Stand down, the Alpine Swift report was erroneous! #lincsbirding

Beautiful Med Gull this evening. #lincsbirding #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #lovegulls #gulls

American Golden Plover still present at Frampton Marsh RSPB. Black Kite over Manby, 15 Arctic Terns at Covenham Reservoir, Spotted Redshank at Freiston Shore RSPB. #lincsbirding

Arctic Terns on the move, eyes to the skies. Any local bodies of water would be good to check. #lincsbirding

Still waiting for the Reed Warblers to return to this nearby tiny patch of reeds. Currently only home to Reed Bunting and Moorhen. #lincsbirding

Anothe great day #lincsbirding. @dlangstonbirder.bsky.social found the 3rd ever Lincs record of Bonaparte’s Gull & I just got on this before it flew with @andysims49.bsky.social. Nice to meet @birdmanhayes.bsky.social also. Then American Golden Plover at Frampton & Black Terns at Job’s Lane.

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, Frampton Marsh RSPB. #lincsbirding

Great day birding with @yellowbellyontour.bsky.social yesterday. Deeping: 3 Cattle Egret, Common Sand, Swift, Common Terns, LRPs. Frampton: hot & tiring! Grantham: Gropper & this very nice Garden Warbler. Lincs #138 for year. @lincsbirding.bsky.social #ukbirding #birds #warblers #birdsseenin2026

It’s taken me 3 years to get an unobscured picture of a Nightingale. Maybe I just needed good luck charm @yellowbellyontour.bsky.social all along. #birds #ukbirds #ukbirding @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #nightingales #birdsseenin2026 #birdsverydefinitelyheardin2026

Lifer for me and one of the best sounding birds there is. The Nightingale. I could have spent hours listening to this little fella. Thanks for a great day @mattdenial.bsky.social .

Langford Lowfields again this evening for this beautiful female Black Redstart! Only the 2nd record for the site, so very lucky to have caught this. #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #nottsbirding #langfordlowfields #blackredstart

First Swift and Cuckoo of the year at Langford Lowfields this evening. Also first Sedge Warbler and heard Bittern. Briefly saw a Cetti’s, finally. Nice to bump into @notbirdingnick.bsky.social too. #nottsbirding ##ukbirds #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #swift #cuckoo

Help.. I’ve lost a duck! #birds #ukbirding #birding #wildducksnotseenin2025 #ducks

17 Black Terns on East Pit at Deeping Lakes LWT. #lincsbirding

The main event of UK Scoters.. ‘the Stej’. My rarest UK bird (along with BWK & Beagle), this being the 2nd UK record of Stejneger’s Scoter, at East Wemyss. Amazed to have seen this! #birds #birding #ukbirding #scoter #fife #scotland @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #birdsseenin2026

The Surf Scoter pair at Methil on my recent trip up north. Very pleased to have picked these birds out myself and to help other birders get onto them. A lot better views than North Wales. #birds #ukbirding #surfscoter #methil #fife @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #birdsseenin2026

Some footage of the brilliant White-winged Scoter at Seacliff on Sunday. Very special to see this bird swimming around and clambering over the rocks with his Eider friends. #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #scotland #seacliff #lothian

Wow. I was actually there on Saturday also… Nearly as good as my Common Sandpiper! #ukbirding #birdsnotseenin2026 #birds #highlandbirding #scotland #highlands #lochindorb

Incredible.. 5 different species of Scoter in one day! Started with the Stejneger’s at East Wemyss, then Surf at Methil and finished with the White-winged (that thinks it’s an Eider) at Seacliff. Both Common & Velvet at Fife also. Another 2-lifer day. #birds #ukbirding #scotland #scoters

Woodchat Shrike this afternoon at Pagham Rife. Lovely to see in the sunshine. @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @selseybirder.bsky.social

Obviously Scotland is all about the birds… #tomatin #glenmorangie #whisky #scotland #highlands

Very nice views of an Osprey today. #osprey #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #highlands #scotland

Bird #200 of the year. Common Sandpiper at Lochindorb. #birds #birding #ukbirding #sandpiper #birdsseenin2026 #highlands #scotland

Say hello to my little Jenny. #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #wren

Crossbill from yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #highlands #crossbill #birdsseenin2026

No chance.. ‘king Eider! #birds #eider #kingeider #birdsdippedin2026 #ukbirding #lochfleet #sutherlandbirding #scotland

Crestie yesterday morning. Easy to have a favourite Tit. #birds #birdsseenin2026 #ukbirding #highlands #crestedtit

Tree Pipit. Great song and dance routine. #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #highlands

Amazing day today. Crested Tit, Crossbill (assume Common, but could be Scottish!), Osprey, Golden Eagle, heard Tree Pipit and TWO PAIRS of Dipper! Amazing to see these bringing in nesting material. #199 for year. #lovedippers #dipper #birds #ukbirding #dippics #birdsseenin2026

My 2nd lifer of the day with this brilliant Black-throated Thrush in Mayshiel, Lothian. Just managed to catch it before rain (and a lorry) spooked it and flew into trees for cover. What a great bird! 97 accepted UK records to 2022. Thrush #7. UK #317. #birds #ukbirding #birdseenin2025

Here he is. Iberian Chiffchaff, my warbler #24. He has a song different from ‘our’ Chiffchaff (listen below). Lovely to see and hear this bird up close this morning. #ukbirding #birds #warblers #birdsseenin2026 #durham #hardwickcp

I missed the White-winged AND the Stejneger’s Scoter today, but I still had 2 lifers, which doesn’t happen often now. The first was this Iberian Chiffchaff. #Birds beginning with ‘I’ now = 1. #birds #ukbirding #lothianbirding #birdsseenin2026

A friend has had a Ring Ouzel in his countryside garden in Southern Lincs for a few days - I was lucky today to see it before it heads off! @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Pelican Blood by Cris Freddi. Birding, twitching, existential despair, murder. I loved this book. Some ‘killer’ lines in here, I was grinning throughout. You absolutely know Cris has lived the twitching part of this story.. Highly recommended. #birds #ukbirding #twitching #books #crisfreddi

A mighty 16(!) Ring Ouzels on Horwich moors from first light this morning. For context, I've never seen more than 4 together here in 10 years! A very flighty flock that eventually settled down to feed. Incredible to watch! #ukbirding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Some from RSPB Saltholme yesterday. Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull(s). #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026

I walked around the whole of Langford Lowfields today & I’m knackered. Found a pair of Yellow Wags, many Willow Warbler & 2 Lesser Whitethroats, all of which were NFY (#189). Nice to see a female Goosander & Peregrine scything through. No luck seeing a Cetti’s still. #birds #ukbirding #nottsbirding

The resplendent Ring Ouzel, yesterday. @lincsbirding.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026. Alternative names: #mountainblackbird #fellblackbird #moorblackbird #hillchack #mountaincolley

I always enjoy reading Carl’s fun, factual and funny blogs.. there can’t be many people that can produce this after out birding all day? Seriously impressive.

Brilliant! A Lincs Ring Ouzel this evening! (on a private farm with no access). #lincsbirding #birds #ukbirding #ringouzel #birdsseenin2026

David Brent voice: “Harrier. Tit. Warbler… SANDPIPER. All the Marshes”. At Boldon Flats NR, Durham this morning. Great to catch up with the elusive @manchesterbirder.bsky.social again also! #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #allthemarshes #marshsandpiper

Some rubbish screen grab stills of the distant Marsh Sandpiper at Boldon Flats this morning. Great to bump into @mattdenial.bsky.social. #UKbirding #birds

Crackin' Ring Ouzel in a Wilsford garden. #lincsbirding

Couple more of the beautiful Black Grouse from last weekend. #birds #grouse #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #blackgrouse

The Mere Lesser Scaup: a 23-day gap between sightings, but just two early negative reports, and only four eBird checklists(!) in that time. Did it ever actually leave?! What's that? Underwatched?! 🤯 #shropshirebirding #ukbirding

Really good fun this. @alexhorne.bsky.social tries to understand his father’s birdwatching obsession and so they embark on a ‘big year’, in 2006, to see who can see the most birds. #birds #ukbirding #twitching #birdsbooks #books

Right now (until this is > /dev/null at a future date), this is DEFINITELY a bonafide wild bird! Female Hooded Merganser at Alvecote Pools today, on my 2nd attempt. #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #hoodedmerganser

This guy was filming them under water. #fish #lamprey #llangollen

Brook Lamprey. Apparently quite difficult to see, they are only out like this for 1 week in the year. #fish #lamprey

Yes, it’s rubbish pic, on the feeder with awful metal in the background.. but it’s a Willow Tit! Only my 3rd ever. #177 of year. #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #willowtit #wales