Treecreeper, creeping up a tree, on Saturday morning. #ukbirds #birds #birdsseenin2026 #lincsbirding @andrewvaughan1961.bsky.social

& female Bullfinch. #ukbirds #birds #ukbirding #bullfinch #lincsbirding #birdsseenin2026

Another one of the Redpoll from Saturday. #ukbirds #birds #lincsbirding #birdsseenin2026

Great grey shrike at Fillingham. Park on bend south of village on Willingham Lane. Walk down footpath. Shrike in field to right of path. #lincsbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Anyone will an interest in bird finding and the history of birding through the decades, particularly in Lincolnshire, should read this wonderful piece by our esteemed birder, Graham Catley. #lincsbirding

The frustration of Twitter/X continues. Perhaps I need to post more here on Bluesky 🦋 instead. Here’s an American visitor currently calling #DERBYSHIRE home. Ring-necked Duck @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #UKbirds #birds #birding 🪶 amazing views and a lifer for me ✅

Red Kites up a tree.. Stop it, birds can’t kiss! #ukbirding #raptors #birdsofprey #lincsbirding

Another day of fairly local birding, added 10 to the year. Best 5: Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck, Smew, White-front and a Cattle Egret I found 15 mins from my house. #lincsbirding #nottsbirding #birds #ukbirding #97 for year.

Great Grey Shrike spotted in Lincs yesterday evening! #lincsbirding

My favourite owl, the Short-eared Owl. Always a privilege to see and today was no exception. #birds #ukbirding #lincsbirding #owls #shortearedowl

Couple of local birding patches in Lincs today was excellent. Great White Egret, Bullfinch, Mandarin, Short-eared Owl, Raven and Hen Harrier are new for year. I think I last saw saw Mandarin in Lincs in 1994 or 1995! Beautiful duck. #birds #ukbirding #lincsbirding #loveducks #mandarin

3 great birds this morning, all around the corner from me. Brilliant! Nice to see @andrewvaughan1961.bsky.social and @whisbynaturepark.bsky.social again. Redpoll, Siskin, Bullfinch. #lincsbirding #ukbirds #birds

My first #BirdOfTheDay entry, for today’s theme of #ShortBeaks: this redpoll, sporting a short-but-mighty beak. I never hesitate to dole out props for these tough little birds, who come to Manitoba to spend the winter. #birds

The Lincs New Year’s Day Bird race draft results are now in! An amazing 146 species where seen in Lincs on 1st Jan this year. What a fantastic achievement, thank you to all the observers out there! www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/site/images/... #lincsbirding

A few of my son helping with the releasing at some bird ringing at the weekend. So very grateful to be able to so this - thanks to the main man @alanball101.bsky.social!

Two of the three Taiga Bean Geese in the snow at Toab, Shetland this afternoon. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #UKWildlife #Birds

Fun, fascinating behaviour by the Ravens this morning. Not great photos but I've never seen this behaviour before so I wanted to share! Hope you're not bored of ravens; I'm a little obsessed! Here Chips is having a snow bath and one of them is hanging upside down from a tree! #ukbirding

Another report of the Sandtoft Hoopoe - have any birders seen this yet? #lincsbirding

A few shots of the celebrity Snow Goose touring south Lincolnshire—📍1st pic from Tongue End (Boxing Day), 2nd from Deeping Highbank, final pics from Deeping Lakes LWT this weekend. Brilliant to get it on the patch! More: justwildimages.blogspot.com @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Size comparison of the Kentish Plover, compared to a Ringed Plover. Didn’t realise it’s actually slightly smaller than the Little Ringed Plover. #ukbirds #birds #ukbirding #plovers #kentishplover #twitching

First twitch of 2026 & it started off difficult.. 3-ish hrs at Burnham-on-Sea for the Kentish Plover. Eventually saw it well near 11am from the Esplanade. 1-1, after I dipped it last Feb. Then the amazing Penduline Tit - again not easy & only saw male in flight. Great (long), day. #birds #ukbirding

Some star birds in Lincolnshire today. #lincsbirding

Chinese Water Deer in Norfolk, jealous that I’ve just seen a Green-winged Teal. #norfolk #ukbirding #birds

2 great birds called in for my session in the garden hide today, a small group of 6 Long Tailed Tits & a stunning Greenfinch male of which a pair are coming in for short periods at the moment. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Based on people’s responses about the validity of this being a genuine Taiga (some think it is, others say it isn’t), it’s coming off my list. If there is doubt, a bonafide bird is needed to seal it. So 2025 ended on #278, with 6 subspecies.

The Norfolk Taiga Bean Goose has been downgraded to ‘probable’. I photographed both, a Tundra Bean a day earlier than the Taiga, both in Norfolk. To me they are vastly different birds. Tundra Bean photo first. What do people think? #bird #ukbirding #geese @norfolkbirding.bsky.social

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you had a great birding year in 2025. Thank you to all the dedicated local patch birders, without whom our recorded species would be much lower. Will YOU find our next Eastern Yellow Wagtail (a Lincs first in 2025) in 2026? #lincsbirding #hny 🐦👏🦉🙏

A great year for subspecies also (6): Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Hooded Crow, Green-winged Teal, Eastern Black Redstart, Black-bellied Dipper, Siberian Lesser Whitethroat.

1/2. Last time I saw a Green-winged Teal it was nearly 2 years ago at North Point Pools, Norfolk. I saw the vertical white stripe & then it disappeared behind a bit of marsh. Today, at Buckenham Marshes, I managed to see it a lot better… until some idiots started shooting nearby which put them up.

The Goose Birding Gods have been very generous in the last 6 days. Lincs Snow, brilliant views of Tundra Beans and today Norfolk was bestowed a Taiga Bean.. and so I ended the year of #279! Happy New Year everyone, here’s to 2026. #birds #ukbirding #taigabeangoose @norfolkbirding.bsky.social

From the back door of our place in Cley just now. Going to miss this place. #cleynextthesea #norfolk #pinkfeet #birds #ukbirding #geese

I tried for one more bird for the year yesterday, but it wasn’t to be. Found a Kingfisher though and had best ever views of Marsh Harrier, Cetti’s Warbler and Tundra Bean Goose. #ukbirding #birds #norfolkbirding #kingfisher

In a field of 2,500+ birds, 2 didn’t get the memo about footwear. #birds #ukbirding #norfolkbirding #tundrabean #geese

Awake early, as normal… After meeting Steve Webb again yesterday & looking at his 588 birds (!) on his BUBO UK list, I have now added my life and year lists to BUBO. Very surprised to see I am 10th for 2025. I think that just means that a lot of people don’t use it? #ukbirding #bubo #birds #listing

Another one of the Lincs Snow Goose from boxing day. #birds #ukbirding #lincsbirding

Eastern Black Redstart #2 of year at Sheringham today. You can never have enough Eastern Black Redstarts. #ukbirding #birds #norfolkbirding

Had some great sub-species in December: Siberian Lesser Whitethroat, Eastern Black Redstart and now Black-bellied Dipper this morning. Great bird, but be careful of the landowner’s niece.. or wait until next Weds when she’s gone (said the landowner himself!) . #ukbirding #birds #norfolkbirding

Just for fun, I thought I’d look at what counties have produced the most lifers for me in 2025. Here are the top 5, out of 23 different counties: Norfolk (10) Lincolnshire (8) East Riding / Argyll & Bute (4) Suffolk/Durham/North Yorks/Derbyshire (3) Highland / Leicestershire (2) #ukbirding #birds

Kestrel and Corn Buntings in the orange glow of boxing day dawn. #ukbirding #birds #lincsbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social #boxingdaybirding #boxingday

Bewick’s Swan is #278 of year, Lincs #207. Also, best views of Tundra Bean Geese I’ve ever had (Lincs #206). #birds #ukbirding #swans #bewicksswan #lincsbirding #geese #tundrabeangoose @lincsbirding.bsky.social

My birding year is not quite over yet… A lifer in the form of a Snow Goose (only seen a feral one before) is #277 of year, UK #302, Lincs #206. Brilliant! #birds #ukbirding #lincsbirding #snowgoose @lincsbirding.bsky.social

Happy Christmas everyone. Here’s the Snow Bunting that was at Covenham Reservoir this year (thanks @yellowbellyontour.bsky.social for the video!). #lincsbirding

Happy Christmas! Tundra Bean geese, and a Snow Goose with whoopers in the same field, reported. #lincsbirding

Some from Marston STW today. Grey Wag, Fieldfare and a beady eye of a Snipe. #birds #ukbirding #lincsbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social

A Common Snipe at sunrise taken at Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR for @robcrank68.bsky.social #SideProfiles themed #BirdOfTheDay @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #Birds #ukbirding #bidphotography

The Great Grey Shrike at Girton, before it was mobbed by Pied Wags and flew off. Nearly 2 years to the day since I saw my last one. #276 of year. #birds #ukbirding #nottsbirding #shrikes

Birders! What was your birding highlights of this year? Certainly one of mine, hearing a Corncrake on Rathlin Island. #birds White Stork in my home county will take some beating.

Red-breasted Merganser from Cockwood, Devon at the Lesser Crested Tern twitch the other weekend. Male and female both present. #birds #ukbirding #twitching #devonbirding

Another one of the Eastern Black Redstart yesterday at Filey Brigg. Very confiding bird and one of the best I’ve seen this year. #ukbirding #birds #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

I’d just about given up hope but he showed up as I was leaving. Eastern Black Redstart, Filey Brigg. @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #rarebirds #ukbirds #birds