Wigeon looking dapper at Maltraeth Marsh. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

Pintail, that most elegant of ducks at Maltraeth Pool. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

Four Egyptian Geese and a Whooper Swan @rspbcymru.bsky.social Cors Ddyga. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

Anyone know where I can ID this Curlew I snapped tonight on the Glaslyn just as it was getting dark? Left leg Red Right leg Green over Yellow. Metal ring on lower right leg. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

Ringed Plovers on the flooded fields at Traeth Crugan, near Pwllheli this afternoon. Golden Plover flock also. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

I had a good afternnoon @rspbcymru.bsky.social Cors Ddyga today. Just about caught the Glossy Ibises before they flew off for a couple of hours. Little Stint also. The marshes are nicely full of water, unlike a month ago. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social #birdingwales

Fallow Deer feeding up for the winter (and a random rabbit) on a chilly Cannock Chase tonight. More videos in thread.... @thermal4birding.bsky.social @staffsmammalgroup.bsky.social @staffswildlife.bsky.social

Fantastic afternoon at RSPB Conwy yesterday. Dipped on Wood Sandpiper (again 🤣) but caught up with the 3 Curlew Sandpipers and had superb views of a Little Stint. Tea and Bara Brith to finish 😋 Video of Curlew Sandpipers in thread. @rspbcymru.bsky.social @birdsinwales.bsky.social #BirdingWales

Had a great day on Anglesey yesterday. Started at Malltraeth Pool then a sadly bone-dry Cors Ddyga. Redshank, Curlew, and Blackwit, a few Knot, Snipe and, happily, Ruff - that most elegant of waders 😊 Cattle Egrets at Cors Ddyga. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

Clouds of Soprano Pips wheeling above the Afon Glaslyn tonight. (Turn your volume down a little) Pulsar Axion 2 and Magenta Bat Detector. @mammalsociety.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social @thermal4birding.bsky.social

Juv. Black Tern off the dam and fishing club at @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social Belvide Reservoir at 6:55pm (Permit only). Viewed from the Chappell Hide. Also Green Sandpiper and Greenshank in the bund puddle.

Green Sandpiper leaving a DNA specimen at @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social Belvide Reservoir at the weekend 😅

I had brilliant, prolonged, close views of a Green Sandpiper at @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social Belvide Reservoir yesterday. Also found a Common Sandpiper hiding amongst the Starlings by the dam.

Soprano Pipistrelles hunting over the oakwoods in Snowdonia tonight. Also detected Lesser Horseshoe bats. Drop your volume a little bit to remove some of the hiss. (More video in thread) @northwaleswt.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @thermal4birding.bsky.social

Have I said North Wales is great before? 😅 First 7 minutes today produced 3 Ospreys, a Buzzard, 2 Red Kites, 2 Kestrels and a Raven. Supporting cast of Stonechats and Sedge Warbler. Beautiful weather as well. Pics / video to follow. @britishbirds.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

A thread of photos of butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers etc from Saudi Arabia. As I never found a "Field Guide to Insects of Saudi Arabia" I never really tried identifying anything. So I'm posting them here for the titillation of the intetested observer.

Common Sandpiper thinking it's a Meadow Pipit, in the hills above Llyn Tegid. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

It rained in Snowdonia last night until after 10pm but when it finally stopped we were treated to excellent views of a Nightjar. We just stood quietly on a path at the edge of the heath and it flew over to us. Thread @birdsinwales.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social #birdingwales

Grey Seal enjoying it's dinner @northwaleswt.bsky.social Cemlyn Bay this evening.

Dinner time after a great afternoon in the sun @northwaleswt.bsky.social Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey.

Sandwich Terns returning from the shops at Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey this afternoon. Plus a bonus Black Guillemot which was way out in the bay. @northwaleswt.bsky.social @birdsinwales.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social #birdingwales

A good night with Nightjars in Snowdonia. Several birds seen / heard. Watch the videos with volume right up. Stick with the long one to the end to see two Nightjars meet up. Thread Pulsar Axion 2 @birdsinwales.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social #birdingwales

Tern-fest @northwaleswt.bsky.social Cemlyn Bay. Be sure to talk to the warden, he will always point you in the right direction 😊 Roseate, Sandwich, Common and Arctic (Bonus 2cy Med Gull in the thread) @birdsinwales.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

Great afternoon at RSPB South Stack. I'm always amazed by the seabird hordes. Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes and Gannets aplenty, few Puffins. A gull wisely getting out of the Gannet's way in my photo. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social

Nightjars in Snowdonia last night (More videos in thread) @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Had a good evening of wildlife watching in Staffordshire. 11 Woodcock, 2 Nightjars, plenty of Fallow Deer and a very startled fox who should have been more careful as he ambled up to 15 yards from where I was standing 😊 Videos in thread @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social @thermal4birding.bsky.social

Spending an enjoyable afternoon watching the Fallow Deer on Cannock Chase. @mammalsociety.bsky.social

Saw this Nightjar whilst batwatching in Snowdonia last night. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @northwaleswt.bsky.social #birdingwales

The garden in Snowdonia feeling like an @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social and @iolowilliams.bsky.social Best of Wales tour today 😂

The Sedge Warblers were showing well on my patch in the hills above Prenteg, adding their song to the din from the Stonechats, Cuckoos and Willow Warblers. Two Ospreys also. Wonderful weather this morning. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

Brilliant day @rspb Middleton Lakes with Ken Summers. Highlights were: Bittern, seen and heard, 7 Hobbys simultaneously performing an acrobatic air show, Cuckoo, seen and heard, 7 Warbler species, Many many butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies. @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Dad doing the spadework in Snowdoinia.... @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

It was all Chats and Wheatears in the hills above Prenteg, Snowdonia this weekend.... (videos in replies) @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

Great day in my @btocymru.bsky.social Breeding Bird Survey square in Snowdonia Red Kite, Hen Harrier, Buzzard, Raven, Cuckoo (2 seen), Whinchat, Stonechat, Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit Super weather as well Now chips in Bala @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

Don't forget that this Saturday is the @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social Open Day and AGM. There is something for everyone and the wonderful @rspb.bsky.social Middleton Lakes as well.

Made the most of the dry afternoon by ambling around my favourite hills in Snowdonia. Wheatears, male Redstart, Reed Buntings, tons of Willow Warblers and Meadow Pipits, Stonechats, Buzzards, two Kestrels, two Ospreys and two Choughs. @birdsinwales.bsky.social @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

Two weeks of unbroken blue sky in North Wales? It's never right 😂 Surely due some wrath-of-God type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky; rivers and seas boiling; forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes; dogs and cats living together.... (Ghostbusters 🤣) #birdingwales

My @btobirds.bsky.social Cudyll Cymru Raptor monitoring square is about 2km from my BBS square, so I did both today in a long chilly day in the hills. Inevitably saw 4 times more raptors in the BBS square, although I did see 2 Crossbills in the CC square 🤪😂 @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

There could be worse vantage points for the @btobirds.bsky.social Cudyll Cymru survey of Welsh raptors I suppose 😊 @btocymru.bsky.social #birdingwales

The @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social is very excited to invite both members & non-members to its very first WMBC Open Day!! 🥳 📅 Saturday 26th April 2025 ⏰10am - 4pm 📍 Middleton Hall & Gardens The event is FREE and no booking is required. Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you all there!

1. In November I reviewed Helikon-Tex's excellent Pilgrim Jacket which is great for bird and wildlife watching. Now it's the turn of the equally good Pilgrim Trousers Like the Jacket they are made from 65/35 'Duracanvas' polycotton which is windproof, breathable and durable. More... #birdinggear

2 Red-Throated Divers off Aberdesach. #BirdingWales @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Greenshank with a broken foot Foryd Bay #birdingwales @birdsinwales.bsky.social

Snow Goose at Dinas Dinlle. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #BirdingWales

In the garden in Snowdonia....

First Hawfinch of the year in the garden in Snowdonia today. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

27 Whooper Swans in the fields between Garreg and Pont Croesor. @birdsinwales.bsky.social #birdingwales

Driving back across the Chase from the @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social talk tonight I managed to spot this fox going about his business. Look how insulated his tail is compared to the rest of him. @mammalsociety.bsky.social @staffsmammalgroup.bsky.social @thermal4birding.bsky.social

Fantastic turnout for the last Stafford Branch @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social evening talk of the winter. Emily Cunningham MBE gave us a fascinating, and thought-provoking, talk on conservation science in Antarctica. See you all for the next series in October!