Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay Theme Is #mostrecent 23rd Dec I visited HMWT Amwell & saw this Reed Bunting #birds #ukbirding #birdphotography #naturephotography #hertsbirds

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast with the alternative as #FaceOff. Three Whimbrel @oaremarshes back in August. A pity there's no sound with the picture #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #SideProfile my choice is a pair of Godwits. Bar-Tailed & Black-Tailed

@robcrank68.bsky.social Time for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #LongLegsAndNeck any birds with both items listed. If you're going to perch on a lamp post you should at least look good. White Stork from 2023 in the local park in Herts. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #ukbirding

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #ScratchersAndPruners A Peregrine falcon carefully having a scratch

#BirdOfTheDay is #CootsandMoorhens A pair of Moorhen's getting along just fine (as usual) #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #ukbirding #wildlifephotography #naturetherapy #birdphotography

Long staying Goosander at Hartham Common this morning. #hertsbirds @rspbengland.bsky.social #hertford

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #takeoff and this Common Buzzard did just that. #birds

Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising. 📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

#BirdOfTheDay 6/11/25 Theme: #lunchtime Goldcrest with a lite lunch (look closely)

@robcrank68.bsky.social For #BirdoftheDay any #birds in close-up, a Sparrowhawk bothering the resident Sparrows in my garden @robcrank68.bsky.social #photography #photo #wildlife #nature

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #rock any bird perched on a rock. An alternative was #longbeak so here is a two for the price of one Curlew at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social South Landing

Dartford Warbler near Tewin, Herts today. Decent enough views on a windy morning. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social #Tewin

@laziobirder.bsky.social hi Brendon, I've been to Ouse Washes today & it's a bit grim in front of the hides from Stockdale. 11 Whooper, 1 each of Canada & Greylag all dead. The worrying part is the amount of Marsh Harriers feeding on the carcasses.

@sjbknott.bsky.social hi Simon, do you have any idea what the bug is that is in thee Goldcrests beak please

A Goldcrest with its snack at RSPB Bempton Cliffs earlier in the week. Any clues as to what was the bug? @flamboroughbird.bsky.social #springwatch #ukbirds

Some of the flock of 27 Twite near the lighthouse @ Flamborough Head at lunchtime. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @j-dunning.net @rspb.bsky.social

A Bar-Tailed Godwit on South Landing beach at Flamborough Head today. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

The very confiding Snow Bunting at Scarborough Harbour on Sunday. @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

The regular German ringed (hybrid)? Caspian gull X307 at Fairlands Valley Park today. @fairlandsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds

A highly unusual prey item found at a Peregrine roost in Herts. Goldcrest!! at a church in Hertford. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social #peregrine

A long way off & a big crop. Pectoral Sandpiper at Stanborough GP this morning. Present for a 2nd day. #hertsbirds @waderquest.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Sparrowhawk that spent 5 minutes trying to catch (unsuccessfully) it's breakfast in the garden. 2 hours later another tried its chances (again unsuccessful) #hertsbirds #sparrowhawk @rspb.bsky.social

Greenshank (one of 4) seen at Grafham Water today @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Grafham Water, Mander: Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Ringed Plover, Greenshank & Common Sandpiper . Plummer: Greenshank, Green Sandpiper & Hobby Dam: 3 Common Sandpiper & Wheatear + 6 GWE

After numerous attempts to get a photo of a #hummingbirdhawkmoth the planets finally lined up this morning. #ukmoths #nikon #sigma

RSPB Ouse Washes today. 88 Common Cranes, 19 Glossy Ibis & 50-60 Ruff seen from the Stockdale & Cadbury hides. Great to see @birdergirl.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Apologies for the graphic photo. A Spotted Flycatcher found below Vista Towerin Stevenage this morning. Not a regular sighting in the middle of town, but proof of what we miss. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social

Black Redstart that has been at the model aircraft airstrip near Baldock for about a week now. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social

A crop of a Whinchat near Baldock after Friday's rain. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social

Black Redstart still present & 4 Whinchat at Warren Lane airfield, Baldock this morning. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social

A Hobby sitting in the early morning sun in North Herts. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social #raptors

A fly past of Ravens along the Baldock to Wallington Road. #hertsbirds #ravens @rspb.bsky.social

A single Swift flying over the Millennium lake at Fairlands Valley this morning. Summer's hanging on. #ukswift @fairlandsbirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #hertsbirds

Juvenile Spotted Redshank at King's Meads West pool still this morning. 2 Green Sandpipers, 10 Teal & a couple of Shoveler also. #hertsbirds

A selection from Oare Marshes at the weekend. Distant Ruff on the East Flood, Whimbrel over the slipway & one of 4 Cattle Egret on the West flood. #kentbirding #ukbirding

One of 25 Whimbrel seen flying over Oare Marshes yesterday. #kentbirding #oaremarshes

Two Elephant Hawk moth caterpillars found on the patio this morning #ukmoths

@corvidcrazychap.bsky.social Hi Mel, not 1 but two Elephant hawk moth caterpillars found marching across the patio this morning. Both in the same place.

A juvenile Green Sandpiper seen at RSPB Fen Drayton this week. @waderquest.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

Migration is starting. My local Peregrines have caught Quail, Golden Plover & Common Snipe over the weekend. It makes a, change from Pigeon.

Record shot of Caspian hybrid X307 as it headed south over the Main lake at Fairlands Valley this morning @fairlandsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds

A female Linnet taken on an early morning walk earlier in the month. #hertsbirds @rspb.bsky.social

A German ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull at Fairlands Valley, Stevenage yesterday. Ringer confirms it was ringed as a nestling 1/7/23 & has been sighted twice since. Both times in the UK. @fairlandsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds

2nd lifer in 3 days, both in Cambs. 1st a Great Reed Warbler, then this Spotted Sandpiper eventually came out of hiding after a spat with a Moorhen. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social