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This bird was photographed on the 13/4 at Coatham marsh. We belive it is a Little Crake. Could anyone confirm identification please

Male Pallid Harrier in flight

Male Pallid Harrier in flight

Pallid Harrier added to the house list, thanks to @ninaohanlon.bsky.social Hot on the heels of Purple Heron last week #PWC2026 #CaithnessBirds

We are being watched!

My favourite species of bird, showing extremely well for everyone in the horse paddocks near Big Pool Wood, Flintshire this afternoon: a Eurasian Hoopoe!

#Birds #Spring #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #birdingwales #wales #UK #nature #wildlife #photography #photo

An Alpine Accentor in Norfolk at Overstrand in 2004 - ©Graham Etherington, many thanks. 👍🏻

An adult male Black Lark in Norfolk at Winterton Dunes in 2008 - ©Mike Lawrence, many thanks. 👍🏻

A 1st winter female Collared Flycatcher in S. Devon on Orcombe Point in 2016 - ©M Knott, many thanks. 👍🏻

APRIL 20th: 🧾

Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻

There were thirty-four (34) accepted records on this day including one UK first... 😃

#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

If biocide usage and non-native plants mean that your garden is bereft of colourful Lepidoptera then capitalism has your back @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - seen at a garden centre today
#ExtremeCivilisation

A few more shots of yesterday's superb 2cy Ross's Gull at Thornham. #NorfolkBirding #UKBirding

Tawny owl
Essex 16/04/2026
Due to the kids taking over the box, the female is spending as much time outside as the mobbing blackbirds and corvids allow. The feathers are jackdaws, she has caught three so far.

A first-summer Ross’s Gull, a bird of the high and remote Arctic, spent the day following tractors around newly sown potato fields south of Thornham in North Norfolk after an initial brief sighting at RSPB Titchwell. For much of the day it was distant in heat haze but occasionally better views if you happened to be in the right place, but later on gave itself up close to a road feeding with summer plumaged Mediterranean and Black-headed Gulls.

The unpredictability of UK birding is so much part of the fun. Who would have predicted a Ross’s Gull in mid April walking around behind a tractor in a potato field in North Norfolk? Great find by Trev Girling who got the news out immediately and superb relocate by Matt Lonsdale. #NorfolkBirding

Female Pied Flycatcher

Dungeness: Light rain early morning dropped lots of Willow Warblers on the peninsula, also Pied Flycatcher, singing Wood Warbler, Redstarts, a Ring Ouzel, Garden Warblers, Blackcaps, Common & Lesser Whitethroats, many melted away as the sun came out.
#UKBirding

Great views of the 2cy Ross’s Gull following tractors at Thornham this afternoon. Hopefully the start of a good spring in Norfolk! #UKBirding #NorfolkBirding

Couldn't resist a visit to see the Westleton Iberian Chiffchaff today. A wonderful bird that was constantly singing.

Nice arrival of Wheatears in the Lowestoft area this afternoon with 14 in the clifftop fields at Corton and 4 on Lowestoft Outer Harbour wall.

Had to go and see the Ross’s gull!

Ross's gull in the haze this afternoon inland from thornham, my first since 1984! #norfolkbirding

Ring Ouzel at New Cut Drain, Benacre this morning.

20 years since rubbish views of the only Ross's Gull I've seen, it was nice to finally get another one, and a bonus in Norfolk. Eventually showed well! #NorfolkBirding #rarebirdsUK @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Ring Ouzel seen just north of Benacre Sluice at 9.30 am today

Iberian Chiffchaff on Westleton Heath this morning.

"I wont fly away because you can't see me, I am so well camouflaged" said the Jack Snipe to the birder with a thermal imager...... @flamboroughbird.bsky.social yesterday.

Some great views of Iberian Chiffchaff on Westleton Heath, Suffolk this morning. Singing continuously

Underneath the headline 'WeBS Site Insight: Scoulton Mere, Norfolk’ is an image of two adult Mallards, one male and one female on calm water, with a map of the site boundary and location within the UK. The WeBS logo is beneath with the text ‘ Join WeBS - Can you help count waterbirds here?’

Are you a birder in Norfolk? We are looking for a volunteer to count Scoulton Mere, between Watton and Hingham as it hasn’t been counted since 1976! If you think you can help please contact us
via the "Contact the Local Organiser" button at
app.bto.org/websonline/s...

#Ornithology #NorfolkBirding

Carlton Marshes today 2 Common Cranes flew south, 2 Cattle Egrets (over the river) 3 Med Gulls

Another record year for UK Common Cranes A record 87 pairs of Common Crane bred in the UK in 2025, highlighting the species' continued recovery following centuries of absence.

Common Crane enjoyed a record breeding season in the UK in 2025, with 87 pairs raising 37 chicks and bringing the total population to some 250 individuals:

A sedge Warbler singing in a Rape field

Yellow Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail calling from a barbed wire fence

A pair of Swallows perched on a barbed wire fence

A refreshing wander out the back of Scotney this evening, 40+ Yellow Wagtails, Swallows nest building under the old conveyer, also a Sedge Warbler singing in a sea of Rape.
#UKBirding

Carlton Marshes this morning, 2 Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper, Ruff and Grasshopper Warbler (pic by brother Barry)

A few Kingfisher shots from SWT Worlingham marshes last week #ukbirding

Black-throated Thrush on stubble.

Black-throated Thrush, Mayshiel, Lothian, 13/04/2026, found by @colindavison.bsky.social the day before. @swnaylor.bsky.social @swadscot.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

A beer pump clip for Reedling Pale Ale with a photo of a Bearded Tit in the centre.

An excellent addition to my #BirdingBeer list, Reedling by Green Jack. Fortunately on at the Duke of Wellington (Norwich), which is only a slight diversion on my walk home from work.

Superb @essexbirdnews.bsky.social field trip to @suffolkwildlife Carlton Marshes - 82 sp. seen inc Ring Ouzel, Bittern, Great & Cattle Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, House & Sand Martin, Swallow, Ruff, Pintail and much more!