We have now published the April #PWC2026 review on our blog! Click this link to head over and see where you ended up in the league tables, as well as all the interesting patch birds over the month: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/apri... Thanks to everyone who has taken part so far!

All together now! ... "But Nige did take five million quid, and Nige would take five million more!" 💥💥💥 #RefUKkers

Tues, 12 May 2026 Working with Newcastle City Council, Esh Civils and ecologists to ensure best kittiwake outcome during Tyne Bridge Major Maintenance Works 2024-2028. Today’s meeting included Alastair Swan and Heather Wales (engineers from NCC; left) with Helen Wilson (right) & Dan Turner from TKP.

Getting behind with photos as is the case at this time of year. Safe to say this White-winged Scoter showed well yesterday at Kirkcaldy. Still thinks its an Eider despite the grief it gets from them @rarebirder.bsky.social #birdsseenin2026 @fifebirdnews.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social

A male Common cuckoo enjoying the caterpillars on Bodmin moor a couple of days ago. #birds #birding #spring

Noticing the spring & summer delight of Black-legged Kittiwakes almost tickling my feet on the River Tyne #NorthShields #UK #Birds

A female Reed Bunting takes a break from feeding her youngsters on a slowly decaying tree stump in the reed bed at Botany Bay, RSPB Lakenheath Fen. This is one of the last remnants of ancient fen and an SSSI, Site of Special Scientific Interest. #Birds #Nature

Purple Heron at Thetford Nunnery Lakes this morning #Birds

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeatheredFemmes, so here’s a female Amur Stonechat 😊🪶 Unlike the males in their black-faced breeding plumage, these ladies are a bit easier to photograph! 📷✨ ちょっと逆光気味だけどわりと近くで撮らせてくれました✌️ #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #AmurStonechat #ノビタキ #birds #野鳥

Out on Bittern and Marsh Harrier surveys this morning, lots of Cuckoo activity, managed to sneak up on this male. Oh and Black Tern on patch today!! #Birds #SuffolkBirding #PWC2026

It's Temmminck's time! Far more spring records than autumn ones - as shown in this old @birdtrack.bsky.social graph. More about wader migration here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/w... @jocelyngould.bsky.social @gary-woodburn.bsky.social @severnsidebirds.bsky.social

Say what you like about the British press, but I find it reassuring that they spend months ripping apart a Labour PM for properly declaring some glasses and football tickets, then all but ignore someone who wants to be PM when he tries to cover up a £5 million gift.

Even in late-blooming Hokkaido, the cherry blossoms are finally starting to fall… so here are three spring favorites together 😊🌸🪶 儚いなぁ #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Brown-earedBulbul #ヒヨドリ #WarblingWhite-eye #メジロ #EasternCrownedLeafWarbler #センダイムシクイ #birds #野鳥

‘Sum Plum’ Spotted Redshank on the Aln Estuary.

Did u know? We're conditioned to thinking that birds need our shop bought bird seeds.In the summer months there should be enough natural food in our gardens for forage.Provide fruit bearing plants such as Mahonia, Cotoneaster & Crab Apples & don't dig up yr weeds -their seed heads are a feast 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛

Our new research shows that HPAI increased Northern Gannet mortality by a factor of ~6 and ~4 at two of the world’s largest colonies. We predict this impact will take almost two decades to recover from. #biologicalconservation #seabirds #hpai Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111887

We spotted two male Garganey at Slapton Ley this morning. They were mooching about in the duck weed and being generally magnificent. #UKBirding

Led a guided walk at RSPB Lakenheath today, had good views of Hobbys, the main target, enabled another guest to see her first Cuckoo, plus sightings of Kingfisher, Curlew, Marsh harrier, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler Great Egret, amongst others and a family of Little Grebes. #Birds #Suffolkbirding

Before you swat – consider this: Each wasp helps control caterpillars and flies. They need our help, not our violence, writes naturalist, Vanna Bartlett

Exactly this! Kids shouldn't need adults to get from A to B safely. They need safe infrastructure, enabling them to go places independently!

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough! Of all the billions of animals on Planet Earth, you are one of the very very best. Thank you. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

ATTENBOROUGH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL. ♠ #TheTwoJonnies are recording an episode this evening, the big man himself is joining us to talk about his slightly longer media career and why The Two Jonnies have impressed him so much. An episode not to be missed! thetwojonnies.podbean.com

It's Swallowtail season soon! I'll be leading walks at the fantastic RSPB Strumpshaw Fen in celebration of it's 50th year of being open to the public, in hope of spotting these plus lots of other scarce wildlife of the area. #UKButterflies #UKBirding ➡️ Book here: events.rspb.org.uk/browse?filte...

My garden is a of hive activity with many youngsters including these 2 House Sparrows, overhead the Swifts areflashing around the sky screaming. #Birds

A sound of my childhood now no longer ☹️🥲

Species go up and down annually, but a two-thirds (66%) decline of a resident bird in a single year is sign of accelerating terminal decline - that's not a slump that the single-brooded, low-density, low dispersal Willow Tit is going to bounce back from. Bad years get worse, better years are rare.

Great visit to my favourite Breckland Heath: pre fledge Raven at nest, 2 ♂ Redstart, 17 Crossbill, ♂ Goshawk, Tree & Meadow Pipit, Curlew, Lapwing, 6 Woodlark, 8 Stonechat, 2 Nuthatch and bonus flyover Marsh Harrier and Oystercatcher. 1/3 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #ukbirding #birds

Bird of The Day - (Dappled) Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) strolling by the waters edge... Co. Galway, Ireland. #Dappled #BirdOfTheDay #EurasianWhimbrel #Birds #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

Up at the crack of dawn to survey booming male Bitterns at RSPB Lakenheath Fen. Also added Nightingale and Common Tern to the patch list. #Birds #PWC2026

I left Twitter/X because of the torrents of abuse, including antisemitic abuse. I've been on a few Palestine solidarity marches and I didn't experience any abuse at all, even when carrying a sign that mentions I'm Jewish. Remind me where antisemitism is breeding.

“We always seem to have money for war. But not to feed the poor.”

Boom! Great Reed Warbler on my patch RSPB Lakenheath Fen today! Not found by me but a welcome boost to this years score. #Bird #PWC2026

Popped over to Languard Poit, Felixstowe yesterday and after 1.5 hrs managed to see the Tawny Pipit. Too dustant for a photo but this Ringed Plover was obliging. #Birds #SuffolkBirding

First Hobby seen by me on my patch today and this evening the first 3 Swifts over the garden. #PWC2026 #Birds

From drug-smuggling SEND bosses and killer kitchen worktops to AI “experts” duping the media, the Paul Foot Award longlist shows the strength and range of journalism in 2026. ➡️ Find out who made the list: private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

Successful after school visit to Landguard to see the Tawny Pipit. Showed well despite the cuttung wind

The influx of Black-winged Stilts has reached as far north and west as Cheshire. My last UK sighting of these elegant birds was a family group on a farm pond in Cheshire three years ago, so it was good to catch up with the pair at Ashton's Flash. #ukbirding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Global Big Day - Saturday 9 May 🌍 Wherever you are in the world 🦢 Whichever birds you see ✅ Send your bird checklists to eBird ebird.org/news/global-bi… 😃Please share to reach as many people as possible & encourage them to join in#birdsuniteourworldld

A nice reminder below explaining about the value of reporting rare breeding birds. BirdTrack is one of the best routes to do so and adding breeding data is quick and easy.

Today,19 of us from @waveneybirdclub.bsky.social met at East Wretham at 8:30. We had House Martin,Yellow Wag,Willow Warbler,Common Redstart,and Tree Pipit,plus more The 8 of us left visited Cavenham Heath,where we had Grasshopper Warbler,Wheatear, and Cuckoo, to name a few. Thanks to Stevie Howell.

We found this Wood Sandpiper at Aldeburgh Town Marshes this morning.

Another three satellite-tagged Cuckoos have made it back to the UK and Ireland! 🙌 To sponsor a Cuckoo and follow their migrations on our interactive map visit www.bto.org/cuckoos. Thank you. 💚

Check out the species to watch out for in our BirdTrack Migration Blog ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work... Bird migration continues to progress with many summer migrants now widespread, later arriving species starting to appear & the earliest arriving species already starting to nest. 🪺

In the last of our series of videos about the BBS Team’s Early visits to their BBS squares, here is David from his square in Dorset. More about what the survey involves: www.bto.org/get-involved... @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Osprey webcam helps reserve visitor numbers to soar #Norfolk

The badger staggered his way around the London Marathon (slowly, 5:14) but what a wonderful experience it was – the positivity and kindness of the crowds was just amazing! It was pure joy, and a privilege to take part. Thank you everyone for your support for Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the badger!

Good to actually see this male Grasshopper Warbler reeling away today at RSPB Lakenheath Fen. Its been a good few days on the patch, with Avocet, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Woodpecker also added. No Black terns as yet though #PWC2026 #Birds #Sufolkbirding

Some phonescoped Iberian Chiffchaff this afternoon at Westleton Heath #Suffolkbirding

Lots of Avocets, Little Ringed Plovers and Meadow Pipits at Titchwell RSPB today for #BirdsSeenIn2026

It's that time of year again when waders are passing through the patch looking beautiful. A smart Bar-tailed Godwit and Knot were amongst the Dunlin, as well as a single Golden Plover. All mostly in their summer finery #SuffolkBirding