Grey Plover Lea Marston found by @mattp1975.bsky.social #WarksBirds

A nice day out in Cambs/Lincs with Nightingale, Red-footed Falcon and this Crane family as highlights #ukbirds

A showy Jack at Whitacre Heath NR #Warksbirds yesterday along exposed edge as levels drop, not the hoped for Wood Sand but an extra 2 points for #PWC2026 Lesser Whitethroat rattling from car park. Call from @benjeaton.bsky.social and caught up with 4 Arctic+1 Common Tern, Swift at Shustoke Res

Whitemoor Haye so far 2 Black-tailed Godwit still, no sign of Whimbrel. 1 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Wheatear, 2 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Channel Wagtail. 12 Swift. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social Full list later

Just returned from a break in North Yorkshire, straight to Whitemoor Haye and from quarry entrance 1 Bar-tailed and 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank and 2 Redshank @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Back in the Midlands for the spring so Middleton Lakes RSPB becomes the temporary patch again. Good to be back there. Lots of year ticks; 3 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler and this cracking male Whinchat. Avocets + Little Ringed Plovers displaying and Bitterns booming too #ukbiring #WMBC

Whimbrel at Whitemoor Haye this afternoon #staffsbirds

Sketches of the Hooded Merganser at Alvecote Pools. #UKbirding #birds #birdart #sciart

Hooded Merganser (fem) at Alvecote Pools, Warwickshire today. Fully-winged, wary and scoffing voraciously all day. It also doesn’t appear to carry any leg rings. #peakybirders #patchbirding #localpatch #ukbirding 🪶

A relatively quiet morning at Waxham, with the exception of a side-by-side view of the Glaucous and Iceland Gulls off Waxham Sands Campsite. A single White Wagtail was also of note on the campsite turf.

Excellant morning at #Middletonlakes starting with 7Cattle Egrets GWE 14Avocet 6Redshank 2LRP 6singing Blackcap 24Chiffchaff 4Oystercatcher 2Shelduck Great Black-backed Gull White Wagtail and 3Pied Wagtail 2Skylark and the iffy Red-breasted Goose

Can't decide on this gull at Middleton Lakes this afternoon #staffsbirds

2 Common Scoter at Whitemoor Haye this morning #staffsbirds @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

Hume’s warbler was found on Saturday 17th January. Over a month of visits I obtained many call recordings (which I compared to sonographs of Hume’s) video and a few decent pictures of it (this isn’t one of them) so that I could send it of to the BBRC. Lovely experience of a tricky warbler.

Patch mega! HUME’S! 2nd patch record for the 3k @patchbirding.bsky.social #PWC2026 Strip of woodland between main reserve at #LadywalkNR and Lea Marston Church( now been gifted to manage as part of main reserve) Brief views but very vocal/flighty. Another top find @northwarksbirder.bsky.social

Elford to Fisherwick 8 Bean Geese at midday but flew off at 12.05. 4 Whooper Swans still. Whitemoor Haye. At least 1 Slavonian Grebe 5 Oystercatcher @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Elford to Fisherwick. 9 Bean Geese 4 Whooper Swan 13 Shelduck @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

3 Barnacle, 60 White-fronted Goose, 4 Whooper in field at Elford this morning. @mercianbirding.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

Amazing flock of c60 White-fronted Geese and 3 Barnacle at Elford, Staffordshire #staffsbirds.

Grey Partridge Whitemoor Haye during week #StaffsBirds

Grey Plover from Whitemoor Haye today #StaffsBirds

As #localpatch finds go, this one was up there🤘🔥 Yellow-browed Warbler - Kingsbury Firing Range/Hurley Treatment works - 26/12 #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding

2 R B Merganser still Draycote. Also Common Scoter drake and GND still #ukbirding #Warwickshirebirds #warksbirds

American Golden Plover Eyebrook this afternoon #ukbirding #leicsbirds

White-rumped Sandpiper still Blithfield 2.40pm in Blithe Bay. Also 2 Crossbill over. BN Grebe, 5 Ruff, 3 Curlew Deep End #ukbirding #staffsbirds @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

White Rumped Sand Blithe Bay, Blithfield. (With GJM.) Also Spoonbill.

Snow Bunting in Leics #ukbirding

Bairds Sandpiper at Rutland today #ukbirding

Leach's Storm Petrol, Blithfield Res, deep end. (With GJM)

White-rumped Sandpiper at Siblyback this morning after an enjoyable few days in Cornwall.

2 juv Curlew Sandpipers #middletonlakes this afternoon #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Shustoke Res - Little Tern? at the east end. Small, quiet, restless flickering flight style, constantly dipping to the water. The question mark is observer unfamiliarity with the species, but I don't know what else it can be.

#middletonlakes so far this morning - Greenshank (canal scrape), Ruff, 8 LRP, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Tern, 3 GWE. Temperature has shot up in last 15 mins.

Enjoyable morning's birding #middletonlakes Wheatear Ruff Barnacle Goose Marsh Harrier 7 Green Sandpipers 4 LRP 2 Redshank (1 Juv) 9 Snipe 4 C Terns f Goosander 2 GWE Barn Owl #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding

Ruff currently on West Scrape #middletonlakes

Spotted FlycatcherAlvecote in Old Orchard @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social #staffsbirds

Nice Wood Sandpiper at Middleton this afternoon. Also 3 Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, LRP #Middletonlakes #StaffsBirds

Garganey currently on West Scrape #MiddletonLakes @staffs-birds.bsky.social @mercianbirding.bsky.social

Black Tern Whitemoor Haye on roadside from quarry entrance @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Little Tern currently on JWS @RSPBMiddleton. Excuse the sniff half way through!

Whitemoor Haye to 20.00 this evening. 5 Tundra Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 Sanderling and 2 Grey Plover still. Also 30+ Common Tern on back pits. With @tamebirding.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

In the hotel room this evening when news came in that 3 blue cheeked bee eaters had been seen at Akrotiri. One quick dash later. #birds ##rarebirds #birding ##birdphotography

Fabulous 11 days on Cyprus with @julianallen.bsky.social. 161 Species seen - some pics by Julian attached. Also found my number one target on our penultimate day - Blue-Cheeked BeeEater #cyprusbirds

Finsch's wheatear showed well at Paphos this afternoon #cyprusbirds

Red-breasted Goose still Kingsbury #WarksBirds

Whitemoor Haye Tundra Bean Goose on roadside pit viewable from opposite Quarry entrance @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

Tundra Bean Goose #LadywalkNR this morning, reserve is heavily flooded with limited access #UKBirding

Red-Necked Grebe Rutland Water this morning

Adult & juv Black-necked Grebes Cliff Water Ski Lakes (formerly Dosthill Lake I think) Warwickshire #ukbirding #middletonlakes #mercianbirding

Red-crested Pochard (pr) for third day at least, adding a bit of much needed birding interest - Kingsbury Water Park - Swann Pool. Quiet otherwise, still not seen any winter thrushes in the park this autumn. #warksbirding #ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding