POW - Picture of the Week - Male Redstart near The Nest Cafe at Thurstaston on the Wirral.... #wirralbirding 14/04/26

03/04/2026 A morning at #StAidansRSPB Reserve, a site that embodies an inspirational concept of industrial rejuvenation & ecological restoration! Booming Bitterns, grebes & much much more - well done #RSPB great work!

A real highlight from RSPB Leighton Moss on 31st March, an incredibly acrobatic 1st winter Little Gull twisting and turning over the reserve.

Light as a feather and full of energy, giving brilliant views as it fed on the wing. A proper spring treat! 🐦✨

#LeightonMoss #Birding #LancashireBirding

A bit of Cumbrian adder action, two males taking advantage of a brief break in the cloud cover 30.03.26 @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social

Greater Painted Snipe (Female)

Greater Painted Snipe (Male)

Photo hide…!!

Sunset over habitat in Kota, Gambia

Greater Painted Snipe!!! It’s been a very long wait, but I’ve finally managed to see one of these incredible birds… 😊 forktail.co.uk/2026/02/13/w... #Birds #Birding #GambiaBirds

A really approachable Great White Egret at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria this afternoon..

“AI, could you remove the foliage so I can see the bird better?”
“Ah, perfect, thanks!” 🦉

Just till the weekend….

4 of the 6 Bewick's Swans leaving the roost at Deepings Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire 060126

4 of the 6 Bewick's Swans leaving the roost at Deepings Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire 060126

4 of the 6 Bewick's Swans leaving the roost at Deepings Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire 060126

Four of the six Bewick’s Swans leaving the overnight roost at Deeping Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire this morning (06/01/26). A lovely winter sight. 🦢❄️

Deeping Lakes: Many of the c.150 Whooper Swans were standing on thin ice, 2 with white rings. Both originally ringed Sandvatn, Mývatnsheiði in 2023. Today’s sighting represents the 1st sighting of 36C since 2024, while 34F has previously been recorded at Crowland and Welney @waterbirdcm.bsky.social

Found this striking partial-albino male Blackbird today at Bowness-on-Windermere… 23.12.25

Autumn in Cumbria means one thing… Whooper Swans are on the move! 🦢🍂 Graceful flocks are arriving to spend the winter gracing our lakes and wetlands, a truly magical sight. #Birding #CumbriaBirds #WhooperSwans

Among Britain’s industrial relics, few plants are as evocative as Spring Sandwort (Sabulina verna). This tiny, starry wildflower marks old mine spoil, telling a story of metal, geology & human endeavour. 📸 NE Cumbria, Nov 2025 #wildflowerhour

Troutbeck River in full spate after overnight rain…. #cumbria #LakeDistrict

Sadly, this Barrow bird didn’t follow the Green Cross Code… @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social

Some Bird Magic — the Rutland Baird’s Sandpiper pulls a classic disappearing act… straight up the barrel of a camera lens! Maybe a bit of overkill on the size of lens required! 🎩🔫📸 #ukbirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdUK

A flash of turquoise cutting across the rising mega tide at Barrow-in-Furness this morning... @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social

Roosecote Sands, Barrow this morning, 153 Pale-bellied Brent Geese feeding, c500+ Pink-foot south in several flocks and this crazy leucistic Curlew…. #birds #cumbriabirds

Nighthawk Magic - British Columbia Sept 2025 #Birds #BCBirds

Bold blues and brash calls.... the Steller’s Jay never blends into the background. A true forest trickster, curious, noisy, and impossible to ignore. 🌲💙 #Birds #StellersJay

Forest gamebirds with very different styles 🌲🪶 The Ruffed Grouse drums on logs with rapid wingbeats, a heartbeat of the woods. The Sooty Grouse booms deep calls through mountain forests, echoing like distant drums. #Birds #CanadianBirds #Birding

Master of the skies 🦅 The Osprey dives with pinpoint precision, snatching its prey straight from the water. A true symbol of wild rivers and coasts. #BirdsOfPrey #Osprey #WildlifePhotography #CanadianBirds #Birds

Tiny, bold, and with a voice like a toy horn 🚗🎺 the Red-breasted Nuthatch is a master climber, walking headfirst down tree trunks in search of insects & seeds. A splash of rusty-orange chest + a bold eye stripe make it unmistakable! #birds #birdingcanada #CanadianBirds

A Ribbon of Wildness Between Road and Pasture At first glance, the scene is an ordinary roadside wall – a strip of stone edging the tarmac footpath, with a fence and pasture beyond. Yet the top of this wall tells a richer, more hopeful story. …

Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...

A quiet visitor this morning – a fine adult Roe Deer buck standing just beyond our Lake District garden, alert and watchful in the misty light. 🦌✨ #LakeDistrict #Wildlife

A splash of colour in the autumn garden 🍂💙
This juvenile Blue Tit is still finding its way among the fading leaves here in our Lake District garden. #Birdwatching #LakeDistrict #BlueTit

Garden Wasp…

Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) in Cumbria - brightens dry grasslands & coastal slopes with its striking starry yellow flowers. A late-summer gem, often closing by afternoon sun 🌼💛 #wildflowerhour

The name Restharrow reflects the plant’s agricultural nuisance in former times, its stubborn roots being almost impossible to remove from arable land.

🌸 Common Restharrow – a creeping perennial of dry, sandy soils. Once notorious for stopping farmers’ harrows, now admired for its stunning pink pea-flowers. In Cumbria it’s abundant on coastal dunes, frequent in the Eden Valley, but scarce elsewhere. #Wildflower #Cumbria #Wildflowerhour