Last time I saw this bird it was awful weather and I didn’t manage any footage. Decided to go back today to rectify this. Great Grey Shrike - on its 8th week now. Fabulous bird. #lincsbirding #ukbirding #birds #shrike #birdsseenin2026

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Local wood this morning. First time I’ve ever filmed a Woodcock on the deck. #lincsbirding #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #woodcock #ukbirds

My first singing Chiffchaff of the year this morning. #lincsbirding #birds #ukbirding #spring #chiffchaff #birdsheardin2026

At last, after three failed attempts, it was fourth time lucky with the Crook Bank Lapland Bunting today. a #lincsbirding tick for us too. Thanks to @mattdenial.bsky.social for encouraging a fourth visit. #ukbirding

Nice surprise. Looking through my pics from the weekend up in Blyth, I suddenly thought.. hang on a minute - these are NORTHERN Eider! Subspecies tick (although I probably saw some at Amble last year & didn’t realise). #ukbirding #birds #nebirding #birdsseenin2026 #eider #northerneider #birding

There are TWO Lapland Buntings at Saltfleetby-Theedlethorpe Dunes! #lincsbirding

Does this count as a self-found Lapland Bunting then?!

Some video of the Lapland Bunting yesterday. #birds #ukbirding #lincsbirding #birdsseenin2026 #bunting #laplandbunting

Finally! A Lapland Bunting, and a Lincs one. I missed 2 in Norfolk last year and this was my 4th attempt at this particular bird. Seemed to show well when everyone else left, it was just me & the bird. Bunting #8. #155 of year. #lincsbirding #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #laplandbunting

Lapland Bunting at Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR south of Crook Bank in outer dunes @lincswildlife.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Looking for Twite yesterday - and failing - I saw 2 Grey Partridge, White-fronted Geese, Pinkies, Stonechat, Reed Bunting & probably the most Skylark I have ever seen. A bird often taken for granted, but we’d sure miss their song wouldn’t we. #ukbirding #nebirding #birds #skylark #ukbirds

After a week away in Scotland, back on patch at Branston Island. 3 Glossy Ibis still, Sand Martin nfy then just found a Green-winged Teal. #patchgold #PWC2026 @lincsbirding.bsky.social

The last time I saw Waxwing, it was Dec ‘23 & I could see 20+ birds perched in a tree next to a Jet garage before I parked the car. Not so easy this bird at Nosterfield today. Eventually, it appeared, as the clouds darkened & the rain came in. Still, brilliant to see. #birds #yorksbirding #waxwing

You can’t even guzzle a whole fish down in peace nowadays. #birds #ukbirding #nebirding #birdsseenin2026 #whitebilleddiver #blyth #birding

Only just noticed that a lot of these Twite are ringed.

3 of the at least 70+ strong flock of Twite today. Love their nasal ‘twee-it’ sound - hence their name. The Linnet of the North! #birds #ukbirds #twite #nebirding #birdsseenin2026 #ukbirding

I was first on site this morning at Blyth for this monster of a diver - even bigger than a Great Northern Diver - the White-billed Diver. Look at that banana bill! Watched it feed & fight off marauding gulls. What a beast. #lifer #ukbirds #birds #ukbirding #nebirding #blyth #birdsseenin2026

As Mark E Smith once sagely advised, I ‘hit the north’ today, birding. Far exceeded expectations. Highlights: White-billed Diver (lifer), Twite, Red-breasted Merganser, Waxwing, abundance of Collared Dove, Marsh Tit, Tree Sparrow, Brambling in garden hedges - unlike Lincs. Not really doing a year…

Farewell and safe travels. A pleasure to have hosted you. #snowgoose

Distant, low light, poor record shot, heavily cropped, unfocussed, blah, blah, blah- but righthand bird Nordic type Jackdaw at Willowtree fen. #lincsbirding

First Kingfisher of the year today. A stunning bird, impossible to tire of seeing. With @andysims49.bsky.social #lincsbirding #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #kingfisher

It’s always a good day if you see a Goshawk, Woodlark or a Hawfinch. Today I saw all 3 from a single spot. A bit of sun, blue sky and the beautiful sound of Woodlark singing overhead. Bliss. Woodlark and Hawfinch here. #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #hawfinch #woodlark #goshawk

I've had misgivings for a while, but @mattdenial.bsky.social's videos prove that the Branston brantas are a real pickle. Six show mixed features (white foreheads and/or dark breasts) and even the "Barnacle" shows a white collar and mahogany-tinged breast. All F1 & F2 hybrids to my eye #lincsbirding

Thanks Tom. These geese are difficult! I have video of all of the family, so will check again.

Good views of Ridgway’s Cackling Goose (probable Dutch feral origin) this afternoon. The 2nd Cackling Goose in Lincs I’ve seen in a week. #lincsbirding #ukbirding #birds #geese #cacklinggoose #untickable #birdsseenin2026

The Chough at South Stack where unusually difficult this time, having seen them very close from the carpark before. Still managed to pick out 2 distant birds in a nearby field though. #birds #ukbirding #anglesey #southstack #wales #chough #corvid #birdsseenin2026

3 Tundra Bean Geese in this field just before the entrance to Frampton Marsh RSPB. Also 253 Russian White-fronted Geese and 312 Pink-footed Geese. Thanks @hobhole.bsky.social #lincsbirding

Black Guillemot. Anglesey, yesterday. After basking in the beauty of the Bufflehead - boom - bedazzling bonus bird. Bravo, birder. Bloody brill. Saw 3. #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #anglesey #wales

Some more from yesterday. Female Stonechat (Rhyl), Shag, Rock Pipit, Fulmar (Anglesey). #anglesey #birds #ukbirding #wales #stonechat #shag #rockpipit #fulmar #birdsseenin2026

We have a winner! 25 Purps on the rock. I counted 29, but could only get 25 in the pic.

How many Purple Sandpiper can you count? From Anglesey, yesterday. #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #purplesandpipers #anglesey #wales

Another 2 stills from a bit of the Surf Scoter video. You can see the white patch at the back & front of the head & a bit of the orange/red on the bill. #ukbirding #birds #surfscoter #birdsseenin2026 #wales #colwyn

Surf Scoter @ Old Colwyn was incredibly difficult. We gave up after an 1.5 hrs of scanning 100s of Common S over a wide area in very choppy conditions. Then we got gen of location from beach, so we went back and Gary got it. Somehow I managed to get a video of it in flight, still here. #birds

After seeing the Lesser Yellowlegs in Rhyl for an all too brief seconds, we scanned in vain to try and relocate it. On the walk back, a large Pipit caught my eye and it was a Water Pipit! I always struggle to connect with bird and last saw one in 2024. #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #waterpipit

I arrived on Anglesey before first light and I was the first person to see this drake Bufflehead this morning, which was quite close in. Amazing pink legs! #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #ducks #bufflehead #loveducks @angbirdnews.bsky.social

Incredible day birding on Anglesey & North Wales: 13 added for the year and bookended by 2 lifers: BUFFLEHEAD, Black Guillemot, Shag, Fulmar, Razorbill, Chough, 29 (!) Purple Sandpiper, Common Scoter, Guillemot, Lesser Yellowlegs, Water Pipit, Stonechat, SURF SCOTER. #140 for year. #ukbirding #birds

The 2 Tundra’s amongst hundreds of Pink-feet. #ukbirds #birds #norfolk #norfolkbirding #geese #goosing #birdsseenin2026

Would be VERY nice if this was true.. anyone know anything more? #lincsbirding

Fantastic #goosing in North Norfolk today: 1,000 Russian Whitefronts (570 Holkham, 310 Overy, 114 Titchwell), 570 Barnacles, 8,000+ Pinks and 💥32💥 Tundra Beans (19 Bircham, 8 Burnham Market, 3 Holkham, 1 Overy, 1 Titchwell) #beanfeast #norfolkbirding

Yesterday I failed to see any Tundra Bean’s in a huge field full of Pinks at Docking. I went back today and successfully picked out 2 of them. Also had 2 Glossy Ibis from the car at Stiffkey, opposite the Red Lion pub. #lovenorfolk #birds #birdsseenin2026 #ukbirding #norfolkbirding

A short film I’m calling BIRDING OBLIVIAN. #norfolk

A few years ticks at Titchwell this afternoon. Slav Grebe distance and diving like mad, but this female Scaup was close in. Male Shoveler, 2nd pic. As normal, Water Pipit eluded me. #norfolkbirding #ducks #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026

Knot, close in shore, this morning. Unusual to see this plumage in Feb? Just missed a Merlin before this too. #lincsbirding #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #knot #birds

The Cackling Goose, of probable Dutch feral origin, on the east coast this morning. Nice to see, whatever the provenance. #lincsbirding #birdsseenin2026 #ukbirding #birds #cacklinggoose

Some of the White-fronted Geese near Elm House Farm at Saltfleetby yesterday. One bird appeared injured and was hopping. #lincsbirding

Failed 2 weeks running to add a new bird to my Lincs list, despite the opportunities. Had the most White-fronts I’ve ever seen today though & Grey Wag & GN Diver were NFY. I would have preferred an 8hr round trip for a Baikal Teal though! Nice to meet @robstevenson.bsky.social too. #lincsdipping

Little Gull and juv White-tailed Eagle from Sunday. #birds #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026

Another one if the Great-tailed Grackle… looking certifiably crazy. #birds #ukbirding #grackle #birdsseenin2026 #untickable