Hurlstone Pt Manx Shearwater 890 Gannet 22, Fulmar 3, Razorbill 26,Guillemot 27, Auk sp 64, Kittiwake 22 Harbour Porpoise and a Grey Seal @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Exmoor Bird Monitoring Survey at Weir/Chalk water saw a slight fall in Redstart and an increase in Cuckoo numbers compared to last year’s figures . Glad Suzanne and I started early as the weather was gruelling come the finish 🥵

Great seawatch at #BerryHead #Devon 0545-1025hrs Highlights: 1 ad Sabine’s Gull, 1 Little Gull, 1 Little Tern, 2-3 E Storm Petrels, 878 Manxies, 3 GN Divers, 6 Puffins, 120+ Kittiwakes including 44 1st Summers, 1 Yellow Wagtail. Lots of Octopus being caught by crabbing boat.

I spent some time tonight photographing terns in the nice evening light. Here are some of them. Sandwich, Arctic, Little and Common #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds

Had a female Montague's Harrier less than an hour ago at Tealham Moor

On our trip to Spain we decided to give the rubbish tip a miss this year and settled for the more salubrious settings of an abattoir where dozens of Black Kite converged. I know how to treat my wife 😉

Candy-striped Flatworm at Wembury today. We also had Solar-powered Sea Slug, 2 Orange-clubbed Nudibranch and a White Aeolis (Favorinus branchialis) that was another new species for us. #nudibranch #rockpool #marinelife

Pink Coryphella Nudibranch, Edmunsella pedata at Mansands, Devon this morning on the low tide. This one was only 12mm long but a real beauty! A new nudibrach species for us. #rockpool #nudibranch #marinelife

Hundreds of White Storks and dozens of Great and Little Bustards on our trip to Spain and non wearing Plastic, great to see the real McCoy 👍

About 50+ miles at sea out of Santander and this beautiful Turtle Dove is crossing Biscay!

Excellent birding with Suzanne staying in Palencia Spain with numerous Bee eaters at most locations plus over 50 Montagu’s Harrier, amazing trip

Not often I see a Hare and Lesser Whitethroat showing as well as these out in the open today at Wall Common @somersetbirds.bsky.social

2 Yellow Wagtail on Tealham Moor today @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Another day rock pooling on Gylly Reef, Falmouth. We had 6 Rainbow Seaslugs Babakina anadoni including a pair with eggs! We didn’t see any until early afternoon at the lowest state of tide. Definitely one of our favourite family wildlife experiences #rockpooling #rockpool

Chough. Monk Nash beach🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 19/4/2026 #Birdingwales #BirdsSeenIn2026 #UKbirding #Naturephotography #NatureTherapy

An ambition achieved today seeing the amazing Rainbow Sea Slug Babakina anadoni, here with its prey the hydroid Candelabrum cocksii. Falmouth, Cornwall

Good morning! #FoxOfTheDay

One of 5 Ring Ouzel down Chetsford/Ember Combe Exmoor 3 males and 2 female #somersetbirding

Berryhead 9.20-14.50 Manx Shearwater 879 Puffin 5 Bonxie Sandwich Tern 10 Red-throated Diver 3 Great Northern Diver Kittiwake 50+ Gannet 52 Common Dolphin 6 Harbour Porpoise and a Grey Seal #devonbirds

Porlock Weir seawatch Sandwich Tern 2 Manx Shearwater 2 Razorbill 3 Gannet 1 Common Gull 8 A Grey seal and single Harbour Porpoise #somersetbirding

Porlock Weir seawatch Red-throated Diver Razorbill Gannet 10 And new for the year for us in the Somerset area was a Manx Shearwater and a Sandwich Tern plus a Grey seal snacking on its breakfast #somersetbirds

Gore pt Porlock saw my 1st Swallow of the year with 2 West plus a Red-throated Diver and 2 Common Scoter #somersetbirds

Seen a few ticks in recent weeks while #Somersetbirding, including around the Quantocks and Brean down. Be mindful of the risks and what to look out for...

Berryhead 8.00-12.00 GN Diver 7 Kittiwake 98 Fulmar 25 Gannet 180 and my first Manx Shearwater of the year with 6 @devonbirds

Dozens of Puffins have been found dead on beaches across north-east England, with recent storms believed to be a likely factor behind the mortality event:

Hundreds of seabirds found dead around UK coasts after winter storms www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/H...

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.

The wintering Glossy Ibis at Catcott on Sunday, surely the next bird to breed in #somersetbirds

A drastic and sudden increase in patch Cirl Bunting numbers.... stevesbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/cirl... #ukbirding

I've only waited 45 years for a decent view of surf scoter on the North Wales coast, but today was the day 🥳. 100m off the promenade at the Old Fisherman's pier, Colwyn Bay at noon. I picked it out though binoculars 😆 the closest bird for a while #birdingwales #RareBirdsUK #BirdingUK

Excellent day around Somerset with Scaup, BN Grebe, Goldeneye at Cheddar res then American Wigeon, Whooper Swans, RN Ducks and Penduline tit on the levels #somersetbirds thanks for driving Paul 👍

Whilst seawatching at Hurlstone Pt yesterday I was joined by Exmoor Chamois 😉#surefootedsheep

Nice to see a juvenile Whooper swan with an Adult at Sharpham Lane on the Levels today @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Wow still buzzing from seeing an immature White tailed eagle passing directly over directly over our heads whilst sea watching at Porlock Weir a seawatch tick for my wife and I 🦅 #somersetbirds

Great Northern Diver Clatworthy Reservoir W. Somerset this afternoon. Phonescoped. Came nice and close! #somersetbirding

Studies in greige... #DevonBirds

Tundra Bean Goose in a field at the Western end of Dunster Hawn at 14.50 @somersetbirds.bsky.social

The 2 Common Dolphins off Severn Beach this morning.

Solstice Seawatch Gore Pt Red-throated Diver 4, Com Scoter 2, Gannet 3, Shag ,Oystercatcher 34, Little Egret 2 and a Porpoise @somersetbirds.bsky.social

30 Goosander came into roost from the Dam at Wimbleball this evening 25 of which were Redheads @somersetbirds.bsky.social

The European Bewick's Swan population more than halved between 1995 and 2020, accordingly to a newly published paper:

Gore Pt ,Porlock On the rising tide 20 Red-throated Diver 1 Guillemot ,Grey Seal , Harbour Porpoise and a Shag in the harbour @somersetbirds.bsky.social

Migrant from the North Pole sneaking into Porlock Weir this afternoon #santaclaus

The world's oldest known bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the 2025-26 breeding season:

Flood Alert for Somerset coast at Dunster Beaches, Blue Anchor, Steart, Stolford and Brean

Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bangalensis off Dawlish Warren this morning. Was speedily succesful catching a good sized fish. Probably the rarest bird I will see in my lifetime. A probable vagrant from W/N.Africa and found in Indian Ocean as far east as Australia.

Survey of Exmoor moorland has revealed encouraging signs for a number of upland birds. South West Peatland Partnership has helped Exmoor remain a stronghold for Grasshopper Warbler, Common Reed Bunting and Common Snipe britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti... 📸David Tipling

One of at least seven Humpback Whales off the south Mainland of Shetland today. Amazing! #MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Wimbleball Goosander roost this evening from the Dam 8 males, 18 Redheads plus 9 Grey Herons and 24 Cormorants roosting in the trees #somersetbirds

Gore pt Porlock Weir 7 Red-throated Diver drifting up on the tide plus a Shag and 2 Guillemot #somersetbirds