Hints of Blue Sky, Bradbury Rings #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 4 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, c10 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, Tit flocks. Kingston Lacy had another Green Woodpecker, flock of 70 Greenfinch, SongThrush, Tits & Chaffinches, several StockDove. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Grey damp day at lovely Lodmoor #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 Water level high! 3 Avocet, 12 Snipe, 100s Lapwing, c400 Golden Plover. Marsh Harrier, Raven. Mysterious cross, Shelduck-Ruddy? Lots Shelduck, Canada, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted Duck. Kingfisher. c20 Mediterranean Gull.

Damp & dull, Studland #DorsetBirds Jerry's Point, 2 GND, 3 BNG, 3 Goldeneye, Razorbill, Raven, Curlew, Oycs. 30+ RBM, lots GCG. Bramble Bush Bay, 50+ Brent, 2 Redshank, Lt Egret. 🪶 Shell Bay, 200+ Brent, c20 Sanderling. Lots Shag. @harbourbirds.bsky.social Brands Bay, WTEagle, many Pintail, Wigeon.

White Tailed Eagle settled in Brands Bay 1500hr @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 😍

Bleak mid-winter at Stourhead #NT #Wiltshire 🇬🇧 🪶 20+ flock of Siskin on beech mast, c80 Lapwing, 2 GreyWagtail, numerous Tits, several Chaffinch flock Goldfinch. Redwing. Red Kite, 2 Raven. Nuthatch, Treecreeper, lots Wren. P Wag. Grey Heron, 2 TuftedDuck, Mallards. Sparrowhawk at Wincanton A303.

Excellent Phil! 😃 #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Winter wonder, Thorncombe Wood #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧 2 Marsh Tit, numerous Blue, Great, Coal & Long-tailed Tit. 2 Goldcrest, one watched us from 3 feet away 😍 8 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 6 Redwing. Buzzard, pair Raven, Mistle Thrush, 3 Wren, just 2 female Chaffinch, c10 Goldfinch. 2 Pheasant. Lots Robin.

Blue Sky at Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 ✨️ Sunny 🌞 cold, the sun low in the sky to the South. c6 Redwing on hawthorns, 2 resident Raven nearby. A lonely Golden Plover with a small Starling flock near the car park and 2 Lapwing overhead. Just 3 Goldfinch! 3 Stonechat. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

🌞 cold 🥶 Ferrybridge, nasty N wind! #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 4 Grey Plover, 3 Barwit. Numerous Dunlin & Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, Turnstone. 100+ Mediterranean Gull. 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 25+ Brent. Stonechat, Pied Wag, several Meadow Pipit & Skylark. Greenfinch. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Briefly at Charminster water meadows, W of Dorchester #DorsetBirds 🪶 A 2026 tick ✔️ for the 2 Tundra Bean Geese in company with 2 Egyptian Geese. Kestrel, 3 Little Egret, c300 Lapwing, numerous Wigeon & Teal. Several Mute Swan, 2 Common Gull, lots Black-headed & Herring Gulls. Small flock LT Tit. 🇬🇧

Dull quiet day on Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 Just 4 Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, 2 Dunnock, several Robin & Blackbird. Plenty of Crow & Herring Gull. Resident Raven & Kestrel. No Linnet nor Goldfinch! Nor Fieldfare! So, 260 European species for 2025, a record for us! 🍾 HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE 😊

Thanks again to @therockinbirder.bsky.social et al, for today's 2 White-fronted Geese who joined yesterday's 2 Bean! #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧 Probably 250+ Canada too, and several Common Gulls. All at Dorchester water meadows on route to Charminster, exactly where a new major road is planned; Norchester 🤮

Thanks to @therockinbirder.bsky.social for the heads-up for 2 Tundra Bean Geese with the Canadas at Dorchester Water meadows (B3147) #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶. Also, several Gadwall, Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard. Mistle Thrush, flocks of Pied Wag & LT Tit, LtEgret. 🌞 Woodsford had Red Kite, flocks Chaffinch.

Many thanks 😊 to all contributors for this fine publication... @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #DorsetBirds 🪶 @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 🇬🇧 and arrived in time for New Year, perfect ❤️

Freezing East wind at sunny Ferrybridge 🌞 #DorsetBirds 🪶 4 Grey Plover ❤️ 100+ Dunlin, 20+ Ringed Plover, 7 Oystercatcher, Turnstone, 6 Brent, RBM & GCG. 2 Stonechat, c10 Greenfinch, c10 Mipit, 50+ Starling. 150+ Med Gull, 3 LBBG, 2 GBBG. A very choppy Portland Harbour had 10 RBG. MERRY XMAS ALL 🎄

It must be Christmas 🎄 Summer Lodge, Evershot for the best in Festive Afternoon ✨️ Tea... #Dorset 🇬🇧 Recommended! MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅

It must be Christmas 🎄 Many thanks to all at Portland Bird Obs #DorsetBirds for this most welcome Christmas present 🎁 A great deal of work, much appreciated 👍 👏 🪶 @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 🇬🇧

Obidos, Portugal 🇵🇹 on a side trip from Lisbon (pics). Ginja in chocolate cup, & a Black Redstart male. Iberian Grey Shrike en-route 🪶 Lisbon had 15 Sanderling, 2 Sandwich Tern, Turnstone, numerous Cm Chiffchaff, H Sparrow. Plenty of Yellow-legged Gulls & LBB Gulls. Several Med Gulls, 3 Gannet.

Bright 🌞 day, Lanzarote, Canaries 🇪🇸 🪶 Less than salubrious Puerto del Carmen for the perfume emporiums! Whimbrel, Turnstone, numerous Rose-ringed Parakeets & Spanish Sparrows ♥️ Two Sandwich Tern fishing along the ⛱️ beaches.

Blue Sky, hot & dry in San Sebastian, La Gomera 🇪🇸 🪶 Canary Islands. 3 Berthelot's Pipit, a 2025 tick, Common Sandpiper, numerous Canary Islands Chiffchaff. Several Spanish Sparrow. Plenty of Yellow-legged Gulls & Rock Doves. One metre long Sharks! Jolly nice Little Gull when departing Madeira...

Sunny dry & hot, Santa Cruz, Tenerife 🇪🇸 🪶 with a day at the Palmetum. 2 Hoopoe, several African Blue Tit & Atlantic Canary 😍 3 Blackcap. Numerous Canary Islands Chiffchaff & some Common Chiffchaff. Greenfinch. 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Barbary Partridge. Little Egret. Lots Spanish Sparrow. Canaries Kestrel.

Blue Sky in Madeira 🌞 🪶 Sooty Shearwater on the cruise in, 4 Madeira Kestrel & numerous Atlantic Canary plus 4 Grey Wagtail ♥️. Insufficient time for proper Birding! On Reids terrace watching #HebrideanSky arriving in port...

A Twitch for the 'Chickerell' Desert Wheatear at the Bridging Camp off Camp Rd, Wyke Regis today. #Dorset 🪶 view from Public Footpath! Good company, great bird, lovely sunny 🌞 day, great photos at #DorsetBirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social views West towards Abbotsbury 😍

Lovely Cirl Bunting ❤️ #DorsetBirds 🪶 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Fabulous blue sky 🌞 day #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 Portland Harbour quiet with 10 Red Brested Merganser & Grey Heron! Ferrybridge @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 120 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 8 Turnstone, 3 Little Egret, an overflying Lapwing ❤️ numerous Mediterranean Gull, Mipit, Greenfinch, 5 Skylark.

Beautiful 🌞 sunny day at Radipole #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧 shame about the bitter NNW wind 🥶 4 Marsh Harrier in flight together at midday, all juvenile-female plumage. Also, numerous Gadwall, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Coot. 3 Moorhen. One Mediterranean Gull in the Gull flock. #Landscapes #photo

Chilly Autumn walk at Thorncombe Woods #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 Firecrest with at least 2 Goldcrest 😍. Nuthatch. Buzzard, Raven. 7 MistleThrush, 6 in loose group. 10+ PiedWagtail with the cattle. Jay, Chaffinch, small flock of Goldfinch, mixed Tit flock, 3 male Pheasant. c40 noisy Greylag passing overhead.

Between one deluge 🌧 & the next, a quiet walk on Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 Raven, seeing off Crows, Kestrel, Corn Bunting. 9 Stonechat, several Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch. Small flocks of Goldfinch. Large flocks (50-100) per flock of Linnet ❤️ Rooks galore & a few Herring Gulls😴

Lovely 🌞 Lodmoor 🇬🇧🪶 #DorsetBirds c500 Golden Plover overhead 1500hr, settled in Lodmoor area. Kingfisher, at least 3 GWE, 13 Snipe, 100s Lapwing, Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, 2 Raven. 2 Common Gull, 20+ Med in the Gull flock. Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Blackwit. Teal, Wigeon, Shoveler, Shelduck, Canada.

Fine morning at El Rompido, 🇪🇸 🪶 141 sp this visit 😍 2 Golden Plover with 20+ Grey Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Spoonbill, Dunlin, Bar-tailed Godwit, several Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Whimbrel, Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank & Turnstone. 2 Caspian Tern, 5 Sandwich Tern. Redstart, Waxbills ❤️

Post number 250; another day in North Donaña Spain 🇪🇸 🪶 New today, Marbled Duck, Red-knobed Coot, Sparrowhawk. Also, Impérial Eagle, Hen Harrier, 100s Griffon Vulture, 17 Black Stork, many White Stork, Spoonbill & Glossy Ibis. 3 Squacco Heron, Swamphen, CmCrane, Lesser Kestrel. 3 StoneCurlew. Hobby!

Brief trip to Tavira, Portugal 🇵🇹 and walk along the Gilão River 🪶 2 Kingfisher, several Whimbrel, Grey Plover, Kentish Plover, Turnstone, Common Sandpiper. 2 Little Egret, Cormorants, Black-headed & Yellow-legged Gulls. A few Sardinian Warbler & Meadow Pipit in the scrub. Lovely town, recommended 👌

Easy Birding on the El Rompido patch. 🌞 dry & still 🇪🇸 🪶 very low tide. Mixed flock of Tree Sparrow, Waxbill & Serin ❤️ Also, Mixed Tit flock. Nuthatch. Iberian Grey Shrike. 2 Hoopoe, 20+ Iberian Magpie. 3 Sanderling, many Whimbrel, Dunlin & Ringed Plover. Spoonbill, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper

Andevalo & Sierra Pelada 🇪🇸 🪶 🌞 2 Temminck's Stint, Lapwing, several Green Sandpiper, 2 Flamingo, 4 Spoonbill, 7 Egyptian Geese, several Shoveler & Gadwall. Many Thekla & Crested Lark. Lt Owl. Dartford Warbler 2 Black-winged Kite, 100s Griffon & several Black Vulture. Blue Rock Thrush ❤️ Lots Chough

Odiel Marshes, Huelva 🇪🇸 🌞 🪶 Jack Snipe! Cm Snipe, Water Rail, Swamphen, 2 Slender-billed Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 10 Black-necked Grebe, Curlew, masses Spoonbill, Kentish & Ringed & Grey Plover, BW Stilt, Whimbrel, Flamingo. Countryside to North, Booted Eagle, Black Kite, 14 Red Kite, Hen Harrier 😍

Northern Donaña, Andalusia 🇪🇸 🪶 Best Birds: 30+ Stone-curlew, 3 Squacco Heron, Night Heron, 2 Hen Harrier mf, Spanish Impérial Eagle, Sand Martin, Lesser Short-toed Lark. 100+ GriffonVulture, BlackVulture, Wheatear, 5 Ruff, c10 Green Sandpiper, 3 BlackStork, c10 Cm Crane. 111 species so far on trip!

Splendid pictures, Phil 🪶 #DorsetBirds #worldbirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Sunny 🌞 & hot, on the El Rompido patch 🇪🇸 🪶 #worldbirds Wryneck in dispute with Woodchat Shrike, 4 Iberian Grey Shrike. Hobby pursuing 2 Crag Martin. Cm Whitethroat, Zitters, Sardinian Warbler. 2 Caspian Tern, 5 Sandwich Tern, Med Gull. 2 Barwit, 2 Knot, lots Whimbrel Dunlin & R Plover. 2 Greenshank.

Huelva, Palos & S Doñana 🇪🇸 🪶 🌞 New 2025 birds: Penduline Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, WoodSandpiper, TreeSparrow. 2 Ruff, Blackwit, Lapwing, 3 Snipe, 2 Swamphen, CmSandpiper, 4 GreenSandpiper, many Flamingo, BW Stilt, LtGrebe, 2 Kingfisher. 2 CrestedLark, Hoopoe, lot Waxbill. 5 Griffon Vulture.

Isla Christina 🇪🇸 🪶 🌞 10 Audouin's Gull, 2 Slender-billed Gull, YLG, BHG, LBBG, Meds. Gannet! 2 Little Stint, 4 CurlewSandpiper, GreenSand. Kentish, Ringed & Grey Plover. Few Sanderling, Dunlin, Knot. Barwit. Short-toed Treecreeper, Crested Tit. Osprey, Marsh Harrier, 2 Buzzard, Iberian Grey Shrike ♥️

A Portland Twitch for the Red-backed Shrike in the scrub W of The Pulpit Inn at The Bill. Beautiful co-operative bird! 🪶 See @philcheeseman.bsky.social and others for pics.. #DorsetBirds A Little Owl in the Quarry @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Cracking shots, Phil 👏 🪶 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #DorsetBirds

🌞 Seaton Marsh & Wetlands 🪶 #UKbirding 🇬🇧 #Devon Black Hole Marsh; Curlew Sandpiper, Barwit, Avocet, Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 2 Greenshank, Curlew, 50+Blackwit, c100 Lapwing, c30Redshank, 2 Shelduck. Borrow Pit; 3 Little Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 4 Raven, 4 Buzzard, 10+ Chiffy, 2 WillowWarbler, Kingfisher ❤️

Meander along R Frome, W of #Dorchester #DorsetBirds 🪶 several trees down in river after Storm Amy 😔 Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtail, Jay, 2 GreyHeron, resident Buzzard. Maiden Castle had juvenile female Sparrowhawk, 100s Linnet, 6 Corn Bunting, 6 Stonechat, flocks Mipit, Chiffy,2 Raven mobbing Kestrel.

Silverlake, East&South Lakes #DorsetBirds ♥️ 🪶 joined Kev @dorsetbirdtours.bsky.social to find the two new Pink-footed Geese, then @mick666.bsky.social on the Mound. Also, 100s Canada, 150+ Greylag & some Egyptian. 4 redhead Goosander. Raven, Buzzard. Large Gull flock. Site of #RAF Warmwell in WW2 🇬🇧

Lovely Lodmoor after Storm Amy #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧 🌞 1 poss 2 hunting Hobby, Marsh Harrier, Raven. 11 Blackwit, 3 Snipe, Golden Plover, several Lapwing. Masses Teal & Canada. Little Grebe ❤️ At least 4 Great White Egret, a couple of LtEgret. Several Mediterranean Gull. 5 Pied Wag, Cetti's, Kingfisher 😍

🌞 Middlebere #NationalTrust #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 almost no tide! 4 Avocet, Spoonbill, 2 Redshank, GWE, lots LtEgret, 2 Oyc, plenty Wigeon & Teal. Reed Bunting, several Willow Warbler, 20+ Chiffy, 100s Mipit, 2+ TreePipit, Jay, 5 Stonechat, flocks Goldfinch. Kestrel, Buzzard. @harbourbirds.bsky.social

A rare Twitch to 🌞 Isle of Portland 🇬🇧 #DorsetBirds 🪶 for the Barleycrates Lane Wryneck.. excellent sighting! ❤️ thanks to @philcheeseman.bsky.social for the heads-up when it reappeared 😊 good 👍 to see @mickhighfield.bsky.social Also, 2 Wheatear, 3 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Stonechat, several Chiffchaff.

Cuckoo day at Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🪶 a very well marked & accommodating juvenile bird! Who were the foster parents we wonder 🤔? A grey, still & quiet day. Also, Northern Wheatear, Whinchat, 12 Stonechat, 7 Meadow Pipit, 200-300 Linnet, several Chiffchaff & Dunnock. 2 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk. 🇬🇧 ❤️

🌞 for a very vocal Dipper at Kingcombe Meadows NR #DorsetBirds 🪶 @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social (lovely lunch at café) Also very active Marsh Tit. Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Buzzard, Kestrel. Numerous House Martin overhead. Plenty of Chiffy & Wren. Another excellent Dipper at Maiden Newton + Grey Wagtail 🇬🇧