During my return from an unexpected trip to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I thought I would break the journey in 1/2 at Gretna for the Richardson’s Cackling Goose. Managed eventually to pick it out of the c3000 Barnies. Small Size ✅ short neck ✅ steep forehead ✅, single bird ✅. @birdguides.bsky.social

Jo Noon wins Photo of the Week for a striking shot of a Steppe Grey Shrike in Cornwall.

Not bad Seawatch vantage point! 😎🏖️ Cory Shearwater, Yellow legged Gulls, little Egret out to sea and singing a Carnary Island Chiffchaff behind.

YWB Pallas’s and Dusky Warblers’. Great Grey Shrike, Glossy Ibis, Curlew Sandpiper, spotted redshank, peregrine, Marsh Harriers and lots of Geese. Cley & Salthouse, me and Caleb have had a blast 😊

Parked next to Salthouse Marshes last night only for 6 Glossy Ibis to be in the field next door this morning 😁. #digiscope

An early morning journey and first time visit to Rutland Waters for an incredibly close up view of a young Baird’s Sandpiper. Initially chose the wrong side to look for it but eventually caught up with it through the fog on the peninsula. @birdguides.bsky.social #digiscope

After poor views of possibly the Willen Ferruginous Duck in 2024 followed by distant views of the Colne Valley bird later in the year, it was great to see close up views of this at #LMGP yesterday evening found by @marlowbirder.bsky.social. No rings on show so hopefully it will pass the test.

Birding South Bucks this month has frustratingly lived up to its inland reputation. But this weekend connected with some nice common migrants. #ukbirds

Not much birding for me this summer/Autumn so far. But nice this week to catch up with passing migrants. Whinchats are always a favourite to see. #ukbirds #birds #digiscope #wildlife #migration #photography. 📷 #iphone16pro 🔭 #kowa883

A distant but fabulous view of the Gloucestershire Black Winged Kite this morning before it flew of toward Splatt. The bird was flushed by a local Horse rider. @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Early twitch for Suffolk’s Zitting Cisticola has paid off with lovely first light views of it display flying and perching on nearby Buckthorn. 😊 #ukbirding @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

My first summer/autumn monster from the coast was terrorising the other large Gulls this evening. GBBG #gullswp

Bits & bobs of local Gull action this week. Couple of Caspos 2cy & 3cy (thanks Jamie for the 👍🏻 on this one). First views of Juvs LBBGs that have been raised on an industrial rooftop next door. But, the #gulloftheweek goes to a brutish Yellow Legged Gull on my local landfill #ukbirding #gullswp

Returning X90A Caspian x Herring hybrid at Grafham Water dam this morning, plus adult Caspian Gull and several YLG’s @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding #gulls #cambirds

@jamiepartridge.bsky.social any thoughts on this local Gull? It was giving me Casp so much through the scope. Flight shots all blown out. Legs appear pale to light pink in video (I felt they were warmer in real time). Appreciate hard to comment from stills but interest in your thoughts. 👍🏻👍🏻 #gullswp

A morning walk to local woodland where there has a been a recent eruption of Common Crossbill. Over 200 birds in the Larch forest with some fab views of their intricate bill work. #digiscope #ukbirds #ukwildlife #woodlands

Local Sand Martin nest holes still active. 😊 #digiscope #nature #ukbirds

Post breeding gull numbers building locally. With plenty of Juv YLGs on show. But pleased to pick out this Caspian Gull. #gullswp

A Friday evening county ✅ and lifer 🙂🙂. A moulting female Montagu’s Harrier hunting hedgerows north of Tring. Views were distant but breathtaking. Seen flying in Bucks and Herts #ukbirds

A weekend highlight. 🦉 #ukbirds #nature #owls

A family gathering up north in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 provided the ideal opportunity to swing by Girvan for the long staying Western Sandpiper. Took a while to relocate but soon offered nice views. @scottishbirding.bsky.social #ukbirds #phonescope

Sand Martin colony doing well local to me. #ukbirds

Bit of #digiscope 🎥 from this AM’s Balearic Shearwater. As a bit of a seawatch novice I was 😬 one might flyby without me being able to pick it out. But, as it happen compared to Manxies it had a notably stockier structure, extended legs and differential plumage 😁. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social

More Portland Bill seawatch this morning. A couple of notables en route. No skua for me and relatively few Maxies but this Baleraric Shearwater was a highlight just as I was packing up (it passed the bill c0750). A Life tick for this landlocked Bucks birder 😁✅👍🏻 @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social

Hobby Wareham Forest, Dorset @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Wild and wet nights camping on Sweet Hill farm above @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social. Woke first light to four noisy Raven. So walked down the hill for an early seawatch (0600-0700). Lots of Guillemot but close Flyby views of Maxi shearwater (c60) and this Dark phase Arctic Skua were highlights.

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Bit more territorial SpotFly action yesterday. Great to see at close quarters. 🙂 #ukbirds #digiscope #iphone16pro #kowa883

Felt more like mid summer than middle of Spring this morning. Didn’t stop the Dartford Warbler’s doing their thing. 📱 #iphone16pro 🔭 #kowa883 #phonescope #ukbirds

WOOD SANDPIPER 2025 #LMGP 📱 #iphone16pro 🔭 #kowa883 #phonescope

A Wood Sandpiper found earlier this morning by @marlowbirder.bsky.social at LMGP was a treat to see out in the evening sunshine. ☀️ #ukbirds

First SpottedFCs of the year for me in local woodland. 🙂 #ukbirds

BREAKING: likely Yellow Legged Gulls seen by small chimney with white smoking coming out of it!! 👀👀 #Gullswp

Likely Manx Shearwater was the only notable bird working its way east this morning. Scoped from Eastbourne beach. #ukbirds

A bank holiday weekend in Eastbourne was a nice get away.

First @btobirds.bsky.social BBS this morning along the Thames. Bit quiet but a Cattle Egret was a nice addition to the BBS list. 🙂☀️🌳

Not sure I will ever have better views of Barwits in Bucks. A lovely evening treat! 🙂 #phonescope #ukbirds

An evening cycle to Little Marlow post rain shower. I was hoping for an AT or maybe a Little Gull. Didn’t expect a nice 1CY Caspian Gull 😁. #gullswp

X-rated #ukbirding 🫣. #digiscope 🎥 #iphone16pro 🔭 #kowa883

If you're in the middle of U.S.A. this weekend, I'd recommend turning off your screens and going out to look at birds.| birdcast.info 📊🪶

Myself and a team of fellow birder successfully found 4 lapwing nests and gave the local farmers each of their grid references pre drilling season. Farmers keen to do their bit. 🙂 #ukbirds

A fascinating feeding strategy/observation yesterday. This male LSW was systematically removing Wood Ants from the top of an Oak tree in order to get to the aphids they were presumably protecting. Bsky video rendering doesn’t quite do it justice. @lesserspotnet.bsky.social #digiscope #birdsuk

The Misbourne valley has a number of chalk stream floodplains. Some recently created. All vital for local biodiversity and flood management. First light today I was pleased to meet this confiding LRP. Local dog control the prime factor effecting breeding attempts.

First Willow Warbler of the year for me today. Is there a better sound in Spring? 😍

First LRPs for me this year were waiting for me on a frozen spit of LMGP at first light this morning.

An early morning wander was nice to see a pair of Marsh Tits on Marlow Low Grounds.