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

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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

Yesterday's Pallid Swift arriving from the east at #longnab #YorkshireBirding @nybirdnews.bsky.social

A remarkable Eastern Nightingale at Rattray Head yesterday. It's behaviour was most un-nightingale-like, sitting in the open and pumping its tail. A real crowd-pleaser!

Eastern Common Nightingale, Rattray Head #birds #birdingscotland

After a dawn raid on the Point, this little beauty was cowering in the buckthorn on my birding walk back, not far south of the Breach at Spurn. Thomas Willoughby’s brilliant pic. Bird of a lifetime. A British tick as well 😂

#justicefordaveboyle #spurnssecond

We are looking for a short-term residential volunteer to join the team from the 2nd to 19th October (+/-2 days). Tasks include morning bird monitoring (Point Counts / Visible Migration watches) and afternoon maintenance tasks (habitat/estate work)⬇️

A migrant quiet bit of birding at Whitby with @ollie333.bsky.social yesterday was highlighted by one of the best birds we’re lucky enough to see almost every autumn on the Yorkshire coast, Yellow-browed Warbler 😍 #UKBirding

Today the Hobby kits have been learning about crows- no protection on hand from the adults as the female is long departed and the male doesn't do child minding except for feeding... happy ending as the grabbed bird got rescued in fine style by its siblings. #UKbirding

Getting closer bsky.app/profile/gull...

Happy Days First Yellow-browed of the autumn Snook, Holy Island #NEbirding #UKbirding

The last of the 4 previous #StKilda Baird's Sandpiper records was in 1999, and finding a 2nd bird on 16th was a surprise in itself. That 2nd bird was neither of these two though, meaning that Will found a 3rd of the year this morning. Madness! @birdguides.bsky.social @hebridesbirds.bsky.social

Can species reintroductions harm biodiversity rather than help it? Are we using reintroductions as a distraction from the real drivers of our nature crisis? Listen to my conversation with the one and only @alexanderlees.bsky.social 🌍🦤🧪🪶 ➡️ pod.fo/e/32fae6

65 Glossy Ibis Heron’s Green Bay, flew to Herriot’s Bridge at 7pm. 20 GWE, 7 Ruff, 2 YLG & Hobby #ukbirding

LESSER KESTREL on #StKilda! Retrospectively identified from Will Miles' excellent images on 16th Sept. We'd recorded a Kestrel from 12th, possibly the same bird, but sadly not relocated today. @birdguides.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @hebridesbirds.bsky.social

September 2025 captured in a single post!

My first Yellow-browed Warbler of the Autumn. Tresta garden.

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER KALXON 🔥🔥🔥🎸🎸🎸🚨🚨🚨Let the games commence 😂

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Fantastic news! Defra Ministers listened to the science rather than the hysteria & rhetoric of the grouse shooting industry. Ban comes in to force 30 Sept 2025. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/09/m...

Will be @ @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social for Migfest this weekend and would like to giveaway my old scope and tripod. If there's any young birders looking for a used but well loved scope that's seen plenty of rare birds please either point them in my direction or come find me over the weekend! #ukbirding

Pallid Swift influx to go with the Ibis?!

After watching Ospreys on my guided Dart 'Osprey' Cruise and telling the group to look out for possible Glossy Ibis's this happens!! I estimated 70 but there were 91! perhaps the Wadebridge flock? at least 3 Ospreys, Kingfisher Mandarin Ducks, Common Sandpipers too.

Wander round the usual Whitby spots with @ollie333.bsky.social with a scattering of Pied Fly/Whinchat/Redstarts and then a surprise/not a surprise Glossy Ibis looking a bit out of place flying north a fair way offshore!

DNA evidence shows how a Red-billed Tropicbird that spent 17 consecutive summers in the cold waters of the Gulf of Maine survived www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/H...

It's time to join the #Motus wildlife tracking network! @woodcreeper.bsky.social gives an impressive overview of the advancement of Motus tracking & its potential for #ornithology #conservation - we need more stations, want to get involved? @eounion.bsky.social #ecology #migration #EOU2025 motus.org

Following the discovery of Southern Small White laying eggs in Sussex I checked the Candytuft growing in my garden. Sure enough I found a couple of creamy white bottle shaped eggs - time will tell if it is the newest species to arrive in the UK

2/2 Zitting Cisticolas Clearly juveniles present with prominent pink bill bases/gapes, short tails, streaky crowns, also the presumed male (dull crown) coming with a mouthful of insects. Later 4 birds seen flying through the reeds, with 5 suspected, as reported later. Alas no photo #UKBirding

Interesting job with Forestry England as Species Recovery Officer working on Beavers and Pine Martens in Yorkshire www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

A groundbreaking conservation effort to return Corncrake to Yorkshire has been launched:

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Looks like Clouded yellow influx is the biggest for quite some time 30+ in a single field of clover near Crowle, Lincs this afternoon @savebutterflies.bsky.social @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Also, white stork is doing very well on the continent (partly due to reintroductions), see fe breeding trend in the Netherlands ((c) @sovonvogels.bsky.social ). No doubt this population outbreak will spread to the UK. Better to use limited funding for conservation to species that really need it.

Ahh..the Yorkshire coast in autumn. Last year I was lucky enough to see spectacular numbers of winter thrushes spiraling down out of the clouds @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social. I’m so grateful for these little mental treasures that I keep safe and unwrap when I need them most! #birds

Another angle of the adult male Honey Buzzard being seen off by the Osprey family yesterday. Great capture by Lucas Barribal from our Carey Osprey Tour. Another juvenile seen today. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

LAST CHANCE for under 16s to enter the Martin Garner Spurn Young Birder competition. Entries must be in by midnight tonight, 20th July! @btobirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #youngbirders #MigFest2025 #spurnbirds