Absolutely devastating news , our beloved rspb leader and friend Chris Tynan has passed away . I’m lost for words really , he was a truly wonderful person and an inspiration to me 💔 Rest in peace chris x

A walk around ditton brook , halebank A pair of shoveler were a new tick for me here . Gadwall, little egret also on the flooded field . Lots of teal on the brook . Fieldfare, redwings, mistle thrush ,2 parakeet , 2 stonechat and a big mixed finch flock.

Often heard but I rarely see one …todays #patchbirding highlight …I watched a water rail creeping along and then it sat preening for a good 5 minutes in the sunshine 😍 #ukbirding

Great views of a grey seal fishing close in on the River Mersey at Oglet this afternoon ..it caught 2 fish while I was there . #cetaceansuk

A #patchgold on todays #patchbirding A female black redstart 😍 only my 3rd ever here it was joined by a rock pipit and a few meadow pipits and 2 pied wags over the high tide and then disappeared into Garston docks . #ukbirding

High tide on #patchbirding ..mostly teal ,redshank and curlew Several Cetti’s and water rail heard Highlight was great views of a Jack snipe as I waited patiently for it to show itself 😍 A peregrine was perched on the gantry for a while but chased off by the crows and gulls

2 wall brown butterflies on Oglet shore again today , made up to get a couple of pics as it’s a 1st for me here Plenty of others out small tortoise shell,comma, red admiral,small copper, Common blue,large and small whites,painted lady,clouded yellow,speckled wood ,silver y moth #butterflies

Adult and Juv common lizard on the shore this afternoon (Birding was a bit slow 😅)

Clouded yellow butterfly again today on the sea aster on Garston shore 💛

2 wheatear ,3 meadow and a rock pipit dropped onto the jetty at high tide on #patchbirding otherwise quiet on shore with just a few redshank,godwits,oystercatcher , curlew ,ringed plover, 3 stonechat and a couple of Dunlin

A garden 1st for me today …a hornet mimic hoverfly - volucella zonaria I bought this buddleia candy Lila sweetheart and would highly recommend , the amount of bees and hoverflys visiting it is amazing , it’s also attracted red admiral, painted lady,humming bird hawk moth 💜

Morning walk around ditton brook halebank Wheatear, 2 yellow wagtails,6 yellow hammer, 2 whitethroat, lots of finches feeding on the sunflowers. Juv mute swan,gadwall, coots, teal and moorhens on the brook . Swallows and house martins .

An hour on #patchbirding at high tide Ringed plovers,black-tailed godwits , teal,shelduck,curlew,oystercatchers,redshank,peregrine and common sandpiper

I felt like I’d won the lottery today 🤣😆 I’ve seen a few clouded yellow butterflies on my patch but none have landed until today ..so beautiful and especially in flight . #itsthelittlethings 💛

Spotted flycatcher was todays #patchbirding highlight and my 2nd wheatear of autumn passage 😍

Nice mix of waders on this mornings #patchbirding over the high tide Sanderling ,Ringed plover,Dunlin,black-tailed godwits,2 whimbrel, curlew,redshank,oystercatchers. First whinchat of autumn 😍

A #patchbirding record for me tonight 🥳 with 4 great white egrets roosting on the shore over the high tide .

It must be autumn …..#patchgold on tonights #patchbirding With 2 great white egrets on the shore 👌🏻 Short eared and barn owl just after sunset .

The house martins have started gathering on the sailing club roof on #patchbirding 2 shelduck families,curlew,redshank, oystercatchers,1 whimbrel , 17 black-tailed godwits on shore .

The reeds were alive with young Reed warblers on this mornings #patchbirding , 4 raven , 2 family’s of Cetti’s warblers , I caught a glimpse of 2 being fed curlew,redshank, oystercatchers and a few little egret on the shore 2 tiny young lizard warming up in the sunshine

The Juv whinchat was still here on todays #patchbirding Also Juv stonechats,Reed warblers and chiffchaff . Just a few blackwits curlew oystercatchers and shelduck family on the shore . 3 of the young ravens where out n about together .

Lovely morning #patchbirding Highlights … great views of grasshopper warbler and a juv Whinchat ?

A couple of common lizard where basking in the sunshine on #patchbirding Shelduck family doing well , lots of juveniles about ..whitethroat ,sedge Reed warblers, robins and think the stonechats have had another brood .

A lovely couple of hours around Speke hall pond and meadows Little grebe young doing well ,moorhen &mallard chicks, 100’s of toadlets on the path meadows alive with ringlet,meadow brown,red admiral,small copper,large and small skippers ,roesel’s bush cricket ladybirds,beetles

A lovely morning at ditton brook , halebank Yellow hammers,yellow wagtails, brown hares ,lots of young swallows and banded demoiselle on the brook .

I love this time of year on #patchbirding with all the young . Today there where chiffchaff,blackcap , stonechat and shelducklings ❤️ Lots of swift,swallows and house martins feeding on the meadows , the raven family were all out together.

Afternoon #patchbirding at Oglet ..listening out for quail but no luck . Always good to catch up with the yellow wagtails tho

A lovely afternoon #patchbirding Lots of swift,swallows and house martins feeding over the meadows . There was New life everywhere with young robins,blackbirds,wrens ,great and blue tits , coots chicks have joined the moorhen ,little grebe and mallard chicks on the pond.

Being spoilt today …Male bullfinch in my garden now ❤️ #ukbirding

Another lovely garden visitor just now …Juv great spotted woodpecker has been visiting daily for a couple of weeks ❤️ #ukbirding

With the amount of starlings visiting my garden , it was only a matter of time before the Sparrow hawk paid a visit ! #ukbirding

Evening #patchbirding at Oglet 2 yellow wagtails ,whitethroats ,swifts and swallows Good to see Ringed plover and a few Dunlin on the shore up this end .

I think it’s fledge day for the blue tits in my garden 😍 #ukbirding

Had a pair of woodpecker last couple of weeks in my garden , feeding on fat balls I put out (what’s left of them after the starlings demolish them 😂) Just now they bought junior along 😍 #ukbirding

Afternoon #patchbirding C150 ringed plover , a few Dunlin and sanderling on the shore . The stonechats have recently fledged 😍 Saw the 1st large skipper butterfly of the year Swifts swallows and house martins over the meadows .

A wonderful morning around ditton brook area , halebank Star ⭐ bird cattle egret ,a 1st for me here Yellow hammers,Reed buntings,swallows,swifts,2 oystercatcher, 4 shelduck,4 common and 2 lesser whitethroat,lapwings,grey partridge,Juv pied wags,2 kes,2 buzzard,gadwall ,2 painted lady butterfly

Morning #patchbirding another lovely wader watch on Garston shore 😍 #pwc2025 #ukbirding

My first harbour porpoise of the year over the high tide on the river Mersey , Garston ,Liverpool #cetaceans #harbourporpoise

My first harbour porpoise on the river Mersey today . Also my first painted lady and common blue butterflies . Lots of mother shipton and small yellow underwing moths , cinnabar and burnet companion moths .

Morning #patchbirding wader watch on Garston shore C300 ringed plover and Dunlin , 10 sanderling 3 whimbrel , lots of shelduck and a couple of oystercatchers and lapwing . #pwc2025 #ukbirding

A great morning for moths on the meadow at Speke hall today Lots of mother shipton, small yellow underwing , 2 burnet companion and 2 cinnabar on the rough grassland #teammoth

Late afternoon/evening #patchbirding at Oglet . Mostly spent watching 6 yellow wags bouncing around the wheat field 😍 Skylarks, swallows,Reed bunts,whitethroats,2 Cetti’s,sedge& reed warbler .hedges full of house sparrows. 5 whimbrel flew down the estuary and 1 up, 2 on shore #pwc2025 #ukbirding

All good around the pond on #patchbirding The three little grebe chicks are doing great , first ducklings appeared today and the 4 raven young are flying around , you can hear them calling a mile away 😂 Pic is the male adult calling to them

Morning #patchbirding and wader watch 4 bar-tailed godwit , c300 ringed plover and Dunlin , 3 whimbrel , a couple of oystercatchers and lapwing on Garston shore #pwc2025 #ukbirding

A beautiful evening walk around ditton brook , halebank Grey partridge,2 greylag and 4 Canada geese, coots, moorhens, lapwings, 2 gs woodpecker,swallows,yellowhammers, yellow &pied wags,linnets,house sparrows,kestrel, lots of hares and a fox

Morning #patchbirding Dunlin,ringed plover,2whimbrel,2common sandpiper ,house martins collecting mud from the shore and a fox out on early patrol #pwc2025

Lovely morning for waders on #patchbirding Garston shore Dunlin , ringed plover , sanderling , 3 whimbrel a few oystercatcher,shelduck and lapwing Accompanied by the sounds of whitethroat,sedge ,Reed warblers and buntings , stonechats feeding young . #pwc2025 #ukbirding

It’s fledge day for the local starlings 🙉😍 #ukbirding #starlings

A lovely afternoon on #patchbirding , mostly watching the raven family , 4 recently fledged young flying , preening each other and calling a lot 😂🖤 #pwc2025 #ukbirding

Todays #patchbirding highlights Whinchat 😍 ,2 lesser whitethroat, one was singing the other making a tacking sound . 3 whimbrel , 2 stonechat and watching little grebe family #pwc2025