Got final totals checked this morning from the #LadywalkNR team and we finished the day on 101. Nothing amazing with Med gull probably the best bird of the day but one I missed. Always good to get a 100+ birds and good that predominately it was breeding birds with not much passage #westmidsalldayer

Forster's Tern Poole Park, Dorset @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Norfolk Bird Report 1970 - shrikes are the proverbial canary in the coal mine for global change #UKBirding

There are few Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa 花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) wintering at the Yellow River estuary in Shandong Province. Photo by "菜小hua". #birds #china #yellowriver

Kentish still south of jetty at Burnham with Ringeds (08:40) @birdguides.bsky.social #somersetbirds

3 Pendulines still at Aust, 2pm. @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding

Yellow-browed Warbler at Hurley,Warks 2/1/26 showed well today to a small smiling crowd.... #ukbirding #warksbirding

A visit to Hurley to see if the Yellow Browed Warbler would put in an appearance. It certainly did and showed well the whole time I was there. @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

As #localpatch finds go, this one was up there🤘🔥 Yellow-browed Warbler - Kingsbury Firing Range/Hurley Treatment works - 26/12 #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding

I was delighted to catch up with the Harlequin Duck again at Trà na gCloch yesterday. Despite the horrible weather, I was able to sit in the comfort of the car and watch it come and go in the massive surf.

This is cool. Gotta love a Jack Snipe #motus #migration #ukbirding

Sadly, we have to report the death of three of the four young Hen Harriers that were tagged this summer thanks to donations from our supporters. #birds #conservation www.henharrierday.uk/news/devasta...

A Ladywalk mega Curlew Sandpiper coincided with my Webs count today. Possibly the first in my lifetime! Seemed settled in front of Bittern Hide but disappeared mid afternoon. Jack Snipe also briefly close by. #ladywalknr #warksbirds

After 25+ miles walked in better conditions along the Norfolk coast this month it felt sort of ironic that the first bird I lifted my bins for on a family outing at Happisburgh this afternoon was this lovely 1w Isabelline (Daurian) Shrike.

Dried off and went back for more! Still present late afternoon. Shustoke Res. #warksbirding

Lovely Spotted Redshank again at far end of Shustoke Res this am. 2+ Tree Pipits, 5 Yellow Wags, 6 Common & 1 Green Sand, juv Common Tern. Tons of hirundines #warksbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Ladywalk Nature Reserve are holding a moth morning! Come along on Saturday 6th September to find out what's been caught in the trap overnight! Book your place by visiting our website: www.westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk/event-detail... or by emailing Geoff Adams (see details below).

Warbler waves aplenty at #SuttonPark, West Mids early this am. 4+ Tree Pipits, Yellow Wag & 4 Snipe high south over Upper Crabs. 4 Redstarts, 2 Spot Fly, 4 Swallow, Swift. #ukbirding

Better urban mothing last night (Erdington, B’ham). A nice Dusky Thorn. Annoyingly, my second Tree-lichen Beauty of the year got away. 20 Vine’s Rustics maybe a record. #teammoth

A PB of 10+ Tree Pipits over at #SuttonPark, West Mids this am. The first two Spot Flys of the autumn, Whinchat, 6 Redstarts, 2 Lesser Whites & Hobby. #westmidsbirding

I know nothing about spiders. What have I got here? Found him looking comfy in a plant pot inside my van. #ukspiders

Fresh morning at #SuttonPark, West Mids. 1+ Crossbill roaming around Queen’s Coppice. 3 Tree Pipits buzzed south, Yellow Wag on flying field, just the single Redstart, Lesser White and a few Garden Warblers. #ukbirding

A good turn out last night for the bat walk at #LadywalkNR, Warks. Soprano & Common Pips, Noctule, Brown Long-eared & Daubenton’s enjoyed. Tree-lichen Beauty in the morning was new for the reserve too.

I’ve sneaked some ornamental weeds for #teammoth into a client’s garden. They’ve struggled with the drought but the ‘Album’ form of Rosebay Willowherb is useful as it spreads well but doesn’t self seed. And some interesting harvests this week…

Hawkmoth. South Warks. #teammoth #moth

Mothing at #LadywalkNR brought nothing unexpected. 4 Fen Wainscots are the most I’ve seen here. Slender Brindle & Box-tree Moth were gaps filled on the list. Down the road though in Chelmsley Wood (Birmingham), mom finds a Jersey Tiger whilst watering the garden! Colonised now locally? #teammoth

My iPhone 13’s macro is pretty poor. So my first crude attempt at macro with my Opticron hand lens attached! 3 new micros for the garden last night (Erdington, Birmingham) #teammoth

It’s hard not to feel a sense rising dread & impending disaster reading this. The article shows the difference in #moth numbers to a light in 1984 & in 2019, the difference is scary. How many species have we already lost? #mothsmatter #inverts #bugsky 🌿🐛🐝🦋🌾🪷🦎🐦‍⬛ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

First go of the year at #LadywalkNR, Warwickshire. Clear at first and a bit breezier than hoped. Orange Footman added to the reserve list and Dark Sword-grass unexpected. #teammoth #mothsmatter

What a morning at Clifford Hill! Was content with a fly over Whimbrel and heading back home came across this Red-footed Falcon! Lifer on the local patch, absolute gold. #birds #ukbirding #northantsbirds

#LadywalkNR @warksmammalgroup.bsky.social Our largest carnivore. They are however more omnivorous. Earthworms make up a massive part of their diet. They also eat nuts and berries. It’s rare to see a badger with a carcass. Scavenged or hunted I don’t know? She really doesn’t want to share it.

Early start #LadywalkNR #Westmidsalldayer and a good start with @benjeaton.bsky.social picking up Glossy Ibis… Good team effort from everyone and was on 99 when I left. Also good start for May with also adding Hobby+Ringed plover for the 3k #PWC2025

Glossy Ibis! @ladywalknr.bsky.social View from Hide A/Riverwalk @birdguides.bsky.social

RING NECKED DUCK at #uptonwarren Moors Pool this morning. A first for the reserve. Not seen since 3 Otters swam through about 50 minutes ago! #WorcsBirds #ukbirding

Kingsbury South - 08:30 - 10:30 this am: Bodymoor Heath Water- Kittiwake briefly, 09:50 chased off by BHG Hemlingford Water - 30x Sand Martin - Hemlingford Water, gone by 9am #ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding

UK friends! Tonight Birdsong makes its UK TV debut on BBC4 at 9pm. It will also be available on BBC Player thereafter. Please spread the word! Extract taken from The Times.

14+ Twite briefly at pool west of Beach Rd, Salthouse. Seen to fly west. Two Long-tailed Ducks west at 07:40. #norfolkbirding @birdguides.bsky.social

Lapland Bunting feeding in shadow of boat on coastal path between Blakeney & Cley #norfolkbirds @birdguides.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Simon Johnson for providing us with this great info from a colour-ringed Turnstone he photographed at Baiter late last year: Ringed as an adult female on 08.03.2024 near Alert, Nunavut, Canada Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world about 4000km away!

Merlin over Kenilworth Road fields between Hampton-in-Arden & Meriden. #westmidsbirding

Caught up with the Bittern today @ladywalknr.bsky.social. On the ice between 3-3:30 and then again later on. View from Bittern Hide. The White-front flock flew out north at 2pm. GWE, 6 Mandarins, 40 Siskin. #ladywalknr #warksbirding

I’ve grown up watching wintering Bitterns at #LadywalkNR and nice to have one back again. Just love watching them,especially at dusk. 1545 today from Bittern hide. Added Green sand, Stonechat + Common Gull for the 3K #PWC2025 4 White Fronts dropped in +6 f/o SE @mercianbirding.bsky.social

Beckton Sewage Works a.m: Pairs of Common Buzzards and Sparrowhawk, Black Redstart, Common Sandpiper, 30+ Chiffchaff, Wigeon(rare here), 2 Rock Pipit and rather bizarrely a Common Whitethroat. #londonbirds @essexbirdnews.bsky.social

14+ Chiffs at Edison Rd this afternoon. Another 15 or so at eon/blythe meadows inc a good looking Sibe type. Female Marsh Harrier roosted at Ladywalk in the main reedbed, GWE & 12 Mandarin (9m,3f). #ladywalknr #warksbirding

One section of the 500+ Greylag flock #LadywalkNR … no sign of the Tundra Bean Goose. 10+ Com Chiff on river no sign of Sibe along Riverwalk but not ideal conditions. No new birds to add to make it to 150 for the 3k #PWC2024 so 149 same as last year. Lot of changes in what was seen though ….

The Tundra Bean obliged this afternoon after disappearing yesterday, though asleep most of the time! A patch tick. GWE & 16 Shelduck on B pools. Pair of Mandarin from Hide A. #Ladywalknr #warksbirding

I first visited #LadywalkNR nearly 5 years ago looking for Bittern, I basically never left and finally today i saw a Bittern here 🥳 it's been a classic patch day with the Tundra Bean Goose as well, only able to get part way round due to heavy flooding.

#Ladywalknr #WMBC #westmidlandsbirdclub #birdwatching#birds#birdphotography #wildlife#murmuration Afternoon of the 29th November,a small but perfectly formed murmuration of Starlings mesmerised my wife and I for nearly 30 minutes in Riverwalk hide till they poured themselves into the reedbed.

4 Hawfinch with Redwings SW over Copt Heath Golf Club, Knowle. @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding