Amazing views of the brilliant Forster’s Tern down in Poole this afternoon! #Birding #Birds #UKBirding #UKWildlife

Staying in Ashdown Forest is lovely, even if it means you miss an Abberton eagle! I cheered myself up with some birding here. Great to see Crossbills, Brambling, Dartford Warblers, Firecrests, Ravens, Adders, and the long-staying Red-flanked Bluetail! #Birding #UKBirding

A few more shots from the last couple of days. Iberian Magpie, Perez’s Frog, mating Lesser Kestrels, and Meadow Pipit. #Birds #Birding #BirdingSpain #WildlifePhotography #Extremadura

Black (Cinerous) Vulture, Bonelli’s Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, and Griffon Vulture from Monfrgüe NP yesterday! #Birds #Birding #Extremadura #BirdingSpain #AvesDeEspaña

A few from the heronry in the middle of Merida yesterday. #Birds #Birding #Extremadura #BirdingSpain

Went on a very scenic hike this morning which ended up producing a lot of good birds! They included Black Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush, Rock Bunting, Thekla’s Lark, and Alpine Swift. #Birds #Birding #BirdingSpain #Extremadura #AvesDeEspaña

What an awesome day! Great Bustards, Black-bellied & Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, mating Spanish Eagles, Long-eared Owl, Hen Harriers, Wild Boar, and Ladder Snake (moved safely off the road) among other things. #Birding #AvesDeEapaña #Extremadura #BirdingSpain

I spent this morning around the wetlands where there was plenty of interesting wildlife. Great Spotted Cuckoos, Bluethroat, B-W Kite, Squacco Heron, Iberian Grey Shrikes, Merlin, Otter, and lots more White Storks! #Birding #AvesDeEspaña #BirdingExtremadura #BirdingSpain

What an awesome first full-day in Extremadura! Black, Egyptian, & Griffon Vultures, Spanish Eagles, Black Stork, Cranes, Hawfinches, and Otter among other things. #Extremadura #BirdingSpain #AvesDeEspaña #Birding

A few shots from Trujillo Castle in Extremadura this evening! Absolute heaven. #Birds #Birding #Extremadura #BirdingSpain #Aves #AvesDeEspaña

A few shots from some @rspb.bsky.social farmland surveys during the last few days. Red Kite, Common & Black-headed Gulls, Common Shelduck, and Common Buzzard! #Birding #EssexBirding #UKBirding

A really nice morning leading the @rspb.bsky.social Chelmsford & Central Essex Local Group walk at EWT Hanningfield Reservoir! Miserable conditions but lots of birds, including Goosander, Pintail, Goldeneye, and Treecreeper. #EssexBirding #UKBirding

Some of the (roughly) 10 thousand Starlings coming to roost on the edge of Colchester a few nights back! #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #BirdWatching #UKWildlife #EssexBirding

Mind-blowing views of Bittern at Fishers Green, Lea Valley, today! Pleased to find a Tundra Bean Goose on 70 Acres Lake too, although it didn’t stick around for long. #Birding #EssexBirding #UKBirding

Don't forget to watch tomorrow night's 'Birds of Essex' LIVE on YouTube, and send your 2026 pics, your most surprising missed species so far, and any birding 'selfies' you may have from the past to: [email protected] Watch the show at www.youtube.com/live/M1cfbA4... #essexbirding

Some shots from a nice afternoon guiding for Chelmsford & Central Essex RSPB Group at windy Old Hall Marshes today. Highlights included Ravens, Great White Egrets, Marsh Harriers, Pintails, Avocets, Brown Hares, and hundreds of Golden Plover! #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

Some shots from our enjoyable walk around Walthamstow Wetlands for the first @essexbirdnews.bsky.social field trip of 2026! Great company and a very interesting site which was new for many of us. #Birding #UKBirding #LondonWildlife

A few shots from WEBS at the Hythe today with @eb263.bsky.social! Highlights included great views of our year tick Christmas Tree heading downstream. @essexbirdnews.bsky.social #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

Some shots from North Norfolk with @swallowbirding.bsky.social yday. Birds included Purple Sandpiper, Firecrest, Tawny Owl, Spoonbill, and superb views of Red-breasted Merganser and 2 immature Great Northern Divers! #Birds #Birding #UKWildlife #Norfolk

Some great species at Abberton today! 3 Tundra Bean Goose, 17 White-fronted Goose, Long-tailed Duck, 5 Smew, 3 Bewick’s Swan, 5 Black-necked Grebe, and 4 Red-crested Pochard among others. #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

Lovely but decidedly cold afternoon visit to Copt Hall yday. Highlights incl BARN OWL found by @olicwildlife.bsky.social plus 6+ M HARRIER, ROCK PIPITS, GOLDEN PLOVERS, STONECHAT and hundreds of BRENT GEESE. #essexbirding #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #birding #nature @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Just got back from a great day of birding in The Brecks! It was finches galore with Hawfinch, c100 Crossbill, 13+ Brambling, Bullfinch, Redpolls, and Siskins among others. #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

Great views of Short-eared Owl at Billets Farm, Abberton, this evening! A Drake Smew, 6 RCPochard, and my year tick Long-tailed Duck also. #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #EssexBirding

Joining the Smew photography club! Layer Breton Causeway this morning. What a bird. #EssexBirding #Birds #Birding #UKWildlife

It was great to see everyone down at East Tilbury and Thameside for the final EBWS field trip of the year! Already looking forward to seeing what 2026 brings us. #Birds #Birding #UKWildlife #UKBirding @essexbirdnews.bsky.social

The highlight of a beautiful morning at EWT Fingringhoe Wick was this brilliant Red-necked Grebe feeding out on the Colne! #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding

One of my better days at Abberton, for sure. Lesser Scaup, 5 Grt Scaup, 5 Bewick’s Swan, 3 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 3 Common Scoter, 4 Little Stint, Woodcock, 6 R-C Pochard, 40+ Goosander, 50+ Goldeneye, and Kingfisher among other things! #EssexBirding #UKBirding

Some heavily-cropped record shots from RSPB Wallasea Island with @eb263.bsky.social this morning. Red-breasted Goose, Hen Harrier, and Water Pipit! #EssexBirding #Birds #Birding #UKBirding

Wallasea Island this morning with @olicwildlife.bsky.social for the distant RB Goose, bonus Water pipit, Ringtail Hen and Merlin. #essexbirding

Thank you to South Essex RG for helping us with another successful joint @essexbirdnews.bsky.social & @btobirds.bsky.social Youth event! It was great to see some many enthusiastic young people get the chance to help out and learn about conservation. The Firecrest was an awesome bonus! #EssexBirding

Bird numbers have been building at Abberton and there’s some good species around too! Lesser Scaup, 9 Greater Scaup, Slav Grebe, 4 Little Stint, 11 R-C Pochard, and Merlin were the highlights this morning. #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding

Another great EBWS field trip yesterday, co-guiding with @swallowbirding.bsky.social & @esbr-essex.bsky.social! Lots of good birds at Freiston & Frampton, including Hen Harrier, Merlins, Whooper Swans, Spoonbill, Peregrines, and huge numbers of Wigeon & Pintail. #Birding #UKBirding

A great day co-guiding the @essexbirdnews.bsky.social Field Trip with @esbr-essex.bsky.social & @olicwildlife.bsky.social to Freiston & Frampton Marsh RSPB. Highlights inc 4 MERLIN, WHOOPER SWANS, 2 PEREGRINE, KINGFISHER, SPOONBILL, HEN HARRIER + more. #lincsbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025

Very fun afternoon guiding for @swallowbirding.bsky.social & Topsail Charters on the Blackwater. The highlights included Harbour Seal, Avocets, Marsh Harrier, Turnstones, Golden Plover, very close views of Rock Pipit, and some lovely soup! #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding

Minsmere was surprisingly quiet today but did still get good views of Water Pipit, plus Bittern, 5 Eider heading South offshore, Brambling, Marsh Tits, Bearded Reedlings, Kingfishers, and Grey Seals! #Birds #Birding #SuffolkBirding

Spent a couple of mornings at The Naze over the last few days! No sign of Little Auks but did manage Pallas’s Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler (heard), Firecrest, Arctic Terns, RTDivers, Common Scoters, Gannet, and plenty of common shorebirds. #Birding #EssexBirding

Some phone-scoped footage of the juvenile Brown Shrike at Hollesley yesterday! #Birds #Birding #UKBirding

It was a beautiful day in North Essex yesterday! It was made even better by some birds though, which included Scaup, Red-crested Pochards, Goosanders, Greenshanks, Avocets, Great Egrets, Kingfishers, and Redpolls! #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

Gannet, Minke Whale, and Kittiwake from the NatureTrek Lyme Bay boat trip a couple of weeks ago! It was also good to see Balearic & Manx Shearwaters, 100s of Common Dolphins, and a single Puffin among other things. #Birding #Birds #UKWildlife

Some shots from Abberton yesterday! #EssexBirding #WildlifePhotography #UKBirding

First day at Abberton in a while! Highlights were a surprise Slav Grebe, Scaup, Goosanders, Spot Reds, 16 Ruff, Med Gulls, Great Egrets, Kingfisher, and c400 Pintail. #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding

I visited RSPB Arne last week, for the first time. A stunning reserve with great wildlife too! I managed distant views of White-tailed Eagle, as well as Sand Lizard, Sika Deer, Dartford Warblers, Curlew Sandpipers, Spoonbills, Hobby, and Firecrests! #Birding #WildlifePhotography

Spent last Sunday morning exploring RSPB Radipole Lakes where the highlight was an unexpected White Stork high over the reserve! Seems to have a metal ring. Also Curlew Sandpiper, Bearded Tits, and Kingfisher among others. #Birds #Birding #UKWildlife

Some highlights from a couple of days on Portland Bill last weekend! Lots of sea watching with Balearic Shearwater, 20 Arctic Skua, and both Glossy Ibis & SEO in-off. Also Wryneck, Merlin, and Crossbill elsewhere on the island! #Birds #Birding #UKWildlife

Back on the EBWS Field Trips! Dungeness was great fun with lots of good birds, including 2 Glossy Ibis, Great & Arctic Skuas, Manx Shearwaters, Black Redstarts, 9 Cattle Egret, and lots of Whinchat. Thank you to everyone involved! #Birding #UKBirding

Hoopoe in Suffolk yesterday morning! #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding

There was lots of good birds in North Norfolk, on top of the Wader Spectacle. These included RN Phalarope, 3 Glossy Ibis, Wood, Curlew, & Pectoral Sandpipers, Little Stints, Gannets, 3 Turtle Dove, and 60+ Spoonbill! @swallowbirding.bsky.social #Birds #Birding #UKBirding

The Wader Spectacle at RSPB Snettisham yesterday morning! @swallowbirding.bsky.social #Birds #Birding #Snettisham #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

Brilliant Abberton record! Arctic Warbler. #Birding #UKBirding #EssexBirding

Productive sea-watch at Frinton this morning with @eb263.bsky.social. Pair Arctic Skua, Gannet, Shag, 6 Common Scoter, c30 Sandwich Tern, Kestrel in-off, and awesome views of 2 Fulmar! #EssexBirding #UKBirding