Wood Sandpiper at Grimley CLP on Hippo Pool this afternoon #worcsbirds #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Common Tern at Grimley CLP this morning #worcsbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds

Grimley (Worcs) currently on 96, Garganey pair still on CLP #westmidsalldayer

Rüppell’s Warbler - I found a gorgeous pair at the end of the Kourtaliotiko Gorge. Better views on the second visit with the male singing, calling and eating caterpillars. The female was very furtive in contrast. A long time since I’d seen one, Israel 1989 the last! #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

Italian Sparrow (male) and Spotted Crake - the sparrow was ubiquitous across the island, this one at the Palace of Knossos. Two of the crakes were seen at Agia Reservoir, along with a Little Crake #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear and Collared Flycatcher - males at Kourtaliotiko Gorge and Spili respectively #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

Marsh Sandpiper - three of these beautiful waders were at a very windy Katalyki Salt Lake on Crete #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

Chukar - several of these seen on Crete, including these two birds near Gouverneto Monastery. The left hand bird was so confiding I think I could have stroked it! #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

Alpine Swift - great views of this species flying over the Minoan Palace of Phaistos on Crete #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

Lesser Kestrel male - a family holiday for a week on Crete in mid-April, birds/botany/bricks. There was a flock of these beautiful falcons feeding on insects in the vineyard at Agia Triada Monastery #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Crete

Bird surveys across the hills in mid-Wales today, several Emperor Moths stole the show #teammoth

Black Tern yesterday at Grimley CLP #worcsbirds

Palawan produced the endemic Palawan Scops Owl, 2 roosting in a cave during the day and 1 perched beside the road at night. Then a night boat trip out of Puerto Princesa to nearby Cana Island to see Mantanani Scops Owl, one of the easiest owls I’ve seen, took 2 mins! #birds #owl #owls #philippines

Two more endemic owls and a more widespread one… Luzon Boobook, Philippine Scops Owl and Spotted Wood-Owl #birds #owl #owls #philippines

Of the 12 owls recorded 10 were seen, with just 2 heard only. Philippine Eagle Owl flew in to the edge of the hotel car park pre-dawn #birds #owl #owls #philippines

The night birding on the Philippines was great, however, it led to 4-5 hours sleep a night, a classic sleep deprivation tour… 4 nightjars and 2 frogmouths all seen very well… photos of 3 endemics; Chirruping Nightjar, Philippine Frogmouth and the cute Palawan Frogmouth #birds #nightjar #frogmouth

Three flycatchers seen on Palawan… Palawan Blue Flycatcher, Palawan Flycatcher and Mangrove Blue (Philippine) Flycatcher #birds #flycatcher #philippines

Palawan was by far the easiest birding of the three islands I visited… Palawan Tit, Palawan Flowerpecker and Palawan Babbler #birds #philippines

Three of my most wanted species on Luzon… Ashy Thrush, Purple Needletail and Red-crested Malkoha, all stunning #birds #philippines

Four endemics, more widespread… Coleto, Rufous-crowned Bee-eater, Philippine Fairy-bluebird and Philippine Pied-Fantail #birds #philippines

Bicol Ground-Warbler on the Infanta Road, Luzon. Great views of this tricky species, one of the highlights #birds #philippines

Golden-crowned Flying Fox at Subic Bay, Luzon. Hundreds roosting in roadside trees, frequently taking flight when they were disturbed, the largest bat in the world #mammals #bats

Palawan endemic mammals; Palawan Treeshrew and Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel, both at the same feeding area as the Peacock-Pheasant, Napsan Road #mammals

Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (female) appeared in the feeding area in front of the hide on the Napsan Road within minutes of the seed being scattered, showing for 45 minutes. Unfortunately, the far warier male was a no show #birds #pheasant #philippines

Ashy-headed Babbler and Falcated Wren-Babbler, two great Palawan endemics with loads of character #birds #philippines #babbler

White-browed Shama, White-vented Shama, Orange-tufted Spiderhunter and Pale Spiderhunter - all endemic and seen very well #birds #philippines

Azure-breasted Pitta on Mindanao and Western Hooded Pittas on Palawan, one spotlighted at night roosting in a tree while looking for frogmouths, the other coming to mealworms #birds #philippines

Mountain Shrike, Blue-headed Fantail and Sulphur-billed Nuthatch, three more endemics at Mt. Polis, Luzon #birds #philippines

Grey-throated Bulbul, Sulphur-bellied Bulbul and Ashy-fronted Bulbul, all endemic to Palawan #birds #philippines

Blue-naped Parrot, Philippine Hanging-Parrot and a flyover group of Mindanao Racquet-tails #birds #parrot #philippines

Luzon Hornbill pair, Mindanao Hornbill and Rufous Hornbill, 3 more endemics #birds #hornbill #philippines

Philippine Trogon at two sites on Mindanao #birds #philippines

Metallic-winged (Luzon) Sunbird, Flaming Sunbird and Palawan Sunbird, all Philippine endemics, with the more widespread Copper-throated Sunbird #birds #sunbird #philippines

Philippine Eagle, Philippine Falconet and Philippine Honey-buzzard - all endemic raptors. The eagle photo is heavily cropped, but a pair showed very well from the viewpoint on Mt. Kitanglad, seen carrying prey, in flight several times and perched in trees on the mountain #birds #raptor #philippines

Brown-breasted Kingfisher, another Philippine endemic, plus the more widespread Collared Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher and Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher #birds #kingfisher #philippines

Spotted Kingfisher and Rufous-lored Kingfisher, both Philippine endemics #birds #kingfisher #philippines

Finished editing photos from a fantastic 3 weeks across the Philippines in February - Luzon, Mindanao & Palawan. First up, some woodpeckers, 3 endemics, Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker, Red-headed Flameback and Spot-throated Flameback, plus the widespread White-bellied #birds #woodpecker #philippines

Pink-footed Goose at Grimley earlier today, in the field north of Retreat Farm fishing pools #Worcsbirds

Lesser Scaup pair at Clifton (Worcs) this morning with Tufted Ducks, the first I’ve seen in the county since the Grimley bird in 2006, having missed the recent Ripple bird #Worcsbirds

Palawan Flycatcher on the Napsan Road (Palawan), a species the field guide doesn’t do justice - featuring an ant that made a bad decision that day

Spot-throated Flameback, Napsan Road (Palawan)

Falcated Wren-Babbler, Napsan Road (Palawan)

Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (female) on the Napsan Road (Palawan)

Writhed Hornbill pair at PICOP (Mindanao)

Philippine Trogon (male) at Tinuy-an Falls, PICOP (Mindanao)

White-bellied Woodpecker at Tinuy-an Falls, PICOP (Mindanao)

Apo Myna at Mt. Kitanglad (Mindanao), cracking endemic

Luzon Hornbill (male) at Trees, Los Banos (Luzon)

Red-crested Malkohas at Los Banos (Luzon), the first one missing its tail

Indigo-banded Kingfisher at Palo Alto (Luzon)