Great to have a selection of Dragonflies @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social recently including our first Lesser Emperor! Also Emperor, m&f Ruddy darter, Black-tailed Skimmer & Migrant Hawkers (not pictured) Plenty of terns and waders about and the first returning Phylloscs. #ukbirding #ukdragonflies

Our team are at Global Bird Fair this weekend. Call in to say hi and learn about Bird Observatories in the Swallow Marquee (S15&16). Thanks to Limosa/Wildwings for their sponsorship and the £250 prize off any holiday for our quiz.

Our review of 2025, BOC News, is now available at tinyurl.com/BOC-News-2025 Many thanks to Limosa/Wildwings for their sponsorship

An excellent opportunity for 14 young birders to visit Lundy, boat and board included -- lundybirdobs.org.uk/news-and-sig... Additional funding for young people to get out to a bird obs, through the BTO here -- www.bto.org/our-work/you...

A few more Wood Warbler pics from St Agnes, Isles of Scilly because I just love them, I wish they were still in our local woodlands. #ukbirding

A few nice birds from a flying visit to St Agnes Isles of Scilly, always nice to see a Wood warbler and Turtle Doves which are becoming increasingly uncommon sadly. #ukbirding

Lovely to see a Long-tailed duck @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social and some fantastic Dunlin plumages as they move North #ukbirding

Ever wondered what a full year at a bird observatory looks like? This is your chance. Applications open for our 12-month internship at Spurn 👇 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/conserv...

Great to see Gannets passing again, not many Brent geese remaining now and the locals getting busy @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social #ukbirding

Couldn’t believe my eyes when this stunning Sardinian Warbler appeared in front of us @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social reward for all the efforts the team put in. A cracking Redstart was nice too. #ukbirding

As well as the Pinks heading North, Wheatears continued to move through @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social and a Sparrowhawk was escorted off the island! #ukbirding

Thousands of Pink-footed geese headed North out of the Dee and over @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social (sound on) a few passerines around too. #ukbirding

Migration continues @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social #ukbirding

Young birders offered rare chance to work at Fair Isle Bird Observatory www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Y...

Not just the team @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social getting on with spring maintenance, a nice Black Redstart near home too. #ukbirding

Cracking morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with @philwoollen.bsky.social & my eldest. Highlights a c-ringed Stonechat (ringed on Mull🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aug25), another which we caught&ringed (1 of 5 on), 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Coal Tits (scarce spring migrant at Hilbre) and much more (all on our blog) #UkBirding #Ringing

My earliest ever #Wheatear this morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social - a beautiful male just returned from Africa. The wonder of migration 🌍 #UKBirding

Another lovely early spring morning @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social ... male Stonechat and Wheatear #Birdringing #Ukbirding

Our blog for another great early spring day on Hilbre Islands LNR is uploaded, click on the link to view: hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/2026/03/5th-march-2026.html?m=1

Spring was in full swing @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with all the locals back in full voice, Stonechats buzzed around the paddock fences & waders fed as the tide moved them. Great to see a male Hen Harrier come in from the North before heading West, a sadly rare bird here now. #ukbirding

Long-tailed Ducks & Waxwings, Tromsø Norway.

White-tailed Eagles Tromsø Norway recently.

BTO's Young Bird Observatory Visitors Programme opens doors for the next generation of birders www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...

The winter regulars greeted me @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social in the cold & damp, we were rewarded after doing a few repairs with a couple of Porpoises off the North end headed into the estuary

A recent trip to Norfolk for the @birdobscouncil.bsky.social meeting meant we birded the poor weather and caught up with the Eastern Black Redstart eventually, Cranes in the mist and a nice Hume’s warbler (honestly!)

We’re recruiting at Spurn Bird Observatory 🐦 Head Little Tern Warden + 2 Assistant roles available at Beacon Ponds this season. Details here 👉 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news

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Slightly random one... Wondering if there might be a Manchester/Salford birder who might be thinking of heading over for the Speke grackle tomorrow (maybe the roost?), please drop us a DM 👍 (...and if you've got a spare pair of bins, even better 😉😂). Thanks v much, Mark #manchesterbirders #grackle

The long overdue 2024 BOC News is now published online at tinyurl.com/BOC-News-2024 Some amazing images and stories from around the Observatory network and a memoriam for the late Steve Wing.

More Firecrests because they’re boss! #ukbirding

Finally rewarded after putting in the hours when this beautiful Eyebrowed Thrush showed for us on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly recently. #ukbirding

Red-backed Shrike, Brambling arriving, Merlin and a solitary Greenshank waits for me each autumn in Covean, St Agnes. #ukbirding

Sitting with a Black Redstart in Porth Killier St Agnes #ukbirding

There were reasonable numbers of Firecrests on St Agnes this October #ukbirding

Spotted Sandpiper, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly #ukbirding

Mourning Dove on St Agnes Isles of Scilly recently #ukbirding

We’re hiring a doctoral researcher in the area of migration ecology. The work will focus on the question of how and when migratory songbirds learn where their home is using #Motus. Part of the Cluster of Excellence NaviSense and linked with @sfb1372.bsky.social uol.de/job788en #ornithology

Buff-bellied (American) Pipit & Lapland Bunting were nice on St Agnes recently #ukbirding

So nice to see a Turtle Dove on St Agnes today, the only place I’ve caught up with them in recent years #ukbirding

A lovely Hoopoe, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly

Made up to see my third phalarope species (Wilson’s) of the Autumn followed by a cracking Richard’s Pipit

A cracking Grey Phalarope on the East Hoyle bank Hoylake tonight was ace to see following the Red-necked at Spurn last week, a great find by Tim Kinch! #ukbirding

A lovely Red-necked Phalarope @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social #migfest last weekend, a great event and nice to see lots of young people engaging with conversation.

Set up ready for this years #migfest @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social representing @birdobscouncil.bsky.social always a great weekend and a nice way to engage with people about birds and conservation.

Last afternoon @globalbirdfair.bsky.social. Please come along to the Swallow marquee and say hello to the gang and learn about our Observatory Network. Thanks to Limosa/WildWings for the sponsorship for the stand this year.

John Horton giving a talk on the Bird Observatories of Uk & Eire to a packed house @globalbirdfair.bsky.social

Call in at the Bird Observatories Council stand (www.birdobscouncil.org.uk) and hear about the great work of bird observatories around Britain and Ireland and what the BOC is all about @globalbirdfair.bsky.social

GLOBAL BIRDFAIR 2025 IS OPEN! And we're here all weekend. Drop in and see us in the Nightingale marquee, on stand 45. We have LOADS of information, games, quizzes, merchandise. Even sign up as a volunteer! Robbie, Harry & Sarah are on the stand now.

If you at Global Bird Fair this weekend, call into the swallow marquee and say hello to the guys on the stand.