Thanks Carolyn. Checking my records, only seen three times before. Cracking bird. 😮

Masked shrike studies, Fikardou Φυκάρδου 🇨🇾 yesterday. So many seen in the village and on hikes on the slopes of the Troodos mountains. Have only seen a juvenile before, in Jordan. Stunning birds. #birdingcyprus #birds @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social

Stone curlew, Spiro’s Pool, Larnaca 🇨🇾. Pair passing through this morning, amongst the beach scrub. Gave some good flyby views before heading on north. Brought my Cyprus ✅ list to 98 these last six days. #birdingcyprus #birds @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social

Eastern olivaceous warbler, Kouris River, Cyprus. I paid for this Life ✅ photograph with several large insect bites at the M1 Pools today. Well worth it. 😊 #birdingcyprus #birds @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social

Isabelline wheatear, Larnaca, Cyprus
Camouflaged in the stubble fields this morning, late passage through after the rains. Sewage works here continue to deliver. 😊 #birdingcyprus #birds @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social

Me to leave! 🤣

Collared pratincole, Spiro’s Pool, Larnaca, Cyprus yesterday evening. 22 counted, always glorious birds.
I fondly remember my very first with @john_cantelo when at Barbate, Cadíz 🇪🇸. #birdingcyprus #birds @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social

Marsh sandpiper in the ruff, Spiro’s Pool, Larnaca, Cyprus 🇨🇾 Birds put up by lightning strikes in the gloom after dawn today, but largely very accommodating. #birdingcyprus #birds @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social

Greater flamingo, Spiro’s Pool, Larnaca this morning. Lightning strikes put them up a few times, and a little closer to me in my Faraday cage. Fantastic collection of waders at the moment here. #birdingcyprus #birds @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social

Spectacled warbler, nr Spiro’s Pool, Larnaca, Cyprus 🇨🇾 this morning.
Popped into view along the coastline scrub as I was photographing a red-backed shrike. #birds #birdingcyprus @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social

Collared flycatcher, Μενεού pools, Larnaca this morning. Very accommodating male, with such beautiful contrasting colours. #birdingcyprus #birds @birdsaroundcy.bsky.social @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social

Superb!

Local old redstart nesting box had finally fallen apart over winter. So I’ve built a new one to same dimensions and replaced today. Recycled front plate, ties and rubber hinge. Here’s hoping the returning pair actually return, for everyone to enjoy. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social

Messing about with my watercolours and ink today, been a couple of decades since last time, but a more recent focus.

Wheatear, Commondale
My first views of one of our locals returning to territory for the summer, in brutal winds across the @northyorkmoors.bsky.social A few more to follow yet I hope. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding

Red-legged honeycreeper, Pérez Zeledón, CR 🇨🇷. One of my favourite tanagers from our trip in February. 9.2.26 #birdingcostarica #birds

Little ringed plover, Scaling Dam
One of the pair feeding in front of the hide recently, always a welcome return. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.bsky.social @waderquest.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding

Beautiful sparrowhawk, Sleddale.
Dropping in on the dry stone wall at Wayworth Farm just now; too close to get in the frame. Just keep away from the wheatear then they return please. 🤞 @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @northyorkmoors.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding

Hope you’re on the mend Dawn. 🤞

Raven, Commondale
Battle-weary individual cronking mid-afternoon today. Incidental spot whilst hoping the wheatears have returned. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding

Glen Lochy, Argyl & Bute, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 at lunchtime today. Silence but for River Lochy. Glorious.

They really are!

Golden-hooded tanager, Arenal, CR 🇨🇷 My favourite bird seen in Costa Rica, in four different locations. Always a thrill when one appeared. Incredible colours. This from 30.1.26 #birds #birdingcostarica

Mealy amazon, Tortuguero, CR 🇨🇷
Didn’t get many close views of this parrot species, but pleased when one was more interested in a having a low canopy meal than avoiding me. By the national park entrance, 3.2.2026 #birds #birdingcostarica

Snow bunting, South Gare, Redcar
16 feeding along the dunes; plenty of skylark displaying, linnets and goldfinch too in the bursts of sunshine. @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding @teeswildlife.bsky.social

Beauties. 😊

Tundra bean goose, Ruswarp, Whitby
One of two still present noon in fields beyond train station, with 18 white-fronts. With thanks to @paulnewton61.bsky.social and Mark E for info. @nybirdnews.bsky.social @teesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Crested caracara, Golfito CR 🇨🇷
Enjoyed watching this beauty dodging traffic on the Vía 245 to extract a basilisk corpse. 7.2.2026 #birds #birdingcostarica

Wonderful! 🤣

Yellow-headed caracara, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 8.2.2026. Pair were kind enough to appear and pose whilst I was checking out random patches of water. #birds #birdingcostarica