It took a while to pin down this lovely dark juvenile Glaucous Gull at Girdle Ness today, after it had been found nearby by @fatpaulscholes.bsky.social Eventually it turned up around the harbour mouth before perching on the pier. #Birds #BirdingScotland #SuperSeabirdSunday #PatchBirding

Successful ring-reading Whooper Swans at Southery Fen this morning, though none in this lovely close flock. Counted 519 Whoopers and 67 Bewick's and also saw Lucy the tagged Bewick's out here. #NorfolkBirding

American Wigeon on Peto’s Marsh at SWT Carlton Marshes this afternoon.

#Wildfowl #elite 💯🦆

Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus), Middleton Moor, Derbyshire, UK, 08/02/2026 ebird.org/checklist/S2... Been present for a week now, but the perpetual mist of the past few days lifted today allowing for some better shots #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

1st Slaty-breasted Rail for #Oman and the Greater Western Palearctic found on 3rd February in a hotel garden near Salalah! Hopefully it will remain for more birders to see! #omanbirding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #mega #birding

One of the most stunning birds I’ve ever seen. Black-naped Monarch on our “Spoonful of Thailand” tour with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @marcbuzzard.bsky.social & @jay-shrike.bsky.social

Spot-winged Thrush today at Kitigala mid hills forest. Our fifth for the trip. A striking and fairly secretive thrush which skulks around in the leaf litter. It’s endemic to Sri Lanka. Day 20 #245 species inc 26 endemics. #srilankabirding #srilanka

Our “Spoonful of Thailand” tour with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @marcbuzzard.bsky.social & @jay-shrike.bsky.social officially ended on 449 species with Burmese Shrike at Chang Rai airport. Thanks Jay for all your help, enthusiasm and expertise. Probably the best birder I’ve met anywhere

Manx Shearwaters winter in the South Atlantic Ocean, predominantly off Brazil and Argentina. These birds begin returning to oceans surrounding the UK by late February, so start keeping an eye out for them 'shearing' over the sea! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

On the 3rd of November 2022 just over a year on from finding greater yellowlegs, I was lucky enough to find a lesser yellowlegs at #RSPB Strathbeg. It showed for a short period then flew onto the back pools where is stayed for a few days. I do terrible photos very well! #Rarebirds #BirdingScotland

#Wildfowl #elite 💯🦆

Nice to see these Twite ✅ at Gyles Quay, Co. Louth today

There's still some spaces left on my guided walk at RSPB Buckenham Marshes this Saturday. On the last one we saw Pintail, Ruff, Peregrine, Crane and thousands of Wigeon and Lapwing! 🤩 #NorfolkBirding #PatchBirding #RSPB Book tickets here: events.rspb.org.uk/browse?filte...

It's a new month, so lets spin the wheel and find out what species a rewilding company wants to introduce next, as we play "Let's turn Norfolk into a big zoo". Ooh, it's...Dalmation Pelican! www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/r... and pressreleasehub.pa.media/article/inte...

Featuring the running, birding el Coati, inspiring Jonnies to get in training for an ultra running #FootIt in 2027. Run bird repeat.

18:00 The Moon is getting up now & illuminating the Leo airshow #NEBirding #BiggLuggs @durhambirdclub.bsky.social Activity in 2 territories this evening in perfect conditions. Phone clip shows a Male in his wing clapping territorial display flight.

OTD 40 yrs ago: A big turnout, in cold and gloomy conditions, for this 1st winter Ivory Gull at Saltburn. c.20 Wawings at Guisborough, then seconds of the returning, now 3rd winter, Laughing Gull at Newcastle General, that I had ticked in 1984. Then a snowy drive across the Pennines to Wales…

♂ Yellow Bittern at Yoda marshes, Tissa, south east Sri Lanka. (31st Jan). We found four today at this outstanding wetland area. Also found 118 species, our highest day total so far. We declined the Yala safari circus and the 800 jeeps entering the park. Not for us. #srilankabirding

Your #FootIt summary pod is live. Only eleven months till we go again 🙌 @footit.bsky.social @jonnybirder.bsky.social @uforthbirder.bsky.social www.podbean.com/ew/pb-uyxkg-...

Possible Holibobs Cheddar in the rain! #holboells #ukbirding

White-chinned Petrel is one of the more widespread seabirds of the south Atlantic. I saw this one off the coast of Argentina recently. You can even see the white chin from which it gets its name, if you look closely. #Birds #SuperSeabirdSunday

Any more updates from the week? @benracks.bsky.social @amythebirder.bsky.social @chrisfoster.bsky.social @ornid.bsky.social

A steady 12miler to end the #FootIt month, milder with some 🌞 Finally added our local Spotshank in its roost area, swimming just after the tide had turned opposite @wwtworldwide.bsky.social Washington Swung by a local country park for an unringed but nowadays presumably feral Barnacle Goose #112🎯

#FootIt 2026 is over. Thanks to the @footit.bsky.social crew for the inspiration & motivation. Challenge was to see or hear as many species of birds in January, all on foot from home (Topsham, Devon). I walked & ran 390km, taking 425,000 steps around the Exe Estuary. Total number of species = 107

80 species & 93pts so far for #PWC2026 at Titchfield Haven (& seafront) & 81 species for #FootIt - the difference being Black Redstart. Highlight were the White-fronted Geese! A month of mainly work / studying & 'house admin' but plenty more time for birding this year 🙂

Cycled up to Braes of Doune windfarm this morning. Struck gold with a SNOW BUNTING up there. Meadow pipit was also new for the year bringing self-powered yearlist to 89. #birdingbybike Nothing new for #footit so I have finished on 80.

Finished #footit on 74 with a left field suprise with a Shelduck on the new workings. Greg, Green Sand (2 or 3) and a bit of an up ✔️ in singing birds

Bullfinch and Treecreeper added to the #footit list on a 10k dog walk. Struggling to think what I can pull out of the hat for tomorrow’s final push. Need to be lucky to add to my 73! Green Sand, Greg and the usual dabblers #northantsbirds #ukbirding

This is what final day #FootIt effort looks like for me. Not over until the slim Dartie sings.

The face of a man. No MANIMAL - who has seen 100 species. On Foot. From home. In the month of January... ♠️ In fact- 101! Woodlark was the big 💯 then Goshawk for 101 💯🦅 New pronouns: LEGEND #FootIt44

101 Woodlark 102 *GOSHAWK* 💯🦅 Some beers are getting smoked tonight 💯 #FootIt

Good morning Foot It'ers on this - the last day of the '26 competition! ♠️ Get out there... dare to be great like @lymnocryptes.bsky.social and @melcoate.bsky.social I am not going home/ pub till I hit tripple digits #FootIt @footit.bsky.social @uforthbirder.bsky.social @jonnybirder.bsky.social

Looking through the local gull flock by Gairloch yesterday I thought the Bonaparte's Gull looked different from the one I've been seeing. After looking through a video that I took I can see that there are at least 2 of them! Video grab attached #highlandbirds

110 up on #FootIt it is absolutely ferocious at the top 👏

Researching at the mo & I saw this famous shot that I hadn't seen in 30 years ~ a David Hunt classic of Bob Henry giving the epic Upland Sandpiper (on St Mary's, by the hospital) a worm in Oct. 1983. The late Brian Field looks on w/Keith Vinnicombe to the right. An all-time favourite rarity of mine.

👀 Very, very #Wildfowl #elite 💯🦆

Some birds today, with a Raven at a local nest site, on the way to Sainsburys (other retailers are available) Also a little drive out of town, and some Bewick’s Swans with Whooper Swans, though most were too distant to differentiate. Possibly only my 2nd sighting in my 10K⭕️ #SuffolkBirds

Current situation: Tree Sparrow added. 99 up for @footit.bsky.social Hydrating, furiously. So much rests on tomorrow. Everything really. #FootIt #Teetering #SoClose #Tense #Pressure

Good luck to all the mighty Foot It participants skipping work/ school/ court appearances/ marriage counselling to get some *MILES* in tomorrow... ♠️ The air is thick with cortisol and perspiration as we all try and squeeze those last few species in. @footit.bsky.social #MarchOrDie #FootIt #Glory

@alexanderlees.bsky.social they're talking about SPACE WEATHER on R4! #SpaceWeather

Working in Southern Mexico this week. Accommodation is remote and birds are beyond plentiful. Male vermillion flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird and Double striped thick knee

flat calm once again on the Stour - GND in the reflection of the clocktower

With three days to go, it’s time to get my stats in order for #FootIt - birding on foot from home in January. Bird species seen / heard = 107, of which 79 on my home patch Steps taken = c 366,000 Kms covered = 330 Best find = Little Gulls Best birds = Bittern, Euro WF Geese Fav bird = Firecrests

Also, some fantastic news for @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social , Little Terns, #conservation and our own impending rise to global dominance.....probably..

The tip of the birding spear! #TheTwoJonnies podcast brings you a @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social exclusive! ♠️ Thanks to Rob Hunton for joining us this evening 🔱 The Two Jonnies is like other birding media outlets - except better. Am I right? @jonnybirder.bsky.social www.podbean.com/ei/pb-g9u2e-...

Is there any better way to start a holiday than an early morning walk with 9 Brown Boobies fishing right next to you? #CapeVerde

Oh shit! Our #TheTwoJonnies podcast guest this evening is our sister from another mister @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social 's very own Rob Hunton! ♠️ Got any questions for Rob? '26 fashion trends? Minor medical ailments? Life advice? Or even something to do with birds. Let us know! We might ask him.

A brilliant recovery of a Dungeness ringed Blackcap. It was ringed as a young male on 20th September last year, it has been caught again at Jew's Gate, Gibraltar on the 19th January 2026. Travelling 1720km SSW during its autumn migration, to where it is now presumably wintering.

💚Global Birdfair 2026 Conservation Project announcement Preventing Island Extinctions 🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe Flagship Species - Dwarf Ibis Donating funds raised to @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social Press release globalbirdfair.org 10, 11 & 12 July 2026 Lyndon Top, Rutland UK #globalbirdfair #nature