Got excited about seeing 2 Cory's Shearwaters out in the Porcupine Seabight yesterday, seen more than 70 today between 150-200 miles SSW of Ireland. Likely females from Portuguese colonies on pre-laying exodus #UKbirding #seabirds

Exciting MARINElife survey ahead covering Biscay and the shelf-edge of south west Ireland. Survey dates 25 May - 2 June. Surveyors Robin and @cardiffbirder.bsky.social Follow the action on the blog that will be here, once the survey is live marine-life.org.uk/survey-repor...

Some migration info from 7 Whinchats (Saxicola rubetra) tagged with multi-sensor loggers: kind of loop migration, spring Sahara crossing up to ~5,000 m despite their tiny size (~16g), and unusually prolonged flights both at autumn and spring. 🪶🏔️ Full paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s10336-026-02409-1

A visit to Caerffili common this morning and a little taken aback that the first bird I saw on getting out of the car was an Osprey, drifting over to the north #BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2026

📢 New IMR study on movement patterns of #BaskingSharks shows that sharks tagged above the #ArcticCircle in #Norway perform repeated large-scale movements to subtropical waters and actively use the water column across habitats.🧵 1/5 👉 doi.org/10.3354/meps... @whoi.edu @thembauk.bsky.social

🦤🌐🧪 Year-long satellite tracking of basking sharks revealed ~14,000 km migrations spanning 30° latitude. This includes a transatlantic journey from Norway to the Caribbean highlighting the need for pan-latitudinal research. #FeatureArticle bit.ly/meps15153 @cakloecker.bsky.social

Peru #BirdsSeenIn2026

5 species of storm petrel in one shot and there's potential for even more in this particular neck of the woods - the eastern Pacific off the coast of Peru #SuperSeabirdSunday #Birds Elliot's Storm Petrel Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Ringed Storm Petrel Markham's Storm Petrel Least Storm Petrel

A westerly breeze in Cardiff means the Swifts feed over the bushes along the barrage - a better place to try and get photographs than by the ice rink on the west side of the bay #birds #BirdingWales

Lovely adult Peregrine gliding up and down along the cliffs of the Glamorgan coast yesterday #BirdingWales #Birds

Read our summary of April 2026 #C3S Climate Bulletin. Discover the data behind the joint 3rd-warmest April globally, with the 2nd-highest average sea surface temperature on record. Arctic sea ice extent was 2nd-lowest for April & Europe saw marked contrasts in precipitation. Read more ⬇️

These warblers were most cooperative, giving terrific views in Central Park today. L to R, American Redstart, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue and Prairie. #birdcpp #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfblueskyr #CentralPark #wildlife #centralparkbirds #birds #birdsseenin2026 #springmigration #urbanbirds

Also on board Borealis as we approached Puerto Limon, Costa Rica was this this superb Lesser Nighthawk - almost as amazing the Chuck-Will's-Widow which we saw at the same time - but beaten by the fact I'd never seen the latter before #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Chuck-Will's-Widow ranks as one of the most amazing, and least expected, terrestrial birds I've ever seen on board a vessel. This one was on board the Borealis as we approached Puerto Limon, Costa Rica #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Some beautiful light on this Great Crested Grebe off the Mermaid Quay boardwalk the other morning. That and the diffuse background and calm water really makes the bird stand out #BirdingWales #Birds

The first broods of Canada Geese are out and about in Cardiff Bay now. These very new goslings looking particularly cute as they toddled around on the barrage grass tasting different bits of vegetation #BirdingWales #Birds

A rather smart Common Gull in Norway 2 weeks ago #SuperSeabirdSunday #Birds

Beautiful male Northern Wheatear on Cardiff Barrage yesterday morning #BirdingWales #Birds

Rüppell’s Warbler - I found a gorgeous pair at the end of the Kourtaliotiko Gorge. Better views on the second visit with the male singing, calling and eating caterpillars. The female was very furtive in contrast. A long time since I’d seen one, Israel 1989 the last! #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

🥳 New paper alert 🥳 The first of the data chapters from my DPhil, and the works from my first few field seasons on Skomer, is out! "Shearwaters make efficient navigational decisions, even at very fine scales" - doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... A huge thank you to everyone involved 🩵

A White-tailed Eagle from a boat trip in Norway last week. It's ringed and I had most of the numbers. Email to the Norway scheme and found out it was ringed almost 20 years ago! Remarkably this is first report of it, despite it being seen (and likely photographed) on many boat trips! #birds

Fantastic to see my first ever Brünnich's Guillemot off the coast of northern Norway last week - in fact by the end of the day - first couple of hundred #SuperSeabirdSunday #BirdsSeenIn2026

New @adriftlab.bsky.social paper in Conservation Biology: we estimate 629,000+ seabirds died during Australia's 2023/24 marine heatwave. Fewer than 5,000 were counted on beaches, less than 1% of total mortality conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵 📸: SIlke Stuckenbrock

Couldn’t believe my eyes when this stunning Sardinian Warbler appeared in front of us @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social reward for all the efforts the team put in. A cracking Redstart was nice too. #ukbirding

Just back from a 2 week stint on board @fredolsencruise.bsky.social MV Borealis as guest speaker and wildlife guide for Ocean Wildlife Encounters. Here's a link to a blog detailing some of the fantastic wildlife @birderjeff.bsky.social and I saw www.oceanwildlifeencounters.co.uk/post/s2603-e...

Always nice to welcome back the first Willow Warbler of the year, one in Cardiff Bay on 5th (first for me, earlier birds seen by others) #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdingWales

Belting Yellow Wagtail on Cardiff Barrage this morning. An early bird for here brought in on some stiff E'ly winds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingWales

A lovely adult Brown Booby in early morning light as we sailed into St John's, Antigua Thursday 2 April #SuperSeabirdSunday #BirdsSeenIn2026

Violet-bellied Hummingbird at the flower on a tree at Fort San Lorenzo, Panama last week #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird at Matute forest reserve, Cartagena, Colombia a few days ago #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds

Galapagos Petrel off the coast of Peru 2 days ago #superseabirdsunday #birdsseenin2026

There was a 3cy Little Gull in Cardiff Bay from 21/02-11/03. I saw it many days during its stay but only saw it close to land on one occasion - when the weather was rubbish! #SuperSeabirdSunday #BirdingWales

Always nice to see the first Wheatear of the year back on my @patchbirding.bsky.social patch. A nice male, although likely wondering if he'd made the right choice given the hail showers today. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingWales #Birds

Grey Wagtails look smart at the best of times but the black throat gained for breeding on this male just elevates a little more, photographed today in Cardiff Bay #birds #birdingWales

All the small gulls are smart looking birds, as evidence I present this lovely winter-plumaged adult in Cardiff Bay yesterday #SuperSeabirdSunday #birdingWales

Turnstones are superb, so bold, this one was quite happy to walk right up to me on Swansea breakwater yesterday #BirdingWales #birds

Close to home for this week's #SuperSeabirdSunday with this fantastic Cormorant resting on a post along the edge of Bute East Dock, Cardiff #BirdingWales

A Little Gull has been present in Cardiff Bay since 27 Feb but, as is often the case, it has either been out in the middle or the weather has been rubbish. Yesterday weather was okay and the bird was close enough to shore to manage a distant photo #BirdingWales #BirdsSeenIn2026

There have been a good number of Goosander around in the Bay this winter, still a dozen or more yesterday. Rather pleased with the dark background to this female in one of the Mount Stewart Graving Docks the other day #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingWales #Birds

For #SuperSeabirdSunday this week it's back to the Rio del Plata last January for this Black Skimmer, a slightly ungainly looking seabird, until it's doing what the name suggests #birds

There are some alders north of the road bridge over the River Taff in Cardiff Bay and I've always thought would be great if some Siskins were feeding in them - that day finally happened yesterday! Male Siskins can be amazingly bright #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdingWales #birds

You don't want to get too close to the rear end of a Cormorant when it decides to have a poo..... (Cardiff Bay this morning) #BirdingWales #birds

What looks like a dark morph Lapwing seen at #RSPBGreylake #Somerset this morning. It was very aggressive to any other Lapwing that came to close.

Treecreeper near the feeders at the Kingfisher Hide this afternoon at WWT Slimbridge #GlosBirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Massive building work behind my house has drastically reduced the cover available, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this lovely male Blackcap in the garden feeding on the fat block. Certainly brightened up a wet and dull Cardiff morning #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdingWales #birds

Super excited that I finally got to #photograph the Eurasian woodcock (Morkulla) I was walking across a meadow and all of a sudden it came flying straight towards me! Such a lucky encounter! ✌️🤩 #birds #EastCoastKin #photography #nature #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #BirdsSeenIn2026

Another bird from my Pacific trip last year for #SuperSeabirdSunday - Black Noddy while we were off Pitcairn Island #birds

A return to Thompson's Park, Cardiff for another go at the Firecrests - success! A couple of shots of them, they were a little distant for the high iso needed in the shaded bushes they were frequenting. Also a Goldcrest for comparison. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingWales

A visit to Thompson's Park and Bute Park on the trail of Firecrests resulted in no Firecrests seen but did see a handful of Ring-necked Parakeet at Thompson's Park and a Treecreeper in Bute Park both new for #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingWales

There are 3 Common Sandpipers wintering along the shores of the River Ely in Cardiff Bay. This one was foraging at the top of the embankment the other day and finding some very juicy earthworms to eat. #BirdsSeenin2026 #BirdingWales