Great horned owl family
California gnatcatcher
California quail
Long billed curlew
Some more california species before leaving and heading into arizona tomorrow morning. #birding #california
California condor
California condor
Lawrence's goldfinch
Nuttalls woodpecker
Scoring more california specialists with condor , Lawrence's goldfinch and Nuttalls woodpecker all range restricted species. #california #birding
Island scrub jay
Island scrub jay
Nashville warbler
Island fox
A day spent on santa cruz Island seeing one of the most range restricted birds in the US Island scrub jay and the island fox if your ever in this part of the world get yourself across to the island. #birding #california #santacruzisland
Yellow billed magpie
California scrub jay
California thrasher
California towhee
1st full day in california scoring quite a few target species for the trip so far. #birding #california
Yeah looks a match for sure. 40 miles trip north wonder where it'll end up.
White stork
Trentham gardens
White stork of unknown origin circled/flew south for 9mins 1031 to 1039 highlight of spring so far. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
Quality blue-headed vireo are the one I saw in FL was part of a mixed winter flock of various sp
Marsh tit going the same way its literally a race between the two species which will go first from staffs marsh tit only found reliably in eastern north staffs heading towards Derbyshire
Now and the next 4 weeks are the very best time of year to find Willow Tits, which are paired and defending territories. They're at their most vocal and obvious until the leaves come out. Report all certain sightings to county recorder and @birdtrack.bsky.social to help monitor remaining populations
Pale brindled beauty
Dotted border
Someone woke up the moths today found a dotted border at trentham gardens and pale brindled beauty at work #mothsmatter #teammoth also still 6 euro white-fronts and a pink foot at mill meece #staffsbirds
I always thought thats one of the places the great egret that roosts at trentham goes.
Hahaha should be shot 😂
Crappy shit of ybw this morning
Westport scaup
2 of 8 RN parakeets
new years birding westport lake ybw, scaup, 7 pochard. Ford green singing willow tit ,3 teal. Holden lane pool 8 RN parakeets total 43 birds before having to go work. First moth of the year the hibernating hummingbird hawkmoth is still present on the wall #staffsbirds #teammoth #staffsbirding
You to mate probably see you out somewhere in the new year.
No westport bird still there reported while I was watching this one.
Number 103 for the trentham year list.
Scaup with a nice comparison tufted behind
Trentham gardens
Female/juv scaup , Mandarin, 35 gadwall , wigeon , 70 tufted , 2 goosander, 2 water rail. Last visit of the year to Trentham finished on 103 +ruddy shelduck from 119 visits. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding
Lucky to get all 3 of the rosy-finches in Dec 2023 at sandia crest on 2nd attempt.
It really is one of the best places i've been too.
6 barely visible golden plover
Parkhall cp Christmas walk around.
6 golden plover first I've seen here since 2021 but i know others have seen them more recently. A few winter thrushes around in the cold wind. 🎄 #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #merrychristmas
Sadly not this time. Not sure who did.
Male blackcap
Perfectly obscured ybw
Abit less obscured ybw
Part of the 17 pochard on the lake
Winter solstice Yellow-browed warbler at westport lake also 2 chiffs , blackcap and 17 pochard. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding
The wall
Hummingbird hawkmoth wasnt what i was expecting when I spotted a moth shape on the wall
Not a moth i was expecting to come across in December but just found a hummingbird hawkmoth possibly hibernating at work. #mothsmatter #teammoth #staffsmoths
The new update to the BirdTrack app introduces several features aimed at helping us collect accurate bird data and alert you to those slip of the finger data entry errors #ukbirding
Brambling
Brambling
2 brambling and a Chaffinch
Another finch fest at burnt wood (loggerheads) 12+ brambling, 60+ linnet , 60+ Chaffinch roosting together also siskins , redpolls(lesser) , bullfinches and greenfinches also in the woods. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding
1 of 4 brambling roosting amongst chaffinch
1 of 3 crossbill
Tree sparrow at bent lane
Decent sunday for the last day of november with 3 crossbill , 4 brambling , 100+ linnet , 30+ Chaffinch and 4 redpoll (lesser) roosting in the burntwood (loggerheads) also tree sparrow bent lane #staffsbirding #staffsbirds
Otter on water of leith
Otter water of leith
Weasel holyrood park
Weasel holyrood park
Some wildlife in the capital of Scotland Edinburgh proving nature and cities can co exist. #Edinburghwildlife #Edinburghnature #uknature
Kingfisher river Avon
Bath river avon
Bath abbey
Roman baths at bath the oldest part in this photo is the water the rest was victorian design.
Bath was the next stop heading out of the capital a place I had never been before not much wildlife other than a local kingfisher but some great architecture. #Bath
Firecrest highgate cemetery
Red crested pochard
One of many capital foxes found
Tower of london
While touring the uk this October some highlights starting in london. Always amazing to see how much wildlife there is in the capital. #londonwildlife #londonnature
Common puffballs
Orange birch bolete
Fly algaric
Fly algaric
Park hall cp
Merlin hunting flock of 30 linnet between parkhall and Hulme. 8 crossbill flying over the conifers appeared to land only my 2nd record here. Also 20 redpoll, 2 siskin ,3 chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest. Also a fine selection of fungi on display still too. #staffsbirding #staffsbirds #fungi
My first cypress pug was 7th sep 2023 in the garden.