The Severn estuary super-flyway has started for the Spring 😊 38 Barwits north through Splatt this morning #Glosbirds

Great Reed Warbler caught & released in Sykes Field at 8am

BoC 📸 Harry Appleyard

Another 3 Kittiwake through at Shustoke res #Warksbirds during heavy rainstorm late afternoon today. Great to hear them calling loudly as flying over with two dropping in briefly. 750+ Sand Martin in large flocks high at times and then dropping down to water level.
Yellow wag new for #PWC2026

Velociraptor!?

Large Red Damselfly #odanata

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Streamer flushed out the woodshed
#teammoth @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

Love being on patch but even better when stuff uses areas we have all worked on.

9 new ✔️ for #PWC2026 today!
Gropper in area of wetland restoration that we done in the Autumn #LadywalkNR then told by a regular that an ad male Pied Fly was in the ride we cleared a few years ago!
Finished with a drop in Kiitiwake at Shustoke res late pm during heavy shower #Warksbirds

The nest of a TreeGuardCreeper 😄

🧐nice spot, thanks

Common Dolphin and Calf. Berry Head

Common Dolphin and Calf. Berry Head

Common Dolphin and Calf sticking close together as they and the pod get into the fish at the end of Berry Head.

Looking for Cuckoo flower amongst the forget me nots around the woodyard at #LadywalkNR #wildflower and found a motionless Orange tip in the cool weather making it easy to photograph @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social
Also added Whitethroat and House Martin for #PWC2026

Good trip to Peak District around Stanage Edge/Hathersage.
Ring Ouzel, Wheatear, Golden plover, Curlew, Redstart, Pied Flycatcher and Mandarin along with plenty of Willow warbler and parachuting Meadow Pipits.
#UKBirding

Snipe news!
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Two Snipe tagged in Iceland by José Alves left Ireland at dusk on 5 April and reached Iceland 17 hours later. See map.
Averaging 80 and 87 km/h
@birdwatchireland.bsky.social
#ornithology

Nightingale calling on my site for the first time this year. They seem to return to exactly the same spot each year. Such a highlight of spring.
You have to have the sound on for this!

Went to see the American Bittern again last night near Cork. Photo is the best I could come up with as dusk and dawn are really the only times it makes a show.
@birdguides.bsky.social
@rarebirder.bsky.social
#eireroadtrip

Green-veined White #LadywalkNR
@bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

First time I have ever got close to an Orange Underwing on the deck, still had to do Binocs/phone video to get close!…was quickly hoovered up by a Robin…. Maybe that’s why they never seem to stop flying! Few in flight around woodyard at #LadywalkNR #teammoth @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social

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Great record Dale 👏🏻

#vc55birds #birding #nocmig #ukbirds
Garden tick gold. Stone Curlew, Croft Leicestershire on 6th April 04.36 #lros

Nice comparison of wheatear ‘types’ this AM at Greenlands Farm, Studland with both nominate Northern Wheatear (left) and Greenland sub species (right) feeding next to one another @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Feeling far more Spring-like today - an ideal opportunity to advertise the Spring edition of the West Midlands All-day Birdwaching taking place this year on Saturday 2nd May.
Usual format - record as many species as you can on your patch in 24 hours.
#westmidsalldayer
@westmidbirdclub.bsky.social

Public identification has always been a key part of preventing yellow-legged Asian hornets spreading in the UK.
Hard copies of these A4 posters can be obtained free from the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat
Email: nnss@apha.gov.uk

Turtle Dove Conservation At Brewery Farm Podcast Episode · The Oakbank Pod · 1 April · 1hr 9min

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This is a really great listen. As well as being very thought provoking, I learnt a lot of new information. Graham is a fantastic advocate for farming, conservation and the countryside.

Cracker

Not always easy to get a Wheatear on my 3k patch, so pleased to catch up with one early in the year.
A @moocher.bsky.social find earlier today at #LadywalkNR on the shoreline we cleared in Autumn.
Also added LRP for #PWC2026

I think this is about as good a start to April that I could’ve ever imagined!

White-spotted Bluethroat ringed at Skagen. Only the second spring male to ever be caught here!

🦇As the weather gets warmer, brown long-eared bats will start shedding their ear muffs which protects their fragile ears from the cold during hibernation.

If you find these on the floor in your local area, you are in luck - brown long-eared bats are around! 🥰