Had an amazing four days #birdingWales with 7 pals staying Llantrisant then St David’s the weather was windy but mostly dry … never seen so many Manx shearwater 1000s past #StAnnsHead brilliant views of Chough in 3 locations beautiful scenery amazing wildflower verges left to grow 🐦‍⬛🌻

Also noticed missed day two #birdingWales morning rain at time #CwmClydach wow glorious steep wooded valley & stream Dipper family being fed Grey wagtail family then onto #WWTLlanelli beautiful Bullfinch (5) 30+ Black tailed godwit a lone Knot Swift Lapwing Pochard

Sorry missed day one #birdingWales trip with pals #NewportWetlands really enjoyed it lots of Sand martin Shelduck Cetti’s Little grebe Great spotted woodpecker

Last day #birdingWales saw us in #MinwearWoods great views of Treecreeper family 2 Tree pipit in the clear fell area singing Willow warbler a really pleasant walk

An amble (route march 😝) around #StMartinsHaven #birdingWales yesterday afternoon produced 10+ Chough Wheatear Puffin more Manx shearwater Razorbill Guillemot Raven Stonechat Meadow pipit Hooded crow Rock pipit (last 2 not seen by me)

Sea watching 09:30-11:45 yesterday #StAnnshead #Lighthouse #birdingWales 1000s of Manx shearwater passing through in windy conditions largest number I ever seen & really close in Fulmar Gannet Guillemot

Sea watch 06:00 yesterday #StDavidsLighthouse 2 Great northern diver Shag Gannet 3 Chough Guillemot #birdingWales Raven possible Merlin Sedge warbler

Hey found this large juvenile gull yesterday #birdingWales in with a lot of mixed GBB LBB & Herring but it stood out could it be Caspian 🤷🏼‍♂️ In cow field on approach road to St Ann’s lighthouse #Pembrokeshire @alanharrisbirdart.bsky.social @swallowbirding.bsky.social

What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine, in Suffolk: 1. Hoopoe! A fleeting view but, Wow! 2. Spotting an Artic Skua from the shore 3. Beautiful Roseate Tern at #Minsmere 4. Cute Shelduck chicks looking like humbugs 5. Surprise Little Owl! 🪶

Entry to our Spring Bird Photography Competition closes on Saturday - rules and details at www.ebws.org.uk/photocomp/sp... #essexbirding

New episode! I was delighted to speak with Mary Colwell about Curlews - the UK's largest wading bird. She founded Curlew Action which works to reverse the population decline of Curlews in the UK. Mary shares her love of this beautiful wader and its haunting song. casualbirder.com/episode147 🪶

We’re losing the only RSPB Reserve in Hertfordshire! 😡 A travesty for all wildlife in the county! www.rspb.org.uk/england/engl...

Norfolk Pseudoscorpion guide up and running! norfolknaturalists.org.uk/wp/wp-conten...

Beautiful morning on Saturday leading a Dawn Chorus for the Essex Wildlife Trust at Fingringhoe Wick. 3 TURTLE DOVES, SPOONBILL, CUCKOO, 20+ NIGHTINGALE, CORN BUNTING, BARN OWL plus an amazing sunrise! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

After the Dawn Chorus, I lead a day trip at Fingringhoe Wick where we saw nest-building REED WARBLERS, PAINTED LADIES galore, SLOW WORM and quite a few SMALL COPPER. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding #wildlife @bc-cambs-essex.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

EURASIAN HOBBY, LESSER WHITETHROAT, BARN OWL & CATTLE EGRET from Abberton Reservoir last week. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

A bitterly cold and windy day for the EBwS Field Trip to Rye Harbour but the birds were good inc B-W STILT, drake GARGANEY, 'Nordic' JACKDAW, WHIMBREL, LITTLE TERNS and lots more. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #sussexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding @sussexornitholo.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

🧵 I knew I had a hearing issue as I couldn’t hear the Yellow-browed Warblers I was finding during my #WestrayBirding. Then I read @wilsonjaredm.bsky.social’s blog on the subject and decided to start my ball rolling with an online hearing test on the RNIB site rnid.org.uk/information-... #BirdingGear

What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine, in Suffolk: 1. 1st of year Common Tern 2. Beautiful Firecrest 3. Singing Nightingales 4. Purring Turtle Dove 5. Lesser Whitethroat singing Bonus moment: Seeing / hearing 89 species on the #GlobalBigDay, a new personal record! 🪶

Lovely day spent in the Bedfordshire Chalk Downlands with some rather small BURNT-TIP ORCHIDS and lots of WHITE HELLEBORINES just coming into flower. #orchids #nature #wildflowers @bsbibotany.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

COMMON MILKWORT, GROUND PINE, PASQUE FLOWER & SANICLE from the Bedfordshire Chalk Downlands. #@bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #wildflowers #botany #nature

BLACK GUILLEMOTS, COMMON LOON, GREATER SCAUP & RING OUZEL from our recent tour to Speyside, Scotland. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #HighlandBirds @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Then onto Abberton Reservoir where our clients saw 10 SPOONBILLS, 5 CATTLE EGRETS, YELLOW WAGTAILS, lots of SWIFTS and some great views of COMMON TERN. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Cracking day guiding at RSPB Old Hall Marshes yesterday with AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, WOOD SANDPIPER, RUFF & BEARDED REEDLINGS among some of the great birds seen! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

BLACK GROUSE, HORNED GREBE, OSPREY & RED GROUSE from our recent tour to Speyside, Scotland. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #HighlandBirds @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Some of the wonderful mammals our clients encountered on our tour to Speyside, Scotland. PINE MARTEN, ROE DEER, BADGER & MOUNTAIN HARE. #Scotland #mammals #nature #wildlife @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

COMMON REDSTART, EURASIAN TREE SPARROW, EURASIAN WHIMBREL & ROCK DOVES from our recent tour to Speyside, Scotland. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #HighlandBirds @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN in the Moray Firth during our recent tour to Speyside, Scotland. #dolphins #nature #wildlife @whalesorg.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social #scotland

Trapped again #teammoth last night VC20 #RyeMeads 19/9 Pale tussock ✅ lifer, Pebble prominent Marbled minor Common swift Muslin Shuttle shaped dart (3) Pale mottled willow Treble lines (10) possible Carcina quercana flew off before ID

Hey guys #teammoth hoping for help with ID’s 1&4 Narrow winged grey(Eudonia angustea,) 2&3 (Eupithecia vulgata/ dodoneata)Oak or Common pug 🙏 would all be lifers for me .. VC20 #RyeMeads others last night 2 Poplar Hawkmoth 6 Treble lines Common Quaker

The birds woke us up at 5.00am to remind us it was #DawnChorusDay. Sound ON, though it is quite quiet as the birds are far away. [AD= sitting under the flowers and leaves of the wisteria at 5am. The sound of a distant dawn chorus in the city.]

Back home after a superb tour to Speyside, Scotland where one of the highlights was this WALRUS in Findochty Harbour. Luckily we were 5 mins away when news broke! #walrus #birding #scotland #nature @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine: 1. Watching Greylag Goose goslings experiencing the world 2. First of year Common Reed Warbler - species #148 of 2026 3. Close views of a Green Woodpecker 4. Seeing a Cuckoo! 5. First of year Corn Bunting - a surprise find! 🪶

Also came across these beautiful wooden sculptures in the same section of woodland 🥰 there be dragons & wraiths in them there woods @radiolento.bsky.social

Had a little bit of time for a break at work yesterday so managed a short walk in #HainaultForest #Chigwell for some #ForestBathing the calming bird song & rustling of the leaves in the wind with dappled sunshine 😍

Hubby heads back to Switzerland today, not sure when we'll next see eachother at this point due to work commitments, been referred to specialist neuro/spinal surgeon with regards L4/L5 & S1 & feel overwhelmed by the amount of work I need to do. I need to make more cute lemurs to cheer myself up

There's been a push of new birders arriving here recently and I'm glad to see it, including @joeharkness.bsky.social whose work well worth following. Here is @stevedudley.bsky.social's excellent blog on how BSky works again - bou.org.uk/blog-dudley-...

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More from yesterday’s mooch in Wrexham include Nephus quadrimaculatus (Ivy LB), Scymnus suturalis (Conifer LB), Anatis ocellata (Eyed LB) and new for my #LadybirdYearList Myrrha 18-guttata (18-spot LB) #Coccinellidae #Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

And finally, from Wrexham yesterday, are Rhyzobius lophanthae (Bristly LB), Scymnus interruptus (Red-flanked LB), Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Arboreal LB) and Scymnus haemorrhoidalis (Red-rumped LB) amongst others! #Coccinellidae #Ladybirds #MicroLadybird

What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine, in Essex: 1. Little Ringed Plovers calling & displaying 2. Surprise Black-winged Stilt 3. Wonderful Western Yellow Wagtail And back home: 4. Long-tailed Tit looking for insects 5. Sunlit Starlings showing iridescent plumage 🪶

MIGFEST TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!!! A great start to Migfest 2026 ticket sales this morning – thanks to everyone who’s already booked on. Weekend tickets, masterclasses and BBQ already selling well. 🎟️ buytickets.at/spurnbirdobs...

MARBLED DUCKS at S'Albufera Marshes showed well and included this pair. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #spain #birds #birding #mallorca @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

Set 2 traps at #RyeMeads VC20 Tuesday night the second being a battery operated version loaned to us by a local chap (Richard 👍) so we could trap in the middle of the reserve unfortunately due to cold conditions trapped 3/1 Muslin moth in the 2 traps … never mind onwards & upwards new friends 👍

Our clients enjoyed some nice views of several BALEARIC WARBLERS during our tour to Mallorca a few days ago. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #spain #birds #birding #mallorca @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

A visit to the Tramuntana Mountains in Mallorca was needed to find this wonderful singing MOLTONI'S WARBLER which showed nicely for our group! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #spain #birds #birding #mallorca @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

With perfect water levels, the wetlands were home to a good selection of waders including WOOD SANDPIPER, BLACK-WINGED STILTS, STONE-CURLEW & SPOTTED REDSHANKS. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #spain #birds #birding #mallorca @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

The Tramuntana Mountains were great for CINEREOUS, EGYPTIAN & GRIFFON VULTURES. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #spain #birds #birding #mallorca @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social