A male Blue Rock Thrush in Powys in the Elan Valley in 2007 - ©Dr Stephen Bridgman, many thanks. 👍🏻

Crag Martin in E. Yorkshire at Flamborough Head/ Thornwick Bay in 2014 - ©Andrew Hood, many thanks. 👍🏻

Short-toed Treecreeper in Kent at Dungeness in 2018 - ©Martin Casemore, many thanks. 👍🏻

APRIL 11th: 🧾

Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻

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

#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

Red Kite in flight

Red Kite over Attingham Park #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding #NationalTrust

Good morning and happy derby day to all those who follow the team in yellow and green!
Alan has chosen the theme of #Woodland - birds you might find in woodlands near you - for today's #BirdOfTheDay

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

Adult drake Lesser Scaup in a flap

Grey Heron chicks in the nest

Adult Grey Heron on a nest

Our drake Lesser Scaup was still waving to passers-by at The Mere #Ellesmere this evening before flying to the far SE end, and the heronry is starting to get noisy 🐣 #shropshirebirding #ukbirding

Herring Gull at Nash Point. #flyday 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography

Cracking evening at Grindon Lough, getting superb scope views of this Black-necked Grebe in summer plumage, my first in the county for years. Credit to John Jackson for an excellent find of a top bird! @johnjackson87.bsky.social #NEBirding #UKBirding

Female Kestrel flexing her wings at Nash Point. Gorgeous chestnut colours 😍 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding

#birdingWales #ukbirding #birds

8th April - Penarth Marina & the barrage. Common Sand at the former [R. Ely embankment]. My 1st Wheatear and a Rock Pipit at the latter, on the outer rocks. #birdingWales #ukbirding #bieds

First trip of the year to #middletonlakes this evening.
Didn't disappoint bird wise. LSW showing well in the car park at 17:45, 17x Avocet, 4x White Wag, Yellow Wag, 9x Blackwit, 7+ LRP, 3x Redshank, Barnacle Goose #ukbirding #PWC2026

Is it time to stop feeding the birds? Hello :)

Great piece by @katebradbury.bsky.social on the RSPB's shift towards an evidence-based policy on bird feeding; I look forward to reading the full report #UKBirding #Ornithology
katebradbury.substack.com/p/is-it-time...

A rarity for #flyday Cetti's Warbler on the wing! Taken at RSPB Newport Wetlands. 26/03/26. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography

Mid afternoon @ #HopeCarrNR Filter beds & sludge tanks only! highlights 2 Garden, 2 Cetti's, 1 Sedge, 20 Willow W'ler, 15 Chiffchaff, 10 Blackcap,1 C Whitethroat, 2 Green Sand displaying, 5 Swallow, 4 S Martin, 1 Med Gull, 2 Buzzard & 1 Raven #UKBirding

Back of camera shot of a common crane in flight

Brilliant day local birding, I think I may have a new patch.
Flushed a pair of Grey Partridge, a Bittern nearly took my head off, flying so close from behind me I could hear its wings.
Masses of Blackcap, a few Whitethroats & Willow Warblers.
Ended on finding 2 Common Cranes in flight
#UKBirding

Lovely to see our first Greenfinch in our Yate garden for many years as they have now become a rarity these days. @bristolbirding.bsky.social #ukbirds #ukbirding

Wheatear in the Welsh hills today.
#wheatears #UKbirding #welshBirders

Couple more of the beautiful Black Grouse from last weekend. #birds #grouse #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #blackgrouse

Still 5+ Divers at Grafham Water this PM, also 200 Sand Martins, notable arrivals of Willow Warblers & Blackcaps, plus 2cy Caspian Gull @cambird.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #ukbirding

Five days, (not that I'm counting), and back out to the Outer Hebrides. I've missed that shoreline.

Five days, (not that I'm counting), and back out to the Outer Hebrides. I've missed that shoreline.

Five days, (not that I'm counting), and back out to the Outer Hebrides. I've missed that shoreline.

Five days, (not that I'm counting), and back out to the Outer Hebrides. I've missed that shoreline.

Five days, (not that I'm counting), and back out to the Outer Hebrides. I've missed that shoreline.

#ukbirding #BirdOfTheDay #ThePhotoHour #nature #wildlifephotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ukwildlife #birds

Good to see Skylark plots in fields south of Chaddesley Woods, Worcs today. Not seen that for some time and not even sure if these are still subject to subsidies #ukbirding

Nice to find a passage/migrant #LittleRingedPlover this lunchtime on South Devon's #TeignEstuary. It was later joined by two more. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #BirdMigration #birds @birdtrack.bsky.social

A Coal Tit launching off a bush away from the camera

A Coal Tit at Launch
#BirdOfTheDay #BirdButt #UKbirding #birds

Go on, treat yourself!
#ornithology #ukbirding #birds

Hunkering down along the Wash on the East Coast, in the company of Avocets.

Hunkering down along the Wash on the East Coast, in the company of Avocets.

#ukbirding #BirdOfTheDay #ThePhotoHour #nature #wildlifephotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #ukwildlife #birds

Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) I managed to get over to Boldon flats, Co Durham this afternoon to see this class bird, just a canny distance away. #UKbirding #NEbirding #RarebirdsUK #birds #Birdguides

One of 2 Common Cranes in the field opposite Kingfisher Hide @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social today. #ukbirds #ukbirding

Immature Spoonbill was still present on the Tack Piece from Robbie Garnett Hide @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social today. #ukbirds #ukbirding

Male Shelduck in the grounds @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social today. #ukbirds #ukbirding

Excellent garden tick today with a Common Crane circling directly above my house! Also 8 Common Buzzards, 2 Red Kites, a Sparrowhawk and a Kestrel all within an hour or so. #Essexbirding #UKbirding

House Martin, 150 Sand Martin, Swallow, Green Sand, Shelduck and Riccardo the RCP.
New workings.
#northantsbirds #ukbirding