Staines Reservoirs not as cold as I was expecting. Lesser Scaup with the Pochard close in NE corner of South basin then flew far SW corner. No signs of cold weather movement. #LondonBirds #ukbirding #birds

Quick visit to Unstead nature reserve yielded 2 Little Egrets, 2 Buzzards, a Raven, some Shoveler, Teal and (as with everywhere I go at moment) lots of Goldcrest #surreybirding #ukbirding #birds

Southern Water news update on their bio-beads contamination of Sussex coastline with no mention of wildlife impact, no hint of apology, no integrity at all @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social www.southernwater.co.uk/latest-news/...

Excellent week on North Norfolk coast. Highlight having breakfast outside each morning with 000’s Pink Footed Geese overhead on their morning commute. Supporting cast incl Shorelark, Snow Bunting, Waxwing, 3 diver sp, AGP, YBW #norfolkbirding #ukbirding #birds

Holkham at last light: 2 Whooper Swans with the geese from Lady Anne’s Drive and a Hawfinch in the Pines (which are teeming with Goldcrest) #norfolkbirding #birds #ukbirding

No. 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for the year is a Black Throated Diver on sea off Titchwell 😃 My first 💯💯 year since 2017 and great to get there at my very favourite birding place #norfolkbirding

Shorelark on Titchwell beach just W of footpath 09:55 plus late Swallow heading S #norfolkbirding #ukbirding #birds

Cley marshes and coastguard: birdwatching highlights today were watching hundreds of Starlings in-off the sea and super views of Water Pipits. Also 2 Jack Snipe; Razorbill & RT Diver os #norfolkbirding #birds #ukbirding

Ridiculously profitable 20 minutes from platform at Thurrock Services Costa coffee overlooking the lake with Kingfisher, Goldeneye on lake, Peregrine over #ukbirding #birds #EssexBirding 🦆 ☕️ 👌

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A post about #birds I didn’t see for a change. This #BritishSummerTime I missed: - Grasshopper Warbler - Quail - Wood Warbler what about you? #ukbirding

Beautiful autumn colours at Otmoor this afternoon. Dunlin & Great White Egret from first screen + Marsh Harrier were #birds highlights. A lot of berries awaiting arrival of winter thrushes @rspbotmoor.bsky.social #ukbirding #OxonBirding

This year #WorldMigratoryBird day in my sheltered bit of inland #SussexBirding is about Meadow Pipit vismig, Goldcrest dispersal & a few Chiffchaff which these ( #climatechange) days are probably arriving rather than leaving #birds

mast year for acorns in 2025. Go #Jays

Kingston, Lewes between the Downs and the Brooks & very much betwixt the seasons today 🍂 On the one hand Spotted Flycatcher, Whitethroat; on the other Siskins & suddenly lots of Robins #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding

I reckon any day with a Barn Owl sighting is a good day, so grateful to see one hunting near Bolney vineyard earlier this evening #sussexbirding 🪶

Tonight’s #birds on #wine labels is a Pheasant (looking at it, some might say a Golden Pheasant 😉 ... if so my first without driving several times around the Wolferton Triangle - birders of a certain vintage will know) 🍷

Latest DEFRA report with @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social confirms what #ukbirding 🪶 community knows from experience, wild bird populations continue to 📉 The extent of nature depletion in my lifetime is 💔, that it continues at pace is 😡 www.gov.uk/government/s...

Beautiful late morning Church Norton on rising tide 9 Spoonbills, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (others reported many more), the 100s of swallows attracted a Hobby, Yellow Wagtail over, lots of Meadow Pipits in #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding @selseybirder.bsky.social

Spotted Crake still at Sandwich New Downs pool ✅ also Green Sandpiper #kentbirding #ukbirding #birds 👇my view and the Crake’s view 😉

Reculver this pm walked constantly surrounded by Swallows (c2000?). On land: 2 Wheatear under the towers also Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler. Over sea: 1 Guillemot east #kentbirding #ukbirding #birds

Oare Marshes this pm, close view of Bonaparte’s Gull east of the slipway & distant view of Curlew Sandpiper west of the slipway #birds #ukbirding #kentbirding

Excellent few days in Seine valley Normandie 🇫🇷 #LowCarbonBirding via Eurostar SNCF-Nomad & local buses 🚇🚊🚌 #birds highlights Short toed Treecreepers and Pied Flycatchers

End of an era but hopeful for the future of the Ferry Pool. The old “era” brought me sp Red Necked Phalarope x2, Black Necked Stilt, pr Ruddy Shelduck. I’m sure @selseybirder.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social will have many more memories #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding

Pulborough RSPB - Green Sandpiper from Jupps best of the #birds. Thank you to @rspb.bsky.social volunteers for helping this complete beginner with butterflies 🦋 I think this is a Gatekeeper👇 (don’t laugh) @savebutterflies.bsky.social #ukbirding #sussexbirding

Weirwood Reservoir: 2 Common Sandpipers on the dam, GBB Gull pair and their now brute of a juvenile. No raptors for me this pm #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding

My first Yellow-legged Gull of the “season” on Eastbourne seafront this evening #ukbirding #sussexbirding #birds

Way past time to end Grouse shooting and to have proper protection for Hen Harriers #birds

The door to future #climate reparations been opened little by International Court of Justice #ICJ in Den Haag today. Case that started as campaign by group of law students in Vanuatu 🇻🇺 news.sky.com/story/a-new-...

I think my best #birds on #wine labels yet (both ornithological & oenological). A [blue][upside down] Scops Owl and a Rock Thrush both on an orange Chardonnay 🇮🇹 🥂

Nightjar 9:25 Pulborough RSPB one flew right in front of the bench another churring below. Always good to get a photo 👇😉 @rspb.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding

Felt like a good afternoon for a seawatch … Splash Point, Seaford 💨↗️ force 5 gusting 7/8 … I was wrong 🤦🏻 Still the smell of salt and flight of Kittiwakes can’t be bad 😊 #ukbirding #birds

White Storks #birds on #wine labels 🍷 occasional series 2 unringed storks so can’t be @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwilding.bsky.social birds ✅ 😉

Fabulous hour Weirwood Reservoir: Common Terns and Kingfishers fishing, Spotted Flycatcher & Treecreepers in little wood behind hide, GBB Gull west end. #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding

My new #birds seen at Test Match #cricket list at Lord’s today: Woodpigeon, Pied Wagtail, Herring Gull so 3 not out 🤷‍♂️ Joe Root’s 99no a different level from anyone else 🏏 #ENGvIND #ukbirding

Last day’s #ukbirding before the next heatwave. Beddington Farmlands: no waders visible from public paths; Meadow Pipit over calling felt unseasonal #surreybirding #londonbirds #birds

Slightly surreal at Otmoor this afternoon. From first screen there’s Glossy Ibis, Egret roost that had 31 Cattle 29 Little 1 Great when I left ( #climatechange ) and the army dropping parachutists behind enemy lines 🪂 #birds #ukbirding @rspbotmoor.bsky.social

Hitting halfway point in year list at 173 👍 Best in June was my first self-found Marsh Warbler. Worst of June was 2 heatwaves 🥵 #birds #ukbirding #climatechange

I know wrong time of day / tide but still surprised to find 0️⃣ waders on Sidlesham Ferry which the 22 Shelduck had all to themselves. Mute Swan pair with 2 cygnets on ferry channel #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding @selseybirder.bsky.social

Not sure Thursley Common today was best idea for birdwatcher who doesn’t know anything about dragonflies 😐 but close views of Curlew feeding on Pudmore was lovely #ukbirding #birds

Today’s #ukbirding in a heatwave: Arundel Park & Arun Valley 27C had to check myself when excited to see few House Martin & Swallow such is dreadful state of hirundines in Sussex. Marbled White were nice #ClimateChange #birds #sussexbirding

We are underestimating the climate extremes consitent with 1.6C warming let alone the 3C+ current policy & fossil fuel use implies. news.sky.com/story/uk-cou...

Removing Hooded Crow means my 250th British bird will change from Surf Scoter to Alpine Swift, which I don’t mind at all. Still I’m old enough to remember when Rock & Water Pipit were one species 🤷‍♀️ #ukbirding

Purple Heron ✅ 🍷 😜 #birds on #wine labels occasional series

Excellent few days on North Norfolk coast: Titchwell, Holkham, Cley. Highlights: Avocet chicks, Little Terns fishing, Spoonbills close up, Marsh Warbler mimicry #birds #ukbirding #norfolkbirding

Small diversion 😉 on way home from North Norfolk for superb White Winged Black Tern ✅ at RSPB Fen Drayton with Bittern and beautiful Willow + Garden Warbler chorus as bonus #ukbirding

Cley: Marsh Warbler from path parallel to coast road c150m from East Bank this evening. Mimicry incl Blue Tit, Blackcap, Redstart #norfolkbirding #ukbirding

Thursley Common. Good to just stop and listen - Tree Pipits esp in excellent voice today. Also discovered Stonechat fledglings make some very unusual sounds 🎶 #birds #ukbirding #surreybirding

Reached 101 🦋 followers this evening 🥳 Thanks for all the likes & reposts and the #birds news & #ukbirding sightings coming the other way. Here’s a whale fluke in your timeline to say thank you ❤️

Old Lodge NR Ashdown Forest saw all the (daytime) heathland birds except the one I was really after: Tree Pipit. Ironically 1 Meadow Pip ought to be more unusual this time of year. Spotted Flycatcher was nice #birds #sussexbirding #ukbirding