Lovely day guiding at Minsmere RSPB reserve. Highlights inc flocks of SISKIN, BITTERN, 6 HOBBY, 4 GREAT EGRET, 2 SPOONBILL, 3 KINGFISHER, GREEN SAND, BEARDED TITS and this cracking STOAT! #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025

Then onto Dungeness RSPB reserve where 3 GLOSSY IBIS, 5+ WHINCHAT, HOBBY, CURLEW SAND, LITTLE STINT, 12 CATTLE EGRET, GREAT EGRETS were among the highlights. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #kentbirding #birds #birding

Cracking day leading the @essexbirdnews.bsky.social field trip to Dungeness, Kent. Good to see @dungenessowen.bsky.social Highlights by sea and shore inc ARCTIC & GT SKUAS, RT DIVERS, MANX SHEARS, GANNETS, SANDWICH TERNS, 4 BLK REDSTARTS, 3 WHEATEAR #BirdsSeenIn2025 #kentbirding #birds #birding

Wonderful day leading day trip to Titchwell RSPB reserve. Highlights inc 2 CURLEW SAND, LITTLE STINT, 15 CATTLE EGRET, 20+ SPOONBILL, CASPIAN GULL, 3 ARCTIC SKUA, RT DIVER, PF GEESE, GREAT EGRETS and lots more. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #norfolkbirding #norfolk #birds #birding

Fab day guiding at Landguard Point, Suffolk with good MEADOW PIPIT & SWALLOW migration plus bonus WRYNECK, 2 SPOTTED FLY, 2 BLACK REDSTART, WILLOW WARBLER, 10+ WHEATEAR, SISKIN, WHINCHAT, LESSER & COM WHITETHROAT + much more. #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds #birding

Morning seawatch at Frinton-on-Sea. (6.40am - 12noon) Arctic Skua: 4 dark phase (3 south 1 north) Gannet: 4 north Sooty Shearwater: 1 north Common Scoter: 4 (2 north 2 south) Common Tern: 1 south Sandwich Tern: 17 south #essexbirding #birding

We've changed the location of this month's coach trip from Oare Marshes to RSPB Dungeness and there are still a few places left. Members and non-members are welcome, visit ebws.org.uk/events/field... for further details and to book #essexbirding

So much to see at Titchwell RSPB during our two visits last week including GLOSSY IBIS, SPOONBILLS galore, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER and 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE amongst others! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #norfolkbirding #titchwell #norfolk #birds #birding

It wasn't all waders at Snettisham RSPB reserve but also good to see GANNET, WHEATEAR, SANDWICH TERNS and up to three EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVES, one of which showed rather well! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #norfolkbirding #snettisham #norfolk #birds #birding

Back to back days guiding at Snettisham RSPB reserve last week where the wader spectacular left all our clients mesmerised. There sheer numbers of birds were mind blowing! #BirdsSeenIn2025 #norfolkbirding #snettisham #norfolk #waders #birding

Then onto Wallasea Island RSPB reserve with @esbr-essex.bsky.social where we enjoyed fab views of the GLOSSY IBIS plus distant views of the OSPREY. #essexbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025

Great ringing session with @essexbirdnews.bsky.social and South Essex Ringing Group this morning. Plenty of highlights inc PIED FLY, TREE PIPIT, 2 SWIFT, HOBBY, SPARROWHAWK, LESSER WHITETHROAT, MED GULLS & WILLOW WARBLERS! #essexbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025

BTO Youth and Essex Birdwatching Society are running a WeBS training & Wader ID event for people aged 12-25 at Two Tree Island on Saturday 4th October. It's free to attend but places are limited, for full details and to book visit www.bto.org/our-work/eve... @btobirds.bsky.social #essexbirding

Great morning at Holland Haven with @esbr-essex.bsky.social Highlights inc 2 MANX SHEARWATER, FULMAR, TEMMINCK'S STINT, 6 CURLEW SAND, 2 WOOD SAND, WHIMBREL, 2 WHINCHAT and the rarest bird, COOT! #essexbirding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birding #rarebirdsuk

Afternoon guiding at Abberton Reservoir where we missed getting wet. Highlights inc 26 SPOONBILL, 5 BLACK TERN, LITTLE GULL, 48 GREAT EGRET, HOBBY, PEREGRINE and lots more! #essexbirding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birding

Morning guiding at Old Hall Marshes RSPB reserve and despite dodgy weather saw some great birds inc CATTLE EGRET, GREAT EGRET, single COMMON SWIFT, possible BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL (thoughts welcome) and good numbers of common waders. #essexbirding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birding

Nice morning birding at Abberton Res with 51 GREAT EGRET inc 1 colour-ringed @rspb.bsky.social Ham Wall Reserve, 27 SPOONBILL inc dutch-ringed bird, 4 BLACK TERN, 2 PEREGRINE, HOBBY, 3 KINGFISHER, GREY WAG, 3 MED GULL plus lots more. #essexbirding #birds #birding #wildlife

The @essexbirdnews.bsky.social Autumn 2025 Bird Photography Competition is now open for entry. For the full rules see www.ebws.org.uk/photocomp/au... #ebwsphotos #essexbirding #birds

A few moths from the Abberton Reservoir traps this morning: DELICATE, SCARCE BORDERED STRAW, OAK LONGHORN & SANDHILL RUSTIC. #teammoth #migrantmothuk #mothsmatter #mothing #essexwildlife

Pleased to see the Walberswick ZITTING CISTICOLA on Sunday 17th August and wasn't expecting to see 2 of them! Not the most exciting species but a UK tick for us ✔ #suffolkbirding #RareBirdsUK #birds

Don't forget to watch tonight's Birds of Essex - it's going to have a special start...! With the usual mix of birding news, a look ahead to the new season, & the winner of the Summer Photo Comp, it's going to be another packed show. Watch LIVE here: youtube.com/live/O8FNv7anN #essexbirding #birds

Couldn't resist visiting the Boyton BLACK STORK last week. What a bird and watched it for 2 hours without seeing another person! #birding #suffolkbirding @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

Enjoyed a lovely week away in Mid-France a few weeks back and there were some good birds including EUROPEAN HONEY BUZZARD, PURPLE HERON, KINGFISHER & RED-BACKED SHRIKES. #birding #france #BirdsSeenIn2025

It's time to vote in the FINAL of the @essexbirdnews.bsky.social Summer 2025 Bird Photography Competition. Choose your winner from the four photos below then vote here: strawpoll.com/X3nkP7lb5gE #essexbirding #birds #birdphotography

The first ever NUTHATCH for our Colchester garden appeared briefly this morning. Certainly wasn't expecting that! #essexbirding #gardentick #nopics

The second semi-final of the @essexbirdnews.bsky.social Summer Bird Photography Competition is going to be as close as the first, so every vote counts! Choose your favourite from the four below then vote here: strawpoll.com/e7ZJaXOJMg3 #essexbirding #birds

The semi-finals of the @essexbirdnews.bsky.social Summer Bird Photography Competition are going to be tighter than a really tight thing! Here are the entries in the first semi - pick your favourite then vote here: strawpoll.com/X3nkP76JLgE #essexbirding #birds

Great walk around Old Hall Marshes RSPB reserve this morning. Bumped into @olicwildlife.bsky.social and were chatting when 3 juvenile BLACK TERNS dropped in, fed and flew NW. Also 10 SPOONBILL, 2 HOBBY and family of BEARDED REEDLING! #essexbirding #birds #birding

Nice couple of hours at Abberton this morning. Highlights inc distant ad TEMMINCK'S STINT, 8 SPOOONBILL, 2 GARGANEY, MANDARIN DUCK, WOOD SANDPIPER, LR PLOVER and lots more. #essexbirding #birding #birds

Popped down to Abberton Reservoir for a short while this morning to see this cracking juvenile WOOD SANDPIPER that is currently frequenting the Layer de la Haye causeway at the moment. Such smart birds... #essexbirding #birds #waders #ukbirding

Join us on Wednesday 20th August 2025 at 7pm for a talk about the Birds & Wildlife of Costa Rica for the fabulous Wilderness Foundation UK. If you can't make it, please share & help support this great charity! Tickets are just £5 per person and booked here: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

Wader numbers are building at Fingringhoe Wick EWT reserve at the moment. BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, GREENSHANK, GREY PLOVER and a leucistic REDSHANK from our visit last week. #essexbirding #waders #birds #essexwildlife #ukbirding

There's still up to 5 purring male TURTLE DOVES at Fingringhoe Wick EWT nature reserve at the moment so well worth a visit if you fancy seeing these great birds! #essexbirding #turtledoves #birds #essexwildlife #nature

Lovely wander around Blue House Farm EWT reserve last week. Great to see so much wildlife incl BLUE-EYED HAWKER, BROWN HARES, HOBBY and lots of SEDGE WARBLER despite the scrapes being very dry. #essexbirding #birds #wildlife

A few images from a visit to Abberton Reservoir earlier this week. Good to see COMMON SANDPIPERS passing through plus COMMON TERNS, WASP SPIDER and this smart TWIN-LOBED DEERFLY. #essexbirding #essexwildlife #wildlife #birds #naturephotography

A visit to Minsmere RSPB reserve on Sunday 20th July 2025 produced large numbers of SANDWICH TERNS plus BLACK TERN, juv MEDITERRANEAN GULL and several moulting SPOTTED REDSHANKS. #suffolkbirding #ukbirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds

First visit to Abberton Reservoir since the spring and coincided with @darylrhymes.bsky.social finding this adult PECTORAL SANDPIPER! Water levels dropping nicely so roll on the next few months... #essexbirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #ukbirding #waders #essexwildlife

Rain stopped, sun out and Boom! HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH on the Buddleia in our Colchester garden this morning. @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social #moths #teammoth #migrantmothuk #mothsmatter #mothing #essexwildlife

Little bit of video footage of the hidden calling QUAIL at Martin Down NNR plus YELLOWHAMMER on Tuesday 8th July 2025. #hantsbirding #ukbirding #birds

DARTFORD WARBLER, COMMON REDSTART, EURASIAN HOBBY and SANDWICH TERN from our recent tour to the New Forest. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #hantsbirds #birding

We found some wonderful plants in Hampshire such as FROG ORCHID, LESSER & COMMON SKULLCAPS & SNEEZEWORT. #Wildflowerhour #Orchid #Orchids #wildlife @bsbibotany.bsky.social

The heaths and chalk downland of Hampshire were home to some smart insects incl BEEWOLF, DOWNLAND ROBBERFLY, GREEN-EYED FLOWER BEE & TAWNY LONGHORN. #beetles #UKwildlife #Robberflies #insects #britishwildlife

Just some of the excellent butterflies we encountered in Hampshire during our recent tour incl DARK GREEN & SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARIES, GRAYLING & CHALKHILL BLUES. #butterflies #lepidoptera #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Nature

The fine weather In the New Forest encouraged good numbers of Odonata including GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY plus SMALL RED, SOUTHERN & WHITE-LEGGED DAMSELFLIES. #wildlife #naturephotography #dragonflyweek #newforest @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Birding highlights from our New Forest tour inc GOSHAWK, HONEY BUZZARD, NIGHTJAR, QUAIL, REDSTARTS, SPOT FLY, DARTFORD WARBLERS, LESSER SPOT WOODPECKER, FIRECREST, WOODLARK, RUDDY SHELDUCK, SPOONBILL, WT EAGLE, HOBBY, LITTLE TERNS & CROSSBILLS among others. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #hantsbirds

Just back from a fabulous tour to the New Forest where we experienced some great wildlife sightings from the massive WHITE-TAILED EAGLE to the diminutive COMMON FIRECREST plus lots of Butterflies, Birds, Dragonflies and Flowers! #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildlife #hantsbirds #newforest #ukbirding

Our second Nightjar evening on the Suffolk coast once again delivered with good views of several EUROPEAN NIGHTJARS plus DARTFORD WARBLERS along with some nice inverts such as GRAYLING & GREEN TIGER BEETLE. #suffolkbirding #wildlife #nature

The first of our Suffolk Coast Nightjar evenings was a great success with fab views of up to 5 NIGHTJARS plus WOODLARKS, DARTFORD WARBLERS, STONECHATS and many YELLOWHAMMERS. #suffolkbirds @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildlife

Lots to see at Thursley Common, Surrey apart from birds including BLACK DARTER, KEELED SKIMMER, SILVER-STUDDED BLUE BUTTERFLIES and the smart MOTTLED BEE-FLY! @flygirlnhm.bsky.social #insects #dragonflies #surreywildlife #nature

Fabulous time yesterday guiding at Thursley Common, Surrey. Birding highlights included DARTFORD WARBLERS, TREE PIPITS, CROSSBILL, REDSTARTS, WOODLARKS, WILLOW WARBLERS and lots more. #surreybirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #wildlife