The Bluethroat at Swineham was a right show off giving superb views. #birdsseenin2026 #birds

The Night Heron at Seaton Marsh gave great views when it eventually woke up on Friday evening #birdguides #birdsseenin2026 #devonbirds

Night Heron

Bluethroat

Distant/hazy Stone Curlew

Yellow Wagtail

Added 9 NFY ✅ Fri eve/Sat, Night Heron-Cirl Bunting-Bluethroat-Bearded Tit-Stone Curlew-G Partridge-Tree Sparrow-Sedge W and Whitethroat. Also G Ibis-Y Wag-Osprey and a load more great birds. #birdsseenin2026 #birds

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #Netherlands #cuckoo @tonyrinaud.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher kick-starting our Malaysia Bird-Photo-Tour #BirdsSeenIn2026

The Blue Rock Thrush lives in rocky areas, cliffs, and mountains, but it can also adapt to ruins, castles, and old buildings in cities. As its name suggests, it usually lives alone or in pairs, not in large flocks .

I'm here, back again. Just arrived from my trip to Extremadura.
Roquero solitario
Roqueiro azul
Blue rock thrush
Blauwe rotslijster
( Monticola solitarius )
Castuera. Badajoz
#birds 🪶 #aves #vogels #nature #natuur #naturaleza #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Extremadura

Hooded Merganser in the Midlands I probably shouldn't have gone birding yesterday.  I'd been birding a couple of evenings the last week, finding a Whinchat at very last ligh...

A day of unwise decisions where mistakes were made, pushing myself a bit too hard and spending time with Tree Pipits. Blog post number 94 is up, and thanks for reading. Thanks to Lee Jacobs for his Merganser picture. #ukbirding #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Coppersmith Barbet, a small bird with yellow underparts, streaked with brown, yellow face patch and chin, black head with bright red fore-crown, red upper breast patch and large, thick, black bill with prominent whiskers at the base. A very common bird across South and SE Asia but more often heard than seen, as it depends much of its time high in the trees. The name comes from the incessantly repeated mechanical popping song, because of its similarity to a hammer beating copper. I think it sounds like some pedestrian crossings.

@alan678.bsky.social says #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD, starting letter for any part of its name. Do I get extra points for both parts? Coppersmith Barbet is a common bird in #parks; this one in Benchakitti Park #Bangkok last month.
#Thailand #birds #birding #ECK #urbanBirding #birdsSeenIn2026

A blackbird in a meadow covered with pink tulip magnolia petals. Behind it, you can see cuckoo flowers.

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD, The alt is #CaptionThis

I’m going with a blackbird that I photographed in my garden recently. 🪶

#birds #birding #Birdlife #Stunday #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Germany #FlowersOnSunday #wildlife #photography #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #ECK #EastCoastKin

Fabulous Wood Sandpiper on my local spring near Pinoso Spain. Clearly a passage migrant as it is a very small pool but just shows what can show up. #birds #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography #birdoftheday

Coal-crested finch from Brasilia, Brazil. #birds #birding #birdsseenin2026 #brazil #brasilia #finch

#BirdsSeenIn2026, #Ecuador, #Chone, Birding with friends near Chonen Ecuador - Thick-billed Euphonia, Golden Olive Woodpecker, Palm Tanager, Long-billed Starthroat, Long-billed Hermit, Buff-throated Saltator

"Cute Guy" - A young male American #Redstart gets in on the migrant activity, pausing between feeding. Kingston, #Jamaica.

#birds #animals #wildlife #birdsseenin2026

A brown thrasher, looking upward while perched on a branch.

One of the three brown thrashers that greeted me as I began my walk on a very overcast morning. Ohio USA
#Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Photography #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Birding

From Portugal for #BirdsSeenIn2026

An image looking directly down on a pair of black-bellied whistling ducks sitting a branch sitting in water.

Technically, these black-bellied whistling ducks are #DucksOutOfWater, for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. Florida USA. #Birds #Photography #Ducks #Nature #WildlifePhotography #BirdsSeenIn2026

A Rivoli's hummingbird perched on a branch in Ramsey's Canyon Preserve, Arizona USA.

A Rivoli's hummingbird perched on a branch in Ramsey's Canyon Preserve, Arizona USA. The sunlight highlights its bright purple-violet crown (indicating that it is a male) and its emerald-green throat.

A Rivoli's hummingbird perched on a feeder in at the Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon, Arizona USA.

A couple of Rivoli's hummingbirds for @javajanegallery.co.uk's #SmallBirdSaturday. Arizona USA. #Birds #Photography #BirdPhotography #Nature #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WildlifePhotography #Hummingbirds

Blue jay perched about to spring forward.

Blue jay taking flight from perch.

Underside of blue jay taking flight.

#Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Nature #Wildlife #Photography Mailbox #BlueJay

Daily sweetness.II. 💚🤍🖤💛❤️🤎

#ColorADay #GreenSat #Birds
#WildLife #Cute #BirdsSeenIn2026
#SmallbirdSaturday #LittleBirds
#BirdLife #RiettSzDailySweetness

Daily sweetness. 💚💛🤎

#ColorADay #GreenSat #Birds
#WildLife #Cute #BirdsSeenIn2026
#SmallbirdSaturday #LittleBirds
#BirdLife #RiettSzDailySweetness

Little Egret in breeding plumage. RSPB Marazion🟰🟰
@rspb.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk @birdguides.bsky.social #cornwallbirding #birds #🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2026

🎨 Owls
🦉 Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
📏 21 cm
📍 Tal Chhapar & Keoladeo NP, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Feb 2026

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #owls

🎨 Owls
🦉 Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata)
📏 32 cm
📍 Dhikuli, Uttarakhand, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Mar 2026

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #owls

🎨 Owls
🦉 Indian Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena)
📏 23–25 cm
📍 1: Jarar, Uttar Pradesh, India 🇮🇳
📍 2: Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Feb 2026
#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #owls

🎨 Owls
🦉 Rock Eagle-Owl (Bubo bengalensis)
📏 48–56 cm
📍 Akal Fossil Park (Jaisalmer), Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
🗓 Feb 2026

#BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #owls

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) cruising by this morning. #BirdingHungary #BirdsSeenIn2026 #waders #storks

Marsh Harrier, male by David Parody #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Gibraltar @tonyrinaud.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @johncortes.bsky.social

A male Mandarin Duck in a brook, spreading his wings.

A male Mandarin Duck in a brook, Helsinki, Finland. A rare vagrant here, and for sure stands out from the domestic ducks.
🪶🦆
#BirdsSeenIn2026
#NaturePhoyography

Speaking of cool breeding liveries, check out this male Ruff (Calidris pugnax). I nicknamed him Rusty. 😀👍 #BirdingHungary #waders #shorebirds #sandpipers #BirdsSeenIn2026

Raven in profile

Raven
#Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026