2026 green patch yearlist thread, 13 April. Dawn visit to Swalla on a frosty morning got two Grasshopper Warblers #105, and a surprise but brief singing Redstart (no pic) #106. Also Willow Tit and six Curlew, but still no Wheatear . . .
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Over to Caldicot, back via Uskmouth: Whitethroat all over the shop (13+), Sedge and Reed dotted about, fair number of Swallow at breeding sites but nothing too exciting. #gwentbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
The view from our kitchen window. At least 4 Blackcaps arrived on Saturday to eat the ivy berries. A good food source for tired migrants. #UKBirding #Lowcarbonbirding #Northumberland
Yellow Wagtail
Male Blackcap on the hunt for insects
Year tick Yellow Wags & a Wheatear all beautifully lined up like musical notes on a wire fence. Too distant to capture sadly.
Enjoyed observing common birds, a Blackcap hunting insects, a nest building Chiffy with a feather in its bill. Also a Cattle Egret in flight
#NottsBirding
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Lake with forest in back, green meadow and white pear trees in front
Back at #localpatch . With a first cuckoo and a surprising stone curlew ( first here) last night now at #100 species for 2026. #lowcarbonbirding #pwc2026
The only juvenile Little Owl I have ever seen.
On my walk to work.
What a cracking little surprise it was!
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#BirdOfTheDay
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The village year total is creeping up with this week's addition of Swallow, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat and Woodlark bringing my to #76.
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A decent fall of migrants on the doorstep overnight.
c1000 Sand Martin shared between Kingsbury South and Lea Marston Lakes.
Mill Meadow - 7x Sedge Warbler, c40 Sand Martin, 4+ Swallow, 3x House Martin, 10+Blackcap, 5+Willow Warbler
Knowle Hill - 11x Wheatear #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #PWC2026
Rock Pipit on a wooden fence. It is a dark grey brown pipit with heavy streaking on the underparts and off white underparts. It had dark legs. The sea is behind it
Hill Head & Titchfield Haven: Rock Pipit (expertly digi-binned), Common Sandpiper & Lesser Whitethroat new in plus noticeable increase in Sedge Warblers & Whitethroat. Hat nearly blew off in the wind 😆 but otherwise a nice walk #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding
a horned grebe (in molting plummage?) and soaking wet from diving paddles over and looks at the camera. craning its neck up and tilting its head to see what i was about with red eye. while out for a bike yesterday it was spotted out in a little inlet. these are unusual at this location but we do get migratory birdo's making there way where they do. i attempted to put the bike away and sit down by the shore once it left in hopes it would come back and allow for a better photo, but alas. it was thrilling to spot it in the first place. - a lifer! :-)
Do horned grebes count? This lifer was craning its neck to see what i was about up high on a berm. #BirdoftheDay #LongNecks #BirdsSeenin2026 #LowCarbonBirding
Two Ring Ouzels
Up to eight Ring Ouzels seen earlier on the Ivinghoe Hills was a good reason to take a train from Milton Keynes to Tring, with added bonuses of my first Wheatears and Whitethroats of the year #bucksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Northern Shoveler drake, Rising Sun CP, Wallsend
Northern Shoveler drake & duck, Rising Sun CP, Wallsend
2026 green patch yearlist thread, 9 April. A quick bike ride to Swalla between jobs at home got a House Martin #103 (no pic) and a pair of Shoveler #104. Still no Wheatear . . .
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Late afternoon rain brought in 6x new Pied Wag, 2x White Wag and a Wheatear (f) to Mill Meadow, Kingsbury. The latter being my first record for the site. Also a Common Sand was nearby at Hemlingford Water at lunchtime, 60x Sand Martin, the odd Swallow and 2x Red Kite. #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
2026 green patch yearlist thread, 8 April. Up to Gossy this pm hoping for Marsh Harrier (no joy), but got #102, another two days off my earliest ever Reed Warbler (prev, 10 April in 2023). Volume⬆︎to hear it singing behind Chiffy & other noise.
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Crossing the border into Enemy Territory in the Tyne Pedestrian & Cycle Tunnel from Wallsend, Northumberland, to Jarrow, County Durham (and proof that there is no such thing as "tyne and wear" 😂)
Marsh Sandpiper in the heat haze, Boldon Flats, County Durham
Marsh Sandpiper in the heat haze, Boldon Flats, County Durham
Marsh Sandpiper in the heat haze, Boldon Flats, County Durham
An hour's bike ride off-patch into foreign territory to see the Boldon Flats Marsh Sandpiper - truly dreadful views in the heat haze today 🥴🤣
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White blob of a Cattle Egret sat in a tree. It has some yellow markings on it which is breeding plumage. There is a Grey Heron near by which is mostly grey with a yellow bill and a white ish head and underparts. Behind them is a reedbed and in front is a meadow
Male Goosander flying with a Little Egret. The Egret is white with grey bill and dark legs. The Goosander had dark green head and primaries with white body
Great White Egret on a river with meadow around it. There is a reedbed behind. It has a large white bird with a long yellow bill
Young White-tailed Eagle flying away from the camera. It is mainly dark brown with a yellow bill and is huge
Recent highlights at Titchfield Haven include return of Sedge Warblers & Whitethroat, Cattle & Great White Egrets, White-tailed Eagle, continued presence of the resident Goosander & today Velvet + 3 Common Scoters east #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding
Nuthatch is a rare garden bird here despite breeding half a mile along the road, so this chap was nice to see from the kitchen window. #Lowcarbonbirding #GardenBirds
An oak tree stands alone in a field where wheat has started to grow. There is a mainly clear blue sky with a few wispy clouds. Beyond the tree a hedgerow runs parallel with the horizon and a few oak trees stand on the horizon at the top of a slope. A footpath runs from the foreground, up the middle of the field passing the oak and vanishing over the brown of the hill. Stratfield Mortimer at its finest spring brightness.
My 72nd bird in the village this year was Mandarin Duck. A pair flew along the hedgerow down the slope in this photo.
I've been out daily looking for Wheatear or other migrants, without success so far. They're just down the road but I'm hoping they'll visit my patch.
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2x Common Redstart (m+f) - Kingsbury Firing Range, N.Warks at lunchtime #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding #PWC2026 🪶
Willow Warbler, Rising Sun CP, Northumberland, 6 April 2026
Willow Warbler, Rising Sun CP, Northumberland, 6 April 2026
Willow Warbler, Rising Sun CP, Northumberland, 6 April 2026
2026 green patch yearlist thread, 6 April. Bike to Rising Sun CP; flyover Crossbill #100 😍(no pic of course!), and 3 Willow Warbler #101. Also 2-3 Redpoll, 4 Common Buzzard, 3 Great Crested Grebes, but no Wheatear yet.
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Over to Wentwood/Wentwood Res, then the Nedern, Caldicot Moor and back across the levels. Five scarce/Schedule 1 breeders but not much beyond that. #gwentbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Thin pink and orange cloud in a pair blue sky. There are flats the other side of the road and grass on top of the cliff / slope. Below it is a path and vegetated shingle beach
Beautiful start to the day - something about being somewhere before the silence is broken 😌 Lots singing at Titchfield Haven including 1+ Willow Warbler #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding
c60 Sand Martin this morning at Kingsbury WP turned into c300 by this evening. A few House Martin and Swallow in the mix also. A Willow Warbler by Hemlingford Water was my third in as many days locally. #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #PWC2026
Antarctic 12-month running mean is the highest on record.
You can purchase an ultra high-carbon tour there at the Birdfair.
4-5 years of your carbon budget in one blast. You know you’re worth it.
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Great start to today's mini multimodal adventure with front row double decker seat to enjoy the scenery 😄 #LowCarbonBirding
Big 36km ride around the #PWC2026 10km sq patch today. Explored some new routes, revisited places I've not been for a while. Took sarnies and everything🥪 Bird wise - 67sp. Willow Warbler, Red Kite and Marsh Harrier combo thru Shustoke Res the best. Cracking day👌 #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
Headed up to Burton Mere & Parkgate yesterday, using the train for the first bit. Some decent birds including Little Gull & Spotted Redshanks but the best sightings were the two showy Water Voles. #UKBirding #Lowcarbonbirding
Up to Cwmcarn in the wind and rain: first two Mallard broods of the year, pair of Goosander, a few Blackcap, etc. #gwentbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding #moist #breezy
A pair of Pintail on the scrapes at Low Newton today, quite a scarce bird here.
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