A few from a walk along Glencorse and Loganlea in the Pentlands sunshine this weekend: Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Common Sandpiper, Dipper #BirdingScotland

Iberian Chiffchaff singing at Pease Dean SWT this afternoon. Spent a happy hour waiting for it to pose for a photo. Thanks to the finder #BirdingScotland

Red-bellied Woodpecker, Brazos Bend State Park #TexasBirding

Roseate Spoonbills, High Island, Texas

Eastern Meadowlark, Houston, Texas

And a few more from Jocelyn Nungaray: Solitary Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper & Lesser Yellowlegs, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher

Side benefits of a work trip to Houston - Texas birding in April is amazing. Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Killdeer and Semipalmated Sandpiper among the waders at Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge

At least 5 Wheatear at the north end of Thorntonloch beach (and a few Kittiwake at Dunbar harbour) #BirdingScotland

Tree Sparrow between some very cold squally showers at Mortonhall this afternoon. Glad I took the camera despite the unpromising weather #BirdingScotland

A few birds from late afternoon at Kinneil, upper Forth, yesterday. Greenshank, Black Tailed Godwit and c.20 Scaup #BirdingScotland

Vixen at Kinneil lagoon watching the sunset over Grangemouth #Foxoftheday

Not going to win any photo prizes for these heavy crops of Zitting Cisticola at Walberswick on March 22nd. Brief views before it flew across the channel and disappeared into the reeds again #UKBirding

Suffolk always a wonderful birding place. Med Gull and Bittern (Minsmere), Dartford Warbler, Marsh Tit (Santon Downham) #UKBirding

Hume’s Warbler in Lowestoft one of many highlights of a few days in Suffolk and Norfolk #UKBirding

Stone Curlew on a Norfolk pig farm. They seem to get on just fine

A few more pics of the Barns Ness Firecrest (ironically I lugged my camera to London last week specifically to try to photograph the species, with not so much as glimpse) #BirdingScotland

Firecrest flitting around at Barns Nest #BirdingScotland

Great Crested Grebe at RSPB Rainham Marshes on a dreich afternoon

Russian White-fronted Geese in flight at Stoneypath yesterday (with a single Greylag for scale comparison) #BirdingScotland

Perhaps not one for the purists, but these Mandarin Ducks at Pressmennan are beautiful all the same #BirdingScotland

Still 40+ Russian White Fronted Geese at Stoneypath Farm, East Lothian, moving between the flooded field and hillside to the North #BirdingScotland

Partially leucastic (I presume) Lesser Redpoll in my Edinburgh garden #BirdingScotland

Slightly closer views of the 8 Tundra Bean Geese at Hedderwick this morning #BirdingScotland

Heavy crop of Shorelark at JMCP this morning #BirdingScotland

8 Tundra Bean Geese still in field east of Foxlake this morning #BirdingScotland

White-billed Diver off Dunbar East Beach this afternoon, plus one of a handful of Purple Sandpipers rather closer on #BirdingScotland

Cold weather bringing small flocks of Redpolls and Siskins into my south Edinburgh garden. At least 4 Blackcap (2m, 2f) around too. #BirdingScotland

Ring-necked Duck at Queens Park Glasgow this morning

Mobile flock of 13 Snow Buntings at east end of Yellowcraig beach #BirdingScotland

Went looking for Jack Snipe around some Midlothian SuDS ponds - no joy (maybe a bit optimistic without a thermal imager!). But this Grey Wagtail was a fine consolation prize

No Bittern at Duddingston for me today, but some very smart regulars anyway #BirdingScotland

2 of 3 Russian White Fronted Geese still present among the pinks in the field west of the ponds at Longyester, East Lothian #BirdingScotland

Twite feeding in the sunshine at Musselburgh Esk mouth this afternoon (one of 25 present) #BirdingScotland

Caspian Gull at Snaresbrook Eagle Pond this afternoon

2025 saw my UK list up to 268 with 19 new birds. Among my favourites were American Pipit, Great Reed Warbler, Western Sandpiper & Marsh Sandpiper - the key being a long time alone with the bird close by. Obviously going to be harder to see new stuff, but I still have some shocking gaps.

Went looking for Russian White Fronted Geese at RSPB Rainham Marshes and found a goose with a white front (!) and a very well behaved Spoonbill.

Down from Edinburgh to Fareham for Christmas just as a male Cirl Bunting rocks up just beyond my old school. Family might be wondering where I’ve disappeared to tomorrow….

Long-tailed Ducks off the Musselburgh sea wall in the late afternoon sun #BirdingScotland

Water Rail, Penicuik #BirdingScotland

Water Pipit and Rock Pipit, Cocklemill Burn, Fife earlier today. The latter being rather easier to photograph #BirdingScotland

Bathing Song Thrush, Fife #BirdingScotland

Water Pipit showing well at Cocklemill Burn, Fife this lunchtime (near the second bridge) #BirdingScotland

Drake Ring-Necked Duck at Darnrig Moss near Slamannan this lunchtime. Flew East at 1:30pm #BirdingScotland

Black redstart, Torness sea wall @birdinglothian.bsky.social

Since I’m racing a cross country in Cumbernauld this afternoon, took the chance to find the Taiga Bean Geese flock north of Slamannan (not that easy to find!)

Another week, another Red-breasted Flycatcher - this one at Barns Ness old campsite this afternoon #BirdingScotland

Snipe and curlew at Musselburgh

Nice Red-breasted Flycatcher at Holy Island today, plus Yellow-browed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher and Merlin the highlights

Nice street art on my run through Stoke Newington earlier this afternoon #Foxoftheday

Spotted Redshank at Musselburgh old scrapes yesterday afternoon. Showing almost as well as the Marsh Sandpiper #BirdingScotland