️ #SuffolkBirding #Tits #Minsmere

Belted Kingfishers around Cape Island are usually pretty skittish, so it was nice to get photo op with one today. Taken with a Canon R7 and the 200-800mm lens.

As the Fylde Coast was thick with fog early this morning I headed up to Leighton Moss to try for Bearded Tit's on the grit trays, there were about 25 showing. Rather than just snapping perched birds I tried Pro Capture on the OM1 mk2, it works very well ! #Lancsbirding @rspbleightonmoss.bsky.social

A few hours up on a sunny Holy Island delivered some nice migrants today, notably Yellow-browed Warbler and Red-breasted Flycatcher. #NEbirding

A review of another wonderful Yorkshire pelagic season with @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social: birdingdad.blogspot.com/2025/09/end-... And a Sooty Shearwater, one of the stars this season, for #SuperSeabirdSunday @markthebirder.bsky.social @mboyd7.bsky.social

The island's first Short-eared Owl of the autumn seen on L'Ancresse Common this afternoon.

South Polar Skua at Pendeen Watch on 11th Sept ‘25. Video shown below courtesy of Mike McKee. #cornwallbirding #birding

Ok, I live in Suffolk. Hypothetically how many crustaceans would one have to eat to get the benefits? ♠️

Cattle Egret at RSPB Boyton Marshes this afternoon.

I know the rumour mill is in overdrive. Casting doubt on my observation. Hate on my plate. Shame on my name etc. But I actually did have a skien of 23 Egyptian Geese owa this eve. ♠️ #SuffolkBirding #Blythburgh #Wildfowl #elite 💯🦆

WTF is this. ANSWER ME. ♠️ @robyaxley.bsky.social also Sven if he's on here?

Just received this fabulous piece of artwork I commissioned from the extremely talented @ruths-portraits.bsky.social. Male Siberian Rubythroat from a photo taken by my mate of actual bird I found on Fetlar. Thank you Ruth!

Absolutely mad Bearded Tit party at Minsmere this morning. Worth the early up. ♠️ #SuffolkBirding #Tits

608 Booted Eagles & 339 Short-toed Eagles soared just overhead and at eye level and out over The #Straits onto #Africa beyond. Alongside European Honey Buzzards, Black #Kites, Egyptian #Vultures, groups of both Black & White #Storks A vagrant Atlas Long-legged (North African) Buzzard too!

KABOOM. Just found Isabelline Wheatear at Whitburn Bents. BOC thanks to Dave Foster #NEBirding #UKBirding

They’ve arrived! First Redwing of the autumn has pitched down on the Isle of May this morning

A Least Bittern kicks cattails out of the way as he takes flight to another part of the lake.

Just watched a Peregrine chase a flock of Pink-footed Geese and then take one down! Seem to to remember reading about previous records of hunting geese (Barnacle?) in the Derek Ratcliffe book but never witnessed it! 🤯

Canny seawatch off Southwold this AM. 10 strong flock of Eider, Long-tailed Skua and 6 Sooty Shear best going. ♠️ #SeaWatching #SuffolkBirding

Our second Migfest episode is up for your gratification. Enjoy! ♠️ #TheTwoJonnies #Migfest #Spurn @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @jonnybirder.bsky.social youtu.be/hR_VHPgJKbg?...

New blog post. Another for @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social to drool over 😂 : #ukbirding wirralbirders.blogspot.com/2025/09/soci...

Attended Migfest and want to relive the glory? Attended Migfest and cannot remember it? Didn't attend Migest and want to pretend you did? ♠️ The Two Jonnies got your back 🙌 #TheTwoJonnies #Migfest #Serious #BirdWatching @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social @jonnybirder.bsky.social youtu.be/1MfU_vjC6OQ?...

And just like that, winter appeared. Never had September Whoopers before, also a decent movement of Pinkies, with cheering.350 between 8 and 9am. #Orgreavebirds #UKBIRDING #Yorkshirebirding

Leach’s Petrel and Black Tern still in Dunnet Bay this morning #CaithnessBirds

Lesser Yellowlegs at Etton-maxey pits, Cambs. In flight with a Greenshank was nice, also Common Sand & Dunlin. 2 or 3 Wheatears were peachey. 2 Red Kites & a Raven mobbing a Sprawk circled together. Trip was a piece of cake & the bird was sublime. Good to meet Mr Weedon #LowCarbonBirding 🪶

Pechora Pipit wasn’t on my radar this morning, so a quick trip south under the Tyne for this mainland mega was somewhat of a a surprise! #NEBirding #RarebirdsUK

The only bird watching you regret is the bird watching you didn't do. Unless you go birding down Livermere then you get to regret it all.

Please give generously 🙏 #Seagulls #Sordid

Barra's 4th Swainson's Thrush was still at Cuithir late afternoon, though elusive in the blustery conditions: two five-second views in the couple of hours I was there. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK

Just back from a pelagic trip out to the Whittard Canyon area on the continental shelf edge with @scillypelagics.bsky.social @scottinscilly.bsky.social @nomadbirder.bsky.social Madeiran Storm Petrel reclassified from MEGA!!! to scarce summer visitor in one evening with 84 counted last night! 😂

Shit your own bed views of Arctic Tern at Lackford this arvo. ♠️ #SuffolkBirding

RT if you're blasting ACDC and hydrating whilst editing Arctic Tern photos. ♠️

A handful of very poor pix that show the juv Sabine's Gull at Benacre Boad this morning - my 210th species on patch this year #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

It’s been real raptor-y lately! 🪶🌿 A composite of a few of my recent shots.

The hire car in Cyprus was ok but the Cyprus Wheatear seems to like it. A convenient perch to search the dirt bank for tasty morsels. #birdsoftheworld

Tonight’s setting sun over the Isle of May…

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

Thick, low cloud and strong winds prevented any VizMig from getting going on Soil Hill this morning! Fortunately, the morning was salvaged when I flushed a Grasshopper Warbler, before it showed nicely! My latest on Soil Hill by two weeks! #SoilHillBirding #UKBirding

Tiree's White Stork was ringed in a barn-roof nest in central Scania, Sweden on 14/6, it moved to Norway (nr Trondheim) on 10/8 (with 60+ storks) & remained in Norway until at least 8/9. Info from Petter Albinson, Storkprojektet. @birdguides.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland