Along the fence on the west side of the main pools Phil. Opposite the rapeseed fields 👍

Back in the Midlands for the spring so Middleton Lakes RSPB becomes the temporary patch again. Good to be back there. Lots of year ticks; 3 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler and this cracking male Whinchat. Avocets + Little Ringed Plovers displaying and Bitterns booming too #ukbiring #WMBC

What a morning up the Great Orme! Vismig Green Woodpecker, Redpolls, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wheatears, Whitethroat, Siskins, Hirundines + Pipits on the move. Offshore the 2000+ Common Scoter flock contained a drake Surf Scoter and drake Velvet Scoter! A classic morning ☺️👍 #ukbirding #birdingwales

Migrants arriving last few days in North Wales. 4 Ospreys together! Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warblers, Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warblers ++, all 3 hirundines + ‘Greenland’ Wheatears. Great to share the Great Orme patch with top man Geoff Hawkins today #birdingwales #ukbirding

2 Sandwich Tern, Great Northern Diver, 5 Red throated Diver + 30 Common Scoter off Ynyslas beach, Ceredigion this morning. Nearby, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 6 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Sand Martin, 7 Great crested Grebe at the Dyfi around mouth of the River Leri. #birdingwales #ukbirding

A cracking couple of hours in a brisk NW wind at New Brighton with Wirral legend Allan Conlin @wirralbirder.bsky.social - 5 Little Gulls (3 adult, a 2nd winter and a 1st winter, 80+ Kittiwake, Razorbill, Bar-tailed Godwit, Purple Sandpiper and this ringed Cormorant in mouth of R.Mersey #ukbirding

Looking at photos last night it seems only one bird was involved. See pic of ‘both’ birds y’day with same two dark feathers under the eye. Amazing how one bird can look so different in changing light conditions, backgrounds, photo angles. The gull is still present today #ukbirding #birdingwales

Two adult Bonaparte’s Gulls at Llanrhystyd, Ceredigion this morning. Amazingly I found one and the same field in 2004 and @arfonwilliams.bsky.social found one there last year! 17 Med Gulls, 5 Sand Martin + 3 Wheatears too. One bird still present when I left at 12pm. #ukbirding #birdingwales ☺️👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Good thing it was singing 😂👍

An enjoyable walk around Conwy RSPB. At least 6 singing Cetti’s Warbler including the stunning leucistic bird. A pair of Long tailed Tits building a nest, adult Med Gull, Great White Egret, 8 singing Chiffchaff and a Black-tailed Godwit. #UKbirding #birdingwales

A superb few days in the arid desert south of the Morocco’s High atlas. 116 species up for the trip so far (in 4.5 days!). Thick-billed Lark, Temminck’s Lark, Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Lanner Falcon, Cream-coloured Coursers and loads of migrants. A superb Desert Horned Viper too. Off to the Desert today🇲🇦

Hi Joe. We had 9. 8 lekking and one young male resting up nearby. Shame numbers have decreased.

First few days in Morocco just a bit special. We haven’t even left Marrakesh area yet and we’re on 70 species. Thanks to Jack Pettit for the photos. Moussier’s Redstarts, Rock Sparrows, Plain Martin and ‘Moroccan’ Wagtail in pics. Up to the High Atlas today, can’t wait ☺️👍 🇲🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

What a morning to be in the Welsh uplands. Great to show Mark and Sophie some March highlights of North Wales for Birdwatching Trips. Lekking Grouse, displaying Goshawks, bobbing Dippers and buzzing Willow Tits. Great scenery, amazing birds! @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social #birdingwales #ukbirding

Enjoyable day travelling back from Norfolk. 13 Cranes and hundreds of wild Swans at Walney with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social , Corn Buntings, drake Ring-necked Duck, Red-necked Grebe and a Hume’s Warbler (its chosen habitat below) at various stops on the way home #ukbirding

Last full day on the North Norfolk coast with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social - Black necked and Slavonian Grebes at Brancaster, along with flock of Long tailed Ducks, A Red throated and Great Northern Diver. Several Grey Partridge at Docking, Scaup, Water Rail and Firecrest at Titchwell #ukbirding

Another superb day in Norfolk with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social and co. 27 Snow Buntings showing superbly at Holme, Fulmars playing in the wind at Hunstanton and a grey ghost male Hen Harrier giving sublime views at Stiffkey Saltmarsh. Thousands of waders, ducks and geese too ☺️👍 #ukbirding

Another great day in north Norfolk with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social The Eastern Black Redstart showed superbly at Sheringham, 3 Glossy ibis and 3 Cattle Egret at Stiffkey, Goshwaks, Dartford Warblers and Woodlarks up on the heaths and Spoonbills, thousands of Geese, waders and ducks! #Ukbirding

Good day at Holkham, Norfolk with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social and co. A mega flock of 685 Russian White-fronted Geese, 13 Bean Geese, 200 Barnacle Geese, 12 Spoonbill, 15 Woodcock, Bittern + thousands of ducks and waders. This c-r WFG has been seen in Latvia, Poland, Germany and Holland! #ukbirding

A good start to a week in Norfolk guiding with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social Good group and great birds on our first afternoon around Titchwell RSPB @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social 80 species in half a day inc. Long-tailed Ducks, Scaup, Water Rail, Barn + Tawny Owl 👍 #ukbirding #birdingnorfolk

🤣 that would make them a white footed goose ☺️👍

Finally caught up with some Russian White-fronted Geese. 63 of these beauties next to the road south of Holt in the Dee Valley, Wrexham. Great Egret, 100+ Wigeon, 3 Goosander, 4 Shoveler, 2 Curlew and 300+ Lapwing on flooded fields too. #birdingwales #UKbirdinv

A few hours pre-rain at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire this morning. Adult Yellow-legged Gull (with 50+ LBBG and 25 HGs), 12+ Great White Egrets, 15 Little Egret, 9 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 130 Lapwing, 44 Wigeon and 2 Goosander being the highlights. #Birdingwales #UKbirding

A walk at Gronant, Flintshire - Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 2arsh Harrier and 4000+ Common Gulls. A Norwegian ringed and UK ringed Common Gull amongst the throngs. Gulls were arriving all the time so an evening visit in calm conditions is on the cards! #ukbirding #birdingwales #cr-biring #euring

Distant + pouring with rain, but I think there’s just enough to i.d this as Anglesey’s second Caspian Gull. Dark tertials, long gangly legs (especially tibia), thin black bill + white rounded head, size. It also showed a nice black tail band + white auxiliaries when it flew #birdingwales #ukbirding

Great day out on Ynys Mon (Anglesey) and North Wales coast with Paul Leafe yesterday. bufflehead, 3 Great N Diver, 3 Slavonian Grebe, Caspian Gull, Med Gulls, Yellow-b Warbler, Green winged Teal and this superb Peregrine chasing 1000s of waders! #ukbirding #birdingwales

Finally caught up with the Morfa Madryn LNR Green-winged Teal today. The Yellow-browed Warbler showing well in its usual spot with 2 Chiff-chaff. All birds vocal today with YBW calling regularly and Chiff-chaff in full song. #ukbirding #birdingwales

Nice to Year tick the Welsh Bufflehead this afternoon. An Anglesey tick to boot. Good to catch up with the Anglesey birders who were celebrating a good bird on their patch. ☺️👍 #birdingwales #ukbirding

Catching up with a few local year ticks after being out of the country. The Yellow-browed Warbler was at Morfa Madryn NR along with a showy Firecrest. 11 Greenshank and 5 Pale-bellied Brent Geese on the saltmarsh too. #birdingwales #ukbirding

This card in my Brooke Bond tea card collection as a boy has always excited me. Today I finally saw my first species of Archer Fish, and even saw it squirt water! Also Needle Fish! Awesome Thailand! With @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social