Listening to Colin Murray’s and Pat Nevin’s @bbc6music.bsky.social top football anthems. My all time fave (and should’ve been #1) is Hibs adoption of the Proclaimers Sunshine on Leith and none better than when it was sung at their 2016 Scottish Cup triumph. Sends shivers down my spine. Enjoy!

An Asda shop was quickly aborted when Simon H-Roberts found a fine Drake Bufflehead at the Foryd Bay, Caernarfon today. 45 minutes later and I was watching this superb Yank duck. Great to see so many friends too making it a nice social occasion. A Welsh (and UK) tick ☺️👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #ukbirding #birdingwales

A Black Redstart today at Stanborough GPs was #134 for the site this year. Latest sightings updated here: www.rupertevershed.com/stanborough-... #hertsbirds

“If this is the level of shamelessness [Farage’s] media supporters are willing to stoop to when he is a mere fourth party opposition politician, just imagine the levels they will descend to should he ever get a real whiff of power” It just *must* not happen. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-farage...

#birds #ukbirding On my 4th attempt to see a Scops Owl I finally got lucky in South Wales last night. Good to enjoy it in the company of @d-johnson1962.bsky.social and @sh4rpy.bsky.social

One of the standout #shorebirds of any tour here in The #Gambia is the stop-the-clock gorgeous Egyptian #Plover - we ended up venerating 14 different amazing individuals! #FlywayBirding #EgyptianPlover

This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC. *Why not?* Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com

At least one Zitting Cisticola still about south of Walberswick - no others seen in a couple of hours. Silent and elusive but now fully moulted at least and plumage looking quite dark and richly hued #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

Putin and Russia are counting on their asset, the US Government, giving them the win in Ukraine that their overrated and incompetent army couldn’t deliver.

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? It was years ago. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not in a hurtful way. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not with intent. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not genuine abuse. 😮🫣😬😱 ~AA

Much of the world gets this. America doesn't. And the rest of the planet wonders why.

“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way” Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school @itvnewspolitics.bsky.social

Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...

Very proud of former Reform MP, James McMurdock. Who better to stand up for women and girls than a man sent to prison for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend?

Utterly grotesque abuse of both the environment and captive-reared birds for sport. The impact these non-native birds have on our native species and countryside is huge inc. carrying avian influenza and predation of endangered species. Time all blood sports were banned in the UK.

It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.

Dusky Warbler! This morning's sunny and calm weather provided the perfect window of bird-finding opportunity. So my pre-work visit to Brancaster turned out to be a good call, when I found this little chap 'tuk'ing away in a hedgerow near the Branodunum Roman Fort. #ukbirding #norfolkbirding

Former leader of Reform UK in Wales and close friend/confidant of Nigel Farage, has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russia bribes... Patriots, eh?

This Blackpoll Warbler gave outstanding views on the beach in Haroldswick, Unst today. #birds #ukbirding #shetlandbirds

#birds #ukbirding Nice views of a Cettis Warbler at Stockers Lake today. #hertsbirds #londonbirds

Exceptional set

A short non birding break to Marrakesh over the past few days but managed a Day in the Atlas Mountains on Monday. Moussier’s Redstart a belter - the national bird of Morocco 🇲🇦

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.

In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace. He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah. Nobody is defending him. He's a TOTAL disgrace. In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president. Insane.

Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk: "A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."

Next Novembe, remember there are more women who have credibly accused Donald Trump of rape than people charged with voter fraud.

That renowned and respected lover of truth and journalistic integrity.... THE KREMLIN.... has stepped up to defend Trump in his battle against the BBC. SO that's Farage, Netanyahu, Putin, and Boris Johnson...

Exceptional

I completed the Swainson's and Grey-cheeked Thrush illustration over the weekend. It was really enjoyable to work on these 2 subtle American vagrants that I was lucky to see earlier this Autumn close to home. #donegalbirding

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

We needed a day out today & four months after the historic discovery of breeding Zitting Cisticolas at Walberswick, we *finally* headed to Suffolk & enjoyed smart views of 3 birds, across a couple of hours. Thx @cach22.bsky.social for up to date info 👍 @linnetincley.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK 1/2

I won't be happy till King Charles III is called Charles, the Queen Consort is called Camilla and Buckingham Palace is called The Green Park Paddington Bear Experience.

May the odds be ever in your favor

Zack Polanski and Hasan Piker on Brexit and how it was basically blaming immigrants for underfunded services caused by austerity @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Shorelark Kessingland beach pools, 29/10/2025 Feeding in the same area as last winter, so possibly a returning #bird #SuffolkBirding @lowestoftlizards.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Another pose of the fabulous 1w Brown Shrike from Upper Hollesley Common, Suffolk, in the sunshine this morning. Only my fifth in Britain and Ireland following birds at Ballyferriter, Staines Moor, Flamborough and Weybourne.

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

One of two Northern Long-tailed Tits on the island of Yell, Shetland early this morning. It was like watching excited golf balls with wings and I'm not sure there is a word that can justify their beauty. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

It's been a Shrike-tacular last four weeks around Norfolk & Suffolk ~ a stunning adult Turkestan, a typically educational Brown, the isabelline overtones of Daurian, some monochrome magic of Great Grey & a classic 1w Red-backed. @linnetincley.bsky.social #NorfolkBirding #SuffolkBirding #RareBirdsUK

Iceland’s Varied Thrush. I wonder where that’s going, when it heads South?

Things have really picked up the past few days, with thrushes, Blackcap and Goldcrest everywhere and highlights in the form of Pallas’s Warbler, Isabelline Wheatear and Paddyfield Warbler, as well as a few Northern Bullfinch today. Read more here www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight... 📸 A Penn

Did this between some commission bird learning, but now not sure whether to add a blue wash to the background of the main bird now... I rather like it as it is but🤔

Black-faced Bunting striking a pose at Spurn this afternoon #RareBirdsUK

British.

Beautiful Blackpoll Warbler all to myself this morning on Unst. #YellBirding #Shetland #RareBirdsUK

Well deserved after all the hours put in.

Our group refound the East Yorkshire White-throated Needletail at Bempton Cliffs this afternoon. Unbelievable moment when it shot through as we were watching a Barn Owl! Raced down to cliffs to relocate and initially no sign, but it then reappeared and we had it flying over our heads 🤯🤯

A pair of Red Grouse by our accomodation in Wadbister. #birds #ukbirding #shetlandbirds