The start of another day of adventures in 🇦🇺 #sunrise

Blue-faced Honeyeater at Tomaree Head, Port Stephens Bay, NSW, 🇦🇺 this afternoon. 1 of 5 #birding lifer honeyeater species seen today #BirdsSeenIn2026

The (Grey-headed + Black) Fying-fox colony in Centennial Park, Sydney, #Australia sounds (+ smells) like a seabird colony #wildlife #nature

Currently watching 2 Tawny Frogmouth (not doing a lot) in Centennial Park, Sydney, #Australia I can highly recommend the park as a #birding hotspot if you ever visit #BirdsSeenIn2026

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo at Maroubra beach (Sydney, Australia) this afternoon. These things are huge and it's great to see so many people stopping to watch them #BirdsSeenIn2026

I'm probably going to kick myself at being confused by an "easy" bird in Australia, but I really have no idea what this is? It flashed by at Mistral Point, Maroubra, Sydney and was always heading away. I did think of a large shearwater sp but the bill looks wrong - help, please! #birding

Saw quite a few of these during a #birding wander around a golf course in Sydney #Australia this morning. I think it's an Eastern water dragon #wildlife #nature

Australasian Swamphen + Australian Ibis (aka Bin Chicken) scrounging for a bit of my lunch in Centennial Park, Sydney #Australia #birding #BirdsSeenIn2026

Sat down at a picnic bench for a brew today near the entrance to Botany Bay NP, Sydney, #Australia and noticed a Buff-banded Rail at our feet! #Birding #BirdsSeenIn2026

Went for a wander around some of the lesser visited areas of #Sydney #Australia today, before a fairly big storm. 48 lifers on the #birding front so far just walking around the local area, with heaps to come.

A bit of a long journey, but well worth it to catch up with family in...... You'll only need 1 guess? 🙂

Peregrine Falcon at Heathrow T3, as I was boarding my flight #UKBirding

Embarking on the latest (not a birding) trip (not on this ✈️), but I'm sure some interesting opportunities will crop up 🙂

Not common at all in landlocked Bedfordshire; a Bar-tailed Godwit (+ Ringed Plover - found by Rod P) at Broom GPs this evening #UKBirding

A female curlew in the New Forest has become the oldest known living curlew in the UK, a powerful reminder of just how long these birds can live, this individual is almost 34 and was ringed in 1992. Read the story: buff.ly/DAunaSV

@mulbartonbirder.bsky.social Pic of my nocmig settings for Chirpity as discussed. Cheers.

There's either nothing doing, or it's all go from a #UKBirding perspective in Bedfordshire. A cracking group of 5 Little Gulls dropped into Broom GPs early this afternoon (noted by Matt K), before departing north after approx 45 minutes of flycatching. I never knew they hunted Coots though 🙂

Just been told that it's Monday today, who knew? #retired 🍻

Currently watching the GW Teal at Gypsy Lane East, Broom GPs, Bedfordshire; from the metal gate, by parking area. Ignore any bird services piffle about viewing it from the screen, as they've been (wrongly) recycling that old info #UKBirding

I'm still asked at least once a week if I miss work........ 🙃 🍻

Birds don't have to be rare to give enjoyment (for me anyway). Spent about 20 minutes today watching this Reed Bunting, singing its heart out, in the warm (and very welcome) sunshine #UKBirding

Cheeky bugger 🙂

I was only 10 minutes away from Lanark when I saw news of someone (thank you!) finding a bean goose sp with Pinkfeet. Went for a look, and it turned out to be a Tundra #BirdingScotland

I reckon this front bird is 1 of those weird Pinkfeet with (not very) orange legs, rather than anything else, but I'd be interested in any opinions, thanks #BirdingScotland

Spent some time trying to find any White-billed Divers upriver of the Forth Bridges with no luck, so nipped across to Inverkeithing and saw 2 of 3 in that area #BirdingScotland #BirdsSeenIn2026

Highlights at Kinneil Lagoon just now: 2(f) Common Scoter, 16 Scaup (+ hybrid Tufty) offshore. Spotted Redshank close to path (see arrow) by main Lagoon @upperforthbirds.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

To think that this time last week we were seeking shade from the sun on a golden sand beach...... 🙂

My best pal channeling his inner Jedi Master after today's very wet walk dogs.bsky.social

Visited the Whitefronts between Carstairs and Carnwath, originally found by @scottbirder01.bsky.social Thanks as ever Scott for keeping tabs on the local goose flocks 👍#BirdingScotland

Just going past Berwick on the #train - heading back to #Scotland for a bit.

Nothing exciting, just some waves on a beach during our last day in Cape Verde 🌞

The Cape Verde Willet is back on Boa Vista, at Zone Humide de Lacacão, by the RIU Touareg hotel #BirdsSeenIn2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

Also seen today in Bedfordshire, a Black Squirrel. Apparently, these are hybrid descendants of North American Fox Squirrels that escaped from private collections many moons ago #wildlife #naturephotography #365DaysWild

Managed to get a lucky shot of a Cetti's Warbler hopping about in the reeds at Gypsy Lane East, Broom GPs, Bedfordshire #UKBirding today #BirdsSeenIn2026

Some Ringed Plovers are amazing migrants! Research by the amazing Pavel Tomkovich and colleagues wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/w... 🎂8️⃣ #ornithology

Final #BirdsSeenIn2026 post from recent trip to see family in #SouthCarolina #USA - Snow Goose, Ross's Goose, Bufflehead, American Wigeon (+ probable Lesser Scaup), Painted Bunting and Rusty Blackbirds. All around the area of Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant (near Charleston).

4 of the incredible (to me) 47 species seen during a morning #birding walk around the neighbourhood, near Moncks Corner, #SouthCarolina #USA - American Moorhen, Downy Woodpecker, Hermit Thrush and Loggerhead Shrike #BirdsSeenIn2026

Some of today's #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birding sightings from around the Moncks Corner area of #SouthCarolina #USA - Bald Eagle (immature), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Great Norther Diver (aka Common Loon) and Vesper Sparrow.

Currently watching this lovely little American Kestrel - near Moncks Corner, #SouthCarolina #USA #BirdsSeenIn2026

Twitched the (now) famous Burrowing Owl at Fort Sumter, #SouthCarolina #USA today. It roosts on a cannon, within 1 of the gun emplacements and you have to get a tourist ferry to see it. Also saw White Pelican, Purple Sandpiper and Savannah Sparrow #BirdsSeenIn2026

Some #birding sightings from around the Moncks Corner area of #SouthCarolina #USA Black-and-white warbler, Brown Pelican, Greater Yellowlegs and White Ibis #BirdsSeenIn2026

1st day of a fairly short visit to see family in #SouthCarolina #USA As ever, there are great #Birding opportunities within 10 minutes walk - pair of Bald Eagle, Canvasback, American Coot and Ruddy Duck ##BirdsSeenIn2026

A close encounter of the Peregrine kind #UKBirding in #Bedfordshire this morning #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildlife #nature

@upperforthbirds.bsky.social Sorry, but I'm now unsure if the female Scoters at Kinneil are Common or Velvet.

Also 5 Velvet Scoter (1m, 4f) distantly offshore at Kinneil Lagoon. They're swimming upriver, in the main shipping channel (between Culross and old power station area). @upperforthbirds.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

At least 29 Scaup offshore at Kinneil Lagoon just now. They're in groups of 5,7 and 17, which I've never seen before here (usually 1 group). Hybrid drake Tufted x Scaup and Spotted Redshank also @upperforthbirds.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Quite a lot of hair #ice seen during today's ramble. I don't think it's been above freezing all day, but I love this type of #weather

Great to see the local Dippers back today (Breich Water, near Addiewell) after a few weeks absence. I wonder where they go in the meantime? @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #Birding

Another magical Hen Harrier experience in the @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingLothian area. The bird landed directly in front of me, then sat in the winter sunshine for about 20 minutes (as I stood frozen, trying not to breathe!).

Day seventeen of #ArtAdventCalendar Tonight I’m sharing this painted stone of the Seven Whistlers. Years ago, when people heard the Whistlers flying at night, they thought of it as a bad omen. Sailers would refuse to sail the next day, and miners would avoid the mines.