Prepped and ‘ready’ for eBird #GlobalBigDay where me @jabbirdart.bsky.social & @ollie333.bsky.social media will be doing a 24-hr Yorkshire Birdrace

3. Follow progress on the day by watching out for updates from @timsbirding.bsky.social and @ollie333.bsky.social, and help us with tip-offs on where to find those elusive birds!

To celebrate Global Big Day on 9th May, our intrepid bird race team are once again setting out to record the most species in Yorkshire in a 24 hour period - and to raise money for the Observatory of course! spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/support-us/d... Read on to find out how to help and join in:

Planning Yorkshire Bird race again for May 9th, route going to be York-NYM-Coast down to Spurn-Inland via North Cave/Tophill etc to St.Aidans and finish Humber/York area. Anyone know any reliable sites for Mandarin along this route?

Birding at Ardmhor this morning when a short almost Siskin-like call got my attention. A moment later the bird started singing and my heart rate went through the roof! My second Iberian Chiffchaff on Barra. #birdingscotland

Spaces still available for Cape Verde Pelagics 07-13 May!!... One of the best pelagic birding experiences in the Western Palearctic! Follow the link below or send me a message for more information on the pelagics, bookings and travel logistics to Fogo. www.windshearbirding.com/_files/ugd/4...

2 Common Crane North over Wheldrake Ings. They looked to come down somewhere around Elvington/Sutton upon Derwent Thanks to @timsbirding.bsky.social for the heads up. @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A mini spring milestone: the first 100 ringing day of the season - Willow Warblers strongly to the fore, making up three-quarters of the day's tally

Want a year at one of the UK’s top bird observatories? We’re offering a 12-month Conservation Internship at Spurn — a unique chance to gain real experience in monitoring, conservation and migration. Apply now 👇 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/conserv...

A glorious return to Soil Hill for the week! I hoped for some Whooper Swan action, and I got some with birds distantly on Mixenden Reservoir! But the show was very much stolen by this handsome male Ring Ouzel, my 1st March record here! The Hill never disappoints! #SoilHillBirding #UKBirding

Hard to work out just how many Bonaparte's Gulls in Cornwall in recent weeks, as not all photographed. This 1w bird near Heliport today Penzance. #Cornwallbirding#

ROSS'S GULL at Ganavan Sands mid-day today! I am in disbelief! After failing to find a White Billed Diver that had been reported, we decided as a last resort to go to Ganavan. As I was scanning a small white-winged gull flew though the frame... #RareBirdsUK #BirdingScotland

After almost two decades of decline, Europe's only regular wintering flock of Ring-billed Gull has shown a welcome recovery in numbers this winter: 

Ad. Bonaparte’s Gull today at Copperhouse, Cornwall (8th March ‘26). One of at least three birds in the county, plus same or another 1w at R. Plym yesterday. #cornwallbirding #birding #ukbirding

Inspiration for inland birders further north/east this spring, seems to have been a decent arrival of Ring-billed & Bonaparte’s Gull in the west this winter?!

Finding a 1st winter Bonaparte's Gull on The Plym wasn't on my radar this morning but it was a very nice surprise, my first in Plymouth #devonbirds

Spring has broken in The Straits! 🌸🦅 The first Black Kites are crossing from Africa, joined by Barn Swallows, House Martins, and majestic White Storks. Witness the greatest show on earth with our migration tours: www.ingloriousbustards.com #IngloriousBustards #TheStraits #Migration #Birding

This @freshwaterbio.bsky.social #pond restoration training course 25th, 26th June is well worth attending. Learn how to restore degraded existing ponds & #ghostponds with Norfolk Ponds Project founders Carl Sayer & Helen Greaves: www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/pond-...

We’re recruiting at Spurn Bird Observatory 🐦 Head Little Tern Warden + 2 Assistant roles available at Beacon Ponds this season. Details here 👉 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news

A very wet day for our @yorkscoastnature.bsky.social Winter Wetlands tour in the Lower Derwent Valley, but these gorgeous Barnacle Geese with 320+!! White-fronted Geese at North Duffield Carrs really brightened our morning. Nice find by Tim Jones @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

Bishopthorpe Parish Council want to sell a small wildlife oasis hosting rare wildflowers like Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem to a developer. This field belongs to the people of Bish who cherish its wildlife. Please sign this petition to stop them doing this. Thanks 😊 c.org/syGKBRcGBY

Pulled up to scan a goose flock at North Duffield, could hear WFronts as I was setting up the scope, only to realise whole flock was WFronts, at least 307 with some out of view, also 2 Barnacle Geese, best viewed from along path to Garganey Hide @birdguides.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

The School of Urban Birding is about to go LIVE! Learn all the basics of how to become a birder. Launch on Feb 14th. That's right, its on Valentine's Day - especially for all you bird lovers. 😀❤️🦉 bigsmokebirding.co.uk/urban-birdin... #DiscoverLondon #BirdWatching #GuidedTours #NatureInTheCity

Attention birders! @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social have launched an urgent appeal to protect the Little Tern colony, one of the most successful in the UK. An unexpected funding gap means they need funds sharpish - a few quid goes a long way! Donate: tinyurl.com/2s3k5exe Learn more: tinyurl.com/2cnc9br4

Yorkshires only Little Tern colony relies on paid wardens to protect them from predators and disturbance, the team have achieved amazing numbers of fledglings in recent years and it would be a great shame if it doesn’t run this year, much appreciated if you can help out with this funding gap 🙏

Drake Black Scoter off Bambrugh Castle just now with c30 Commons @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rossahmed.bsky.social

Anyone know of a good spot to photograph Jays relatively close to York please? 🙏

What a way to start the year on my local patch. Landed on the beach for a few minutes then flew off west.

A brilliant bird filled day in @ldvnnr.bsky.social. An afternoon watching a White-tailed Eagle thanks to a phone call from @ldvbirder.bsky.social, preceded by finding 5 Eurasian White-fronted Geese in the vast Greylag herds. LDV hooching with birds, absolutely fantastic. #UKbirding #Birds

The superb juvenile White-tailed Eagle in the @ldvnnr.bsky.social yesterday, looking absolutely massive lumbering around flushing the thousands of Wildfowl and Waders currently on site, unringed/untagged so presumably continental origin @yorkbirding.bsky.social

A Mediterranean Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens) currently just across the Channel near Calais www.faune-france.org/index.php?m_... another species overdue re-entry onto the British List #UKBirding 🪶

The Taiga Bean Goose at Loch Heilen was ringed in E. Finland in July 2020. Usually wintering in S. Sweden, it was sighted in Norway (26th Sept) before Caithness. Full details can be found here submit.cr-birding.org/animals/1417... #CaithnessBirds

Not sure if vid. works on repeat, but anyway this should be one of the juv GNDs on the Stour this week losing its rag with a fish way too big to swallow and hammering it with its beak. #BirdArt

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is looking for a manager for their seabird recovery programme. www.wildlifetrusts.org/jobs/project...

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

It has taken a bit of legwork to get this GW Egret at Alton Water decoded (well done to Laurence Potter for tip-off that we had a bangled one there). Turns out it is from NE Poland, border with Lithuania. I've seen a couple of reports from Belarus, so fits the pattern. #UKBirding

Pine Bunting seen briefly with mobile Yellowhammer flock at St Aldhelm's Head Quarry at 1030hrs & not relocated as of 1250hrs. Ltd parking available in Renscombe car park, otherwise park in Worth Mattravers village car park and walk down, staying out of private fields @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

🌿 Love wildlife and winter landscapes? We’re looking for two Winter Volunteers to help care for Spurn Bird Observatory and its beautiful surroundings this season. Be part of something wild. 🕊️ 👉 Learn more & apply: spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/winter-...

NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation promoting the amazing work of @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social across global #flyways: buff.ly/NNQNpRs

It’s the final weekend of the season at Spurn Bird Observatory 🍂 Easterlies at last – and a few spaces still available in the Obs'! Join us for great birding, good company and cosy evenings by the log burner. Book your spot here 👇 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/accommodation/

Show me a sharper photo?!

I completed the Swainson's and Grey-cheeked Thrush illustration over the weekend. It was really enjoyable to work on these 2 subtle American vagrants that I was lucky to see earlier this Autumn close to home. #donegalbirding

Selling my Sony G FE 200-600mm F5.6-F6.6 lens it’s in great condition with no marks on the lenses, it’s boxed and has the hood, strap, case, instructions. It has a vinyl skin applied. Looking for £950 Collection only or can meet at Spurn/Flamborough etc.

Same ring size for the dinky Red-breasted Flycatcher as the Firecrest!

Shore Larks - Holkham Bay. Framed ready for my forthcoming show

Here’s the finished Siberian Thrush drawing. Bringing it to life on paper was a great way to relieve the memories of a really special bird! Coloured pencil on paper. Reference photo Jake K. #birding 🪶

Dream #flightshot

One of the Harlequins Ducks I found a few weeks ago has settled down on a quiet little beach in North West Donegal and I was really fortunate to spend a bit of time with it recently. Fingers crossed now that it stays for the winter, what a glorious sight it will be in a few months.

A 1st winter male SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT caught on North Ronaldsay!!! #RareBirdsUK #BirdingScotland #OrkneyBirding