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A tale of two Terns for #SuperSeabirdSunday. Little 'n' large. The world's biggest and smallest sketched at Salinas de Isla Cristina, Spain in May. Gracias.

#Birding #CanoNegro, #CostaRica, a shallow 10K ha lagoon surrounded by rainforest, grassland and marshes, 450sp.: Jabiru, Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Spot-breasted Wren, Boat-billed Heron, Green Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, American Pygmy Kingfisher; #CanoNegroLodge; 4hrs drive from San Jose; Dec-Apr🌴

The Ogston Reservoir #Derbyshirebirds Ring-necked Duck on 2 dates separated by about 3 weeks in July and August and in vastly differing weather conditions. #UKbirding #birding #birdart #birds #art

#Birding #Tortuguero NP on the Caribbean coast, #CostaRica 350sp, Tiger, & Agami Herons, White-fronted Nunbird, all 6 kingfishers, Lineated Woodpecker, Sungrebe, Great Green Macaw, Great Potoo; 📷 #LagunaLodge; from San Jose drive to Pavona, plus boat ride, 6hrs, or 30min by plane; timing Aug to Oct🌴

A watercolor of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper for my birding buddy. This bird paused at East Halton, Lincs back in May and was much wanted lifer and was worked up from my field sketches. Cheers #BirdArt

One of the benefits of studying wader migration is that you learn how interconnected places are. The world seems smaller and country borders seem trivial. Black-tailed Godwit blog: wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h... #ornithology

Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!

#Birding #Kinabatangan River #Borneo #Malaysia 📷 #KinabatanganWetlandsResort freshwater swamps & mangrove forest 250sp., 100sp/3days: Black, & Rhinoceros Hornbill, White-fronted Falconet, Buffy Fish-owl, Large, & Sunda Frogmouth, 10 primate sp., 🦧🐘; 1.5hr by speedboat from #Sandakan ✈️; Jun-Sep

Enjoyed excellent but brief views of the Holy Island Red breasted Flycatcher on Sunday afternoon. Its a while since Ive seen one... #Northumberland #BirdArt

Field studies of Greenshanks at RSPB Old Moor recently. At least 5 were busily feeding in the morning sunshine. A bit of colour added later. #BirdArt #Birding

Any birders reporting autumn passage Ring Ouzels (esp in southern England) please look out for coloured leg rings on juveniles from the Peak District Eastern Moors project. 🙏 Report to [email protected] Combo of 3 colours on left leg @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #ukbirding

I didn't post these before but I think I will after all. The Hickling Black-winged Kite.

Field studies of Black Terns, Ruff and Sandwich Tern from Druridge Bay CP, Northumberland recently. Nice to be able to sketch these from the comfort of hide as it poured it down! #wildlifeArt #sketchbook Cheers

#Birding #Nepal #Chitwan NP 930km2 of grassland, Sal &riverine forest, 600 bird sp, 150sp/day: Indian Grassbird, Bristled Grassbird, Jerdon’s Babbler, Slender-billed Babbler, White-tailed Stonechat, Black-breasted Weaver; 📷 #BarahiJungleLodge; 30min flight or 5hr drive from Kathmandu; timing Oct-Apr

The 2 pec sands at Salthouse eventually gave themselves up, after staying hidden amongst reeds and vegetation for long periods

#Birding #RondonRidgeLodge @ 2100m asl in montane forests of the #MtHagen, #PNG (trails up to 2640m): 180sp incl. 10 BoPs, 6 in the lodge grounds incl. Blue, Superb, Princess Stephanie Astrapia, Short-tailed Paradigalla, Brown Sicklebill, Lawe's Parrotia; 1hr drive from the #MountHagen ✈️; Jun-Sep

Some Marsh Sandpiper notes from yesterday... #BirdArt #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #LothianBirding

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Sanderling. Just a few weeks old. Imagine arriving in St Andrews, from Greenland. Should you stay? Or fly to England, Portugal, Mauritania or Namibia? Where's best? If only this bird could read: wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/t... #ornithology @jeroen-reneerkens.bsky.social

And what lessons can we learn from the demise of the Slender-billed Curlew? wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l... Blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al. #ornithology

From Ceaușescu's Folly to Jeremy Clarkson’s "best road in the world," the #Transfagarasan traverses the highest areas in the Romanian #Carpathians. Many habituated #brownbear come down to the road, especially by the #Vidraru Lake. In early September, out of 11 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻 I saw, 10 were by the lake

A watercolour painting of Eiders for #SuperSeabirdSunday worked up from field sketches done in Northumberland in Spring. At least my sea is starting to look like, well, sea! Cheers

Field sketches of a Curlew at Old Moor RSPB a few days ago, with colour added later. Not seen many autumn birds here so it was nice to study this one in the morning sunshine. Cheers #WorldShorebirdsDay #BirdArt #Birding

I was in Dublin for a few days earlier in the week, and the timing was perfect for a juvenile Stilt Sandpiper that was found at Broadlough. A beautiful species and my first time to see a juvenile in Ireland, having seen 3 adults previously.

Lovely video. Where will this juvenile Sanderling spend the next few months? Somewhere between Rye and South Africa. Wintering conditions will determine if it will migrate north in spring. Blog about fascinating paper by @jeroen-reneerkens.bsky.social wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/t...

Field studies of juv. Black-tailed Godwits and Little Stint at Frampton Marsh RSPB recently. With 70 percent of the site dried up all the waders were concentrated in one area. Cheers #BirdArt #Birding

Field sketches of Lapwings done recently at Adwick Washlands. Colour added later from notes and memory. Capturing that ever-changing glossy dark green plumage is a never ending challenge! Cheers #BirdArt #Birds

#Birds of #Cyprus deals with 405 species (3 endemics, Cyprus Wheatear, C. Scops Owl🦉& C. Warbler). 380+ sp. are migrants, of which 120+ are vagrants. The colour maps give a detailed info... ▶️ www.10000birds.com/birds-of-cyp... #birding #HelmFieldGuides #BirdIDGuide #birdbooks #birdbook #fieldguides

Been lucky enough to find one or two Greenish in #Northumberland in the past. Seen a good few more too... Here's an old submission... #Birdart #UKBirding

#Birding #Cyprus 407 sp. 150sp/week, 3 #endemics + Cretzschmar’s Bunting, Finsch’s Wheatear, Rüppell’s Warbler, Bimaculated Lark; Agia Varvara, Mandria, #Akrotiri Salt Lake, Pegeia & the #BathsofAphrodite, #Paphos headland; single-base #Akamas Peninsula, 📷Aphrodite Beach Hotel; late MAR—mid-Apr, Sep

Mid-August #birding the summer migration in #Beljarica #ForlandLeveObaleDunava Foreland Reserve, #Belgrade: Garganey, Quail, Cuckoo, Wood Sand, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Whiskered Tern, Black Stork, Glossy Ibis, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Black Wood, 📷RB Shrike, Wood Warbler, Spotted Fly #swarovskioptik

I've added some recent work to the Illustrations page of my website. Please have a look if you have a few moments. Thanks. www.ajm-wildlife-art.co.uk/illustrations #art #wildlifeart #birds #ukbirding

July has been surprisingly good to me on my #LocalPatch. Less than a km from home is Cullernose Point, my #seawatching spot. I'd be pleased to get a July Sooty... #Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland #UKBirding.

Just had word that a couple of my records to BBRC have been accepted - Ross’s Goose Ad Howick 03/12/10 Siberian / Amur Stonechat 1 Howick 07/10/23 Both #LocalPatch records, the latter from my kitchen window! #LowCarbonBirding #Northumberland

Field studies of one of three White-rumped Sandpipers reported at Spurn last week. A British tick for me and the first I've seen in over 20 years. Difficulty to get any real details due to the hot and hazy conditions but the key features clinched. #BirdArt #Birding

#Birding #Peru #VENTbird cruise past the confluence of #Ucayali & #Marañón into the #PacayaSamiria, the largest wetland reserve in the 🌎—200birds/week Hoatzin, Black-tailed Antbird, Festive Parrot. Air-conditioned cabins with private bathroom, skiff-exploration of side streams. Timing Jan-Feb floods

#Birding #HatoLaAurora Reserve, a 16K ha cattle ranch preserving the #llanos ecosystem (wetlands, grasslands, gallery forest, river) in #Colombia: 380sp incl. restricted Pale-headed Jacamar & White-bearded Flycatcher, Jaguar; 6hrs drive E from #Yopal, which is accessible by air from Bogota; Dec-Mar

#Birding #Panama: the #CanopyCamp in #Darién lowland rainforest, safari-style tents with wooden floors, beds, fans & private bathrooms: 250sp/5days 📷Harpy, & Crested Eagle, Red-throated Caracara, Pale-bellied Hermit, Barred Puffbird, Gray-cheeked Nunlet, Red-rumped Woodpecker; Dec-APR #CanopyFamily

Pied Wagtail and Common Sandpiper studies from RSPB Old Moor recently. I rarely sketch passerines but several were buzzing about and occasionally perched up for me to nail a sketch. Cheers #Birds #BirdArt

#Birding #RanchoNaturalista Lodge, #CostaRica, private premontane forest reserve @ 900m asl (Caribbean foothills biome), 500sp—over 50% of the nation’s total, incl. #Snowcap, Black-crested Coquette, White-crowned Manakin, up to 140sp/morning; nearby #IrazuVolcano NP ➡️ 10000birds.com/rancho-natur...

A cracking end of July morning #birding #Beljarica Reserve, #Belgrade, a spacious floodplain with 200+ bird & 60 mammal species: 50+ sp. incl. Turtle Dove, WoodSand, Greenshank, Black Stork, Night Heron, Honey-buzzard, White-tailed 🦅, Little Owl, Bee-eater, Hobby, Lesser Grey Shrike 🌳 📷 Milica Peric

Very happy to have this striking RAR watercolour of Cley limosas back where they belong... ...Richardson was a guardian for Cley's breeding Black-tailed Godwits & wrote wonderfully meticulous notes & diaries about the birds. This watercolour captures two of them, "Lucifer" & "Bertha", perfectly. 1/2

🪽 Big wins for birds — and more to come! From pesticide bans in VT & CT to phasing out toxic foam in VA, ABC is turning local advocacy into lasting conservation impact. These aren’t just policy shifts — they’re real progress for birds. 🎉 Our latest blog celebrates these victories: bit.ly/4lO2n6Q

#Birding Maharasthra #India 300sp @ #Tadoba NP 620km2 of tropical dry teak & bamboo forest: White-naped Wood, Savanna Nightjar, Barred Buttonquail, Indian Pitta, Crested Treeswift, 60 tigers; 📷 #SvasaraJungleLodge / Kolara gate, 3hrs drive from Nagpur ✈️; Oct-Mar ▶️ www.10000birds.com/tadoba-andha...

Getting back to drawing after a couple of months, now working with some Devonian creatures. Still a WIP #paleoart #sundayfishsketch

#Serbia is hot!!! Late July epic #DeliblatoSands & #DubovacWetland endurance #birding at a temperature of 41oC (106oF!): Ferruginous 🦆, Turtle Dove, Whiskered Tern, Purple Heron, Goshawk, Hoopoe, Bee-eater, Hobby, LG Shrike, Crested Lark, Sand Martin, Northern Wheatear… 🌳🌳🌊 #KastelMarijeta #Ecolodge