A juvenile Black-eared Kite Gigrin Farm, Powys - ©Graham Catley, many thanks. 2010 (1) A juvenile was seen over the salt marsh at Severn Beach around 09:55 on March 18th. It was watched by two lucky observers and was seen to leave the salt marsh being mobbed by corvids and Common Buzzard drifting east over Severn Beach station and Orchard Pools. It is believed to have been the relocating individual from Gigrin Farm, Powys where it had been wintering from October 26th 2009 until at least March 14th 2010.

TBOSG: APRIL 20th 2026 🔎

Black-eared Kite - Milvus migrans lineatus has been added to the S. Glos systematic bird list! 😊

See ALT for full details.

www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk

#UKbirding
#Southglosbirds

A cold biting wind on Dartmoor but the wildlife and scenery certainly didn’t disappoint. A truly magical morning out in the wild! #devonbirding #ukbirding

Greylag Geese and 5 goslings getting closer (should have been attached to previous post at RSPB Ham Wall yesterday evening.

Greylag Geese and 5 goslings, getting closer, there is also 1 Glossy Ibis at the end of sunset view yesterday evening at RSPB Ham Wall.

Here is Lilly Little Egret who was out collecting food to cook for her guests on 'Come Eat With Me', for her main course Lilly had decided to cook her own version of 'Ratatouille' with a blended rat juice with the left over vegetables. Captured at WWT Martin Mere, Lancashire.

For his turn on 'Come Eat With Me' Gladwin Glossy Ibis was doing a Worn Stew, so he was busy out collecting as many worms as possible to make his dish stand out. Which he told me was his signature dish and could be a program winner, and get him a job as a chef somewhere. Although i did tell him it didn't sound too good, so i hope it tastes much better than it sounds. Captured at Summer Leys Nature Reserve, Northamptonshire.

Next up to cook her main course was Julie Jay, and she was out collecting Nuts when she came across Jordan Jay's Nuts he had lost from Alan's #FeederFriends theme. Julie's dish was going to be a Nut Roast made with monkey nuts instead of walnuts & pecans, although i let her know she would need more that one type of nut for it she told me to go find some other bird to pester. Captured at Forest Farm Nature Reserve, Cardiff.

For the final episode of 'Come Eat With Me' it is Ricky Robin and he was going to be making his signature Bug Burgers for everyone to enjoy, he did give me a piece to try and i said it could do with a bit of beef in there. On hearing this Ricky shook his head and said some words i can't repeat before the 'birdshed' (the airtime before the little birds go to bed), so i left him to it. Captured at Forest Farm Nature Reserve, Cardiff.

Good morning all.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ComeEatWithMe, birds who have food in their beaks. The Alt Theme is #Turdidae, any of the bird species in this group.

#birds #photography #ECK #CanonR5mkii #birdphotography #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #ForJanet @wwtworldwide.bsky.social #wildlife

Large bird of prey with a bit of fish in its mouth, just plucked from a hunk in one talon, perched on the end of a spear of a branch of a sand pine, against a clear blue sky.

Osprey feeding
(Pandion haliaetus)

on sand pine branch
CREW Pen Flint Strand trails
Bonita Springs, #Florida 2-15-26

Rob & Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ComeEatWithMe, birds with food in beak. The Alt is the #Turdidae family.

#birds #photography #ECK #ForJanet #blueSkyMonday #raptors #birding

Photo of the Week: 13-19 April 2026 Lee Fuller wins his second Photo of the Week award of 2026 for a smashing shot of the Red-spotted Bluethroat in Dorset.

Lee Fuller wins his second Photo of the Week of 2026 for a smashing shot of the Red-spotted Bluethroat in Dorset:

Old wooden pilings sticking out of Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise for #ColourADay #PinkMon

#ColorADay #ECK #photography #sunrise #TenMinutesFromHome #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty

Yellow Wagtail, this morning on Tealham Moor

A very confiding tree pipit at mutters moor this morning lovely to watch & listen to it singing, also more tree pipit there than I've ever seen. #UKBirding #Devonbirds. #UKWildlife. #Birds.

Two Common Cranes, my first photo of these super birds (there were 3 and was told the third was last years juvenile) yesterday evening at RSPB Greylake. Two flew even closer over the hide, what a wonderful experience, so exciting!!

A small white butterfly is basking in the early morning sunshine on a green leaf in the garden. It has a black dot on each forewing and serrated-looking black wing tips. The female Orange Tip was enjoying the early warmth in the garden.

A large white butterfly is basking in the early morning sunshine on a green leaf of a Hawthorn hedge in the garden. It has a black dot on each forewing black wing tips. The Large White was enjoying the early warmth in the garden.

A small white butterfly is basking in the early morning sunshine on a green leaf in the garden. It has a black dot on its forewing and serrated-looking black wing tip, with a mossy green underwing. The female Orange Tip was enjoying the early warmth in the garden.

Butterflies this morning warming up in the early sunshine..

Clouded Yellow this morning in the quarry at Berry Head, South Devon. Amazingly this is the second seen on this headland in the last couple of weeks and this is probably a good 2 months earlier than ususal. Its said that they are unable to survive a UK winter.

Saturday means
#SmallBirdSaturday
#LittleBirds
#birds
#naturephotography
#ECK

Close-up of a European goldfinch perched on a slender branch, its vivid red face mask and black-and-white head sharply lit against a dark, blurred background. Warm golden light highlights its buff chest and delicate feathers, while its feet grip the twig as it looks alertly to the side.

Good morning, my cohost Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has said “ today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOutOfWater, any Duck that is out of the water but NOT FLYING. The Alt Theme is #Finches, any Finch will do.” I’m going with the alt for now. #birds #photography #ECK

Singing male Blackcap in the garden this morning.
🪶
#birdingNortheast
@teesbirds.bsky.social

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula): The "Robin Redbreast" was given its nickname long before a distinction was made in the English language between "Red" & "Orange". Thank you again Matthew Cassar for sharing your lovely photo of this singing Robin taken in the UK 🎶🎵 #robin #nature #bird #wildlife

It's Saturday, so that means
#SmallBirdSaturday

Here's a blue tit from my garden whose beak is extraordinarily long.

#Birds🪶 #BirdPhotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #WildlifePhotography #wildlife #UKWildlife #UKBirding

"I'm really a nice guy. If I had friends, they would confirm that."

Paul the Plover on a grumpy day... 😠

#birds #nature #grumpy #photography #naturephotography

Glossy Ibis yesterday evening, watched this lovely bird land in the margins in front of VP1, still there went I walked around, closest I’ve been and admired for 15 minutes, at RSPB Ham Wall

Whoops 2nd video

Rock Dove this morning as previous message (2 videos).

Rock Dove feeding on my garden bird table this morning. This is in town and has been around for a few days.

That’s well spotted Robin.

Two barnacle geese, one standing tall and one foraging in the grass

Barnacle geese

#photography #birds

Starlings at Ham Wall

A few Starlings yesterday evening at RSPB Ham Wall.

Dreadful position, David Attenborough quoted in one his recent Wildlife in UK 4 part series of films that we are in the lowest 10% in the world of lost wildlife. This is awful!

Great White Egret, yesterday evening at RSPB Ham Wall. Also on way back to car park and approaching darkness saw and heard wedges of geese flying over, 20-30 in each wedge, several of these in just a few minutes, couldn’t se the species but awesome sound.