Squacco Heron this morning at Deeping High Bank, Lincolnshire @birdergaz.bsky.social #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Bird's-foot Trefoil, also known as Eggs and Bacon. An important nectar source for many insects and larvae foodplant for several butterflies and moths #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

One for sorrow, two for joy... A pair of Magpies are nesting in my garden. They are omnivores & opportunistic feeders that will eat eggs & young, but (contrary to popular belief) not to the detriment of the populations of smaller birds #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Buff-tailed Bumblebees enjoying the Geraniums in the garden this evening #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

It was great to present our Jack Snipe Tagging Project today's University Centre Sparsholt Research Conference & for third year BSc students to present their own dissertation research #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Monitoring our nest box scheme in Herefordshire: boxes being used successfully by breeding Pied Flycatcher, Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Coal Tit & Great Tit #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Northlink Hrossey sailing into Aberdeen this morning: several Gannet (photo), Guillemot, Razorbill, Fulmar & Kittiwake along the coast #30DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉

Smestow Valley 80 species (record total) #westmidsalldayer Cattle Egret, Corn Bunting, Cetti's, Grasshopper & Reed Warblers, Wheatear, Grey & Red-legged Partridges, Hobby, Gadwall & Ring-necked Parakeet @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Smestow Valley 70 species at 10am #westmidsalldayer Highlights: Grasshopper, Cetti's, Reed & Garden Warblers, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, Redpoll & Corn Bunting @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

4 Dotterel still in sheep field near airfield on Long Mynd #Shropshire 52.531847,-2.870919 at 17:00 & male Whinchat @rarebirder.bsky.social

Eluma caelata, one of the pill woodlice, is able to roll into a perfect sphere. Several individuals found under logs & rocks on dunes & strandline along the Cumbrian coast at Workington, Maryport, Crosscanonby & Wolsty, during this weekend's British Myriapod & Isopod annual field meeting #BMIG

8+ male Black Grouse showed well this morning @birdergaz.bsky.social

Male & female Redpoll & Siskin ringed in south Staffordshire in recent week. We've also been catching some birds ringed in Scotland & one in Norway @btobirds.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social #BirdRinging

Visit to Ouse Fen RSPB (East) with @birdergaz.bsky.social this morning. Early singing Sedge Warbler in reedbed west of car park (library photo). Also 3 Crane, 10+ Marsh Harrier, LR Plover, Red Kite, Bearded Tit, Water Rail, 4+ Little Egret & 2+ Stonechat @rspb.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

@staffsbirdnews.bsky.social Noticed none on yearlist yet so thought let you know this morning in Staffordshire location withheld as coming up2 breeding season me and dad @kevin-clements.bsky.social had a drumming and seen in fight Lesser Spotted Woodpecker today in the county this morning.

Male Siskin caught in south Staffordshire today that had been caught by others in our group 3km away on 25th January & ringed as an adult 1,169km away in Norway on 9th June 2024 #birdringing #BelvideRingingGroup @btobirds.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Photos by dad @kevin-clements.bsky.social im no good with flying images. What a day which gave us run around. My 2nd Ross's Gull after 24 years. My 2nd Pacific diver after 19 years. Also Dusky Wblr, Ring billed Gull and Lesser Yellowlegs. You wanna see a ross's gull close this is the bird!!!

Ross's Gull (Newlyn, Cornwall) yesterday eventually showed well. Also Pacific Diver (Mousehole), Dusky Warbler & Firecrest (Boscathnoe Reservoir), Ring-billed Gull (Hayle Estuary), Lesser Yellowlegs (Truro), 6+Great Northern, 2 Black-throated & 1 Red-throated Divers (Penzance) @birdergaz.bsky.social

Male Siskin caught in south Staffordshire today that had been ringed in Norway. Just 120 or so Siskins ringed in Norway have ever been recaught in Britain #birdringing

Hoopoe again in garden at Isombridge, Shropshire 52.7207,-2.5781 until 16:40 when flew low NE towards pools and lost to view @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @sosshropshirebirds.bsky.social

Cackling Goose with Barnacle Goose & 5 hybrids at Short Ferry, Lincolnshire, this morning @birdergaz.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social #LincsBirding

3 White-fronted Geese & 12 Barnacle Geese (including 2 ringed birds - yellow on right leg & red on left leg) at The Mere, near Highgate, south Staffordshire

Recent trip to East Anglia: 3 Zitting Cisticola (p1) at Walberswick; Black-winged Kite, 22+ Crane & Bearded Tit at Hickling Broad; Iceland Gull (p2) at Sea Palling; Eastern Black Redstart (p3) at Sheringham; 5 Tundra Bean Geese (p4), Red-necked Grebe & Merlin at Burnham Overy @birdergaz.bsky.social

ZItting Cisticola, BwKite, Eastern Black Redstart, Iceland Gull, Tundra Bean Geese, Rn Grebe, Caspian Gull, Bewicks Swan, Cranes, Bearded Tit, Merlin, Spotted Redshank plus more... Great day with my dad @kevin-clements.bsky.social also decided @manchesterbirder.bsky.social is my good luck charm.

Up Helly Aa, Lerwick, Shetland

After years of watching Up Helly Aa on line, I'm in Lerwick, Shetland to see it in person

Great to watch an Otter feeding with her two kits off Bressay, Shetland, this morning. Also a Snow Bunting along the coast south of Heogan this afternoon.

Great to see my third Killdeer today & in my home county of Hampshire, after birds in Norfolk in 2005 & Shetland in 2007 @birdergaz.bsky.social

White Stork in cattle field south of B4393 west of Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain #Montgomeryshire 13:45. Also Little Egret @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

My first White-tailed Eagle of likely truly wild origin in Yorkshire, after seeing descendants of the reintroduction programme in NW Scotland & Isle of Wight birds in Staffordshire & Surrey in 2022. Perhaps it came from continental Europe with the recent wildfowl influx @birdergaz.bsky.social

Colour-ringed Black-headed Gull 2HCA at West Park, Wolverhampton today. Previously seen here in July & December 2024. Ringed at Marsh Lane Nature Reserve #WestMidsCounty @westmidlandsrg.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social

Birding in E Midlands today: American Wigeon & GW Egret (Titchmarsh); Ring-n Duck & 2 Scaup (Thrapston); Snow & Pink-f Geese, Whooper Swans, Bittern & Long-e Owl (Deeping Lakes); 2 Smew & 9+ W-f Geese (Eyebrook). 100 species for 2026 @birdergaz.bsky.social #12DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

A good day's birding in Staffordshire: 3 Slavonian Grebe, 2 White-fronted Geese & 2 drake Red-crested Pochard at Whitemoor Haye & 3 Whooper Swan (2 adult & 1 juvenile) with Mute Swans between Elford & Fisherwick #12DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

I finally went to see the Great-tailed Grackle in Hampshire with @birdergaz.bsky.social A wild bird but undoubtedly ship assisted. A species I've seen in Central America but strange to hear it calling & watch it feeding in freezing temperatures in Britain #12DaysWild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social

Jack Snipe viewed through Hikmicro Falcon FQ50 2.0 thermal imager at south Staffordshire day roost today

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We caught a Jack Snipe in south Staffordshire today that we caught at the same site last December. It migrated to its breeding grounds (probably in NE Europe) & returned to the same wintering site, demonstrating great site fidelity @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #BirdRinging

16 Whooper Swan (12 adults & 4 juveniles) at Belvide Reservoir #Staffs before they flew SW at 17:22. Also female Common Scoter @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

A tough day on bressay but pleasing to find a red brested flycatcher also the long staying Scaup. Climbed bards head to see the Giants leg also picked out a late arctic tern a minke whale and a pod of dolphins @kevin-clements.bsky.social

Congratulations to Colin McShane, winner of The Bernard Tucker Medal! Thanks to his unique survey methods for roosting Jack Snipe, utilising a thermal imager, there’s been an increase in birds ringed. He’s inspired researchers & bird clubs, resulting in the deployment of 16 GPS tags. Thank you Colin

Day 8 on Shetland 16/10 @birdergaz.bsky.social Bressay: Scaup, 23 Wigeon, Ruff, 12 Red Grouse, 5 Fieldfare, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff & Sparrowhawk

Day 7 on Shetland 15/10 @birdergaz.bsky.social Bressay: Scaup & Water Rail; Sumburgh Head: Sooty Shearwater; Grutness: Red-throated Diver; Pool of Virkie: Bar-t Godwit & Sanderling; Loch of Spiggie: Marsh Harrier, Whooper Swans, 73+ Barnacle Geese & 6 Pintail; Gulberwick: 2 Long-tailed Duck

Day 6 (yesterday) on Shetland with @birdergaz.bsky.social Bressay: Brambling, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Wheatear, 2 Redpoll, 11 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Scaup & 10+ Red Grouse

Day 5 on Shetland with @birdergaz.bsky.social Bressay: Brambling, 2 Fieldfare, 8 Redwing, 6 Redpoll, 2 Merlin, 7 Whooper Swan, Scaup & 2 Teal

Day 4 on Shetland with @birdergaz.bsky.social Bressay: Yellow-browed Warbler, 39 Barnacle Geese, Scaup, 18 Wigeon, 7 Red Grouse, 4 Wheatear, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Brambling, Redpoll, 60+ Twite & Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Day 3 on Shetland with @birdergaz.bsky.social Bressay: Snow Bunting, Scaup, 2 Whooper Swan, 11 Red Grouse, 13 Twite, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest, 5 Wheatear, 5 Redwing, 56 Ringed Plover & 40 Rock Dove

Day 3 on Shetland with @@birdergaz.bsky.social Bressay: Snow Bunting, Scaup, 2 Whooper Swan, 11 Red Grouse, 13 Twite, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 10 Goldcrest, 5 Wheatear, 5 Redwing, 56 Ringed Plover & 40 Rock Dove

Day 2 on Shetland with @BirderGaz Barred Warbler & 8 Purple Sandpiper at Lerwick; Merlin, Mistle Thrush, 35 Whooper Swan, Great Northern & Red-throated Divers, Goldeneye, 5 Brambling & c60 Twite on Bressay.