December 10th: S. Glos 'lifers' are few and far between nowadays, so this Red-breasted Merganser in 2015 was a very welcomed addition! A 1st winter/ female on Pilning Wetlands, from December 10th - 16th 2015. Thanks to @severnsidebirds.bsky.social lots of folks managed to connect! #UKbirding

December 8th: A male Baikal Teal on Crossens Inner Marsh, Southport, Lancashire in 2013... (second attempt!) 🤦🏻‍♂️ #UKbirding

December 8th: I've only managed a couple of Paddyfield Warblers in the UK. My first was on Long Rock Pool, Marazion in 1996 followed by one on St Mary's in October 2001... 'That's all folks'! #UKbirding

December 7th: Dark-eyed Junco in 1989 - Portland, Dorset Rufous Turtle Dove in 2002 - Stromness, Orkney Dusky Thrush in 2016 - Beeley, Derbyshire #UKbirding

Stardate: 03.12.two-zero.2.5: Impulse engines dropped us off in the B-o-S system for a very confiding Kentish Plover then on 'breaking news' a Warp 9 flash down to 'The Exe' (piloted by Commander Nige 'Whiskers' Warren in the shuttle Mazda 3) for a resolved Lesser Crested Tern! Top twitching! 😎

December 3rd: A nice little pick-up this morning at Burnham-on-Sea... Female KP! 😊

December 3rd: Desert Wheatear in 1997 at Beachy Head, E. Sussex... #UKbirding

December 1st: Falcated Duck in 2006 at Bowling Green Marsh, S. Devon Masked Wagtail in 2016 at Camrose, Pembrokeshire #UKbirding

November 30th: In line with the AviList new world order of birds... Subspecies American Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca carolinensis at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2024. #UKbirding

November 29th: You'd struggle to see better rarities in the UK than these two... on the same date... 😊 @andy-1963.bsky.social @bexbirder.bsky.social Parrot Crossbill - 2017 Cape May Warbler - 2023 #UKbirding

November 28th: There have been around 15 Richard's Pipits in S. Gloucestershire with the 1st in 1993 when a winter adult spent four days on Aust Warth from November 27th - 30th. I managed to catch up with it on November 28th when, from memory, it gave excellent ground and flight views. #UKbirding

November 27th: A self found, first for S. Gloucestershire... 😊 PACIFIC DIVER - Gavia pacifica An adult from Severn Beach, S. Gloucestershire in 2009! Full details here... www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk/Publications... #UKbirding

November 26th: American Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris hoyti/ praticola A female at Staines Reservoir, Surrey in 2017. #UKbirding

November 25th: Desert Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca minula A 1st winter at South Gare, Redcar, Cleveland in 2000. #UKbirding

November 24th: A 'ducking' good haul on this day in 2021 in Somerset....😉👍🏻 #UKbirding

November 23rd: One of two Blyth's Pipits in Top Fields on Portland Bill, Dorset on this day in 1998. #UKbirding

November 21st: Boat-tailed Grackle at Holbury, Hampshire... worth the entrance fee... great value! 😉😎 #UKbirding

November 21st: I wasn't going to but they made me do it... honest! 😱😱😱 #UKbirding

November 20th: Bufflehead in 1998 at Roadford Reservoir, Devon Bobolink in 2002 on Hengistbury Head, Dorset Greater Yellowlegs in 2011 at Low Hauxley, Northumberland Eastern Black Redstart in 2011 on Lindisfarne, Northumberland #UKbirding

November 19th: My very first encounter with Lesser Scaup in the UK was this fine drake on Edward Richardson Reservoir, Gloucestershire on this day in 1994. Nowadays they've been seen in almost every English county with well over 270 accepted records. #UKbirding

November 18th: STELLER’S EIDER Polysticta stelleri AGE: Winter female DATE: November 18th 2000 LOCATION: Hopeman Harbour, Moray BRITISH RECORD: 14th #UKbirding

November 17th: BLACK-EARED KITE Milvus migrans lineatus AGE: A juvenile/ 1st winter DATE: November 17th 2006 LOCATION: Holbeach St. Marks, Lincolnshire BRITISH RECORD: 1st (?) 📸 Steve Botham #UKbirding

November 16th: GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH Catharus minimus AGE: A 1st winter DATE: November 16th 2005 LOCATION: Northaw Great Wood, Hertfordshire BRITISH RECORD: 46th #UKbirding

November 13th: A pleasant 'Team Saga' amble around Slimbridge WWT then seconds of the Northwick Warth Penduline Tit... #UKbirding

November 12th: Snow Bunting at Severn Beach on this day in 2020... #UKbirding

November 12th: WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - Calidris fuscicollis Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2023. ❌'Dipped' ❌ Scarlet Tanager in 2024 at Shelf, W. Yorkshire. 🤦‍♂️ #UKbirding

November 11th: ROSS’S GOOSE Anser rossii AGE: Juvenile DATE: November 11th 2000 LOCATION: In fields near Stanhope, Norfolk #UKbirding

November 10th: What a delight to catch up with this 1st winter Penduline Tit on Aust Warth this morning... A S. Glos. ✔ Company excellent, weather atrocious... 🌧☔ Just the 2nd record of this diminutive tit in S. Glos. The first was on March 11th 2015 at Dyrham Park. ⬇ #UKbirding

November 8th: A self-found Great Grey Shrike in 1987 at CVLake, Somerset 😊, a Lesser Scaup at Helston, a Paddyfield Pipit 😱 and an American Pipit in 2019 at Sennan, Cornwall. . . !!! #UKbirding

November 7th: PALLID SWIFT - Apus pallidus A juvenile/ 1st winter from Weybourne Beach, Norfolk in 1999 SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula - 2001 A 1st winter at Balvicar, Seil Island, Argyll in 2001 - the first British record #UKbirding

November 6th: A very welcomed S. Gloucestershire tick with this Glossy Ibis on Pilning Wetlands, New Passage in 2015. #UKbirding

November 6th: Red-flanked Bluetail - 1993 - Winspit Valley, Dorset 📸 © Dave Rimes Also: Pallas's Warbler - 1994 - Avalanche Road, Portland, Dorset Black Duck - 1999 - Bowcombe Creek, Kingsbridge, Devon Isabelline Wheatear - Wernffrwd, Llanmorlais, W. Glamorgan #UKbirding

November 4th: ISABELLINE WHEATEAR Oenanthe isabellina DATE: November 4th 2016 LOCATION: Gun Hill, Burnham Overy, Norfolk BRITISH RECORD: 40th #UKbirding

November 4th: YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Setophaga coronata DATE: November 4th 1994 LOCATION: Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire BRITISH RECORD: 9th #UKbirding

October 31st: MASKED SHRIKE Lanius nubicus AGE: A juvenile/ 1st winter DATE: October 31st 2004 LOCATION: Kilrenny Common, Kilrenny, Fife BRITISH RECORD: 1st #UKbirding

October 30th: Richard’s Pipit - 1998 - Chingford Plain, London Snowy Owl - 2001 - Felixstowe, Suffolk 📸 Many thanks to Paul Gale. #UKbirding

October 29th: Franklin's Gull - 1998 - Port Talbot Two-barred Greenish Warbler, Pallas’s Warbler, two Dusky Warblers and Pallid Swift in 2023 on Flamborough Head, Yorkshire... ...and a candidate Holboell’s Red-necked Grebe in 2024 in Portland Harbour, Weymouth. #UKbirding

October 27th: BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER Setophaga fusca A 1st winter male in Popplestone Fields, Bryher, Isles of Scilly on October 27th 2022. Also: Great Knot - Cleveland Great Grey Shrike - S. Gloucestershire Lesser Yellowlegs - Somerset American Golden Plover - Pembrokeshire #UKbirding

October 25th: RED-HEADED BUNTING Emberiza bruniceps A 1st winter male on Northcliff Marsh, Flamborough Head, E. Yorkshire on October 25th 2023. #UKbirding

October 23rd: BROWN SHRIKE Lanius cristatus A 1st winter from Manor Farm track, Calartha Farm, Pendeen, Cornwall on October 23rd 2021. #UKbirding

October 23rd: EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER Phylloscopus coronatus A 1st winter on October 23rd 2009 in Trow Quarry, County Durham. The 1st British record! #UKbirding

October 22nd: RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL Tarsiger cyanurus DATE: October 22nd 1999 LOCATION: Rame Head, Cornwall 📸 © Paul Gale #UKbirding

October 22nd: CHIMNEY SWIFT Chaetura pelagica AGE: A juvenile/ 1st winter DATE: October 22nd 1999 LOCATION: Millbrook, Rame Head, Cornwall BRITISH RECORD: 9th 📸 © George Reszeter #UKbirding

October 19th: Did you see this one? NUTCRACKER - Nucifraga caryocatactes Cocknage Wood, Stoke-on-Trent from October 14th to November 9th 1991. #UKbirding

October 19th: What a spanking couple of weeks 'filthy twitching' that included a pair of 'lifer' grip-backs... ☺️ White-throated Needletail 8th (© Simon King), Baird's Sandpiper 10th (© Matthew Deans) and Mourning Dove 15th (© Will Wagstaff). Many thanks! 👍🏻 #UKbirding

Rounded off an excellent week with a Sabine’s gull from Severn Beach, pushed up the channel on squally weather. Also, 8+ Manx, comic and black tern, and spoonbill all on the river.

September 9th: It's always a pleasant surprise when one of these comes to visit! 😊 #Southglosbirds

September 1st: A super Buff-breasted Sandpiper at CVLake, Somerset today was a very welcome start to the autumn passage. It was performing nicely on and off on Nunnery Point despite the, sometimes, torrential rain. Here's one from a past encounter!

August 26th: I know it's a release/ reintroduction, I know its not 'tickable' but what a magnificent creature... White-tailed Eagle performing very nicely at CVLake, Somerset today. #UKbirding

August 25th: A very pleasant trundle across the water to Peterstone Wentlooge in Gwent for the juvenile Marsh Sandpiper.... Mae yna hyfryd... 😍 #UKbirding