Ta mate

Couldn’t resist painting this, already my bird of the year - Khok Kham, Thailand in January #SpoonbilledSandpiper

My 6th Hooded Merg in the UK!! Is this the tickable one🤔 a nice find by my favourite Warwick’s birder @archieraven.bsky.social

A selection last nights session at Ipstones, North Staffs.

Here’s a #SuperSeabirdSunday especially for #MotheringSunday - White-tailed Tropicbird mother & youngster, Aride Island, Seychelles last year.

God awful pic of a Lesser pecker from this week, Seven years since my last, love them🖤🤍

The misty morning did the trick at Westport, SOT today with this adult Kittiwake🩶🤍

A Common Scoter shared Westport Lake with this gorgeous adult summer Mediterranean Gull this morning🖤🤍

30 Whooper Swans on a sunny cloudless day in the middle of SOT were a bit of a surprise today, with these, YBW, Bean, WF Goose & Shorelark all within 10k it’s been decent start to 2026😎

Rare foray into Warwick’s today for a very elusive Humes Leaf Warbler a new edition to my West Midland Bird Club Region List which now stands at 294 (photo of a bird from a few years ago)

Shorelark still loving life on the Staffs/Cheshire border at Mow Cop this am 😊

Some Thai Marshland birds, the ever present Red-wattled Lapwing, Open-billed Stork, Eastern Cattle Egret and Grey-headed Plover which may look familiar to UK twitchers🙂

Great to watch an estimated 2 million Asian wrinkle lipped bats leaving their cave this evening near Khao Yai. Crested Goshawk, Shikras, Peregrine & Kestrel all trying to catch one🦇

Some Thai Critters from the last few days Giant Black Squirrel, Slug Snake, Sun Bear & White-handed Gibbon🐵

The Wader Fest continued today with the pick being 100’s of Nordmanns Greenshanks, Asiatic Dowitchers, Terek Sandpipers, Great Knots, Red-necked Stints……

Sun Bear taking advantage of the facilities behind the cafe at the top of Kaeng Krachan, Thailand

Thought there would be little chance when I arrived on site this am with 1000+ waders in front of me and most of them asleep then this little beauty picked its head up🥳 Spoony Sand, Khok Kham, Thailand

Remembering AND looking forward to Summer - some random Moths🙂

Just realised it’s 38 years since I saw my first major rarity in the UK!! Right place right time for me when an adult Ross’s Gull flew in and landed in front of the hide at Seaforth. #NoteBooksFromThePast

I meant last winter not last year 👍

Apparently it’s Sunday which means it’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and sad news regarding the Texel Spectacled Eider which was taken into care this morning 😕 So glad I made the trip last year.

Boxing Day 2024 I was watching a Yellow Warbler in Kent - Boxing Day 2025 it’s a Yellow-browed Warbler in Staffs ‘Westport’ ✔️ (Pic by Steve Seal)

All the best to you & Tracy x

Happy Christmas Folks - Eat, Drink and be Merry🎄

Well it seems the Boat-tailed now identifies as a Great-tailed Grackle #Tipp-Ex #GripBack

A watercolour from almost 20 years ago for #SuperSeabirdSunday A Roseate Tern a long way from the sea at Blithfield Reservoir in Staffs.

A bird with many names for #SuperSundaySeabird the Black Guillemot or Tystie in Norse or Sea pigeon or Greenland dove or Scraber in the Hebrides or Black William (Gwilym Ddu) in Welsh

Here’s some sketchbook Pinks for your Friday night 🙂

How about a couple of Bairds Tapirs, mother & calf photographed in Costa Rica for #TwosDay