A male Wheatear, a perching bird qith grey head and shoulders, black wings and tail, a white rump and undersides and peach tones around the throat standing on the back of a wooden bench.
Male Wheatear on patch - migration is finally happening! #ukbirding #birds
Fabulous watch on the subject of bioacoustic monitoring for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Hawfinch. #UKBirding youtu.be/gwfte0S-ywk?...
Greenfinch has become a regular visitor to my bird table @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #dorsetbirds #birds #ukbirding @britishnatureguide.bsky.social
On this day in 2020 - Blue Tit in the garden - Birmingham UK - 01-04-20 On this day in 2025 - European Common Buzzard over Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 01-04-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
On this day in 2025 - Female Kestrel hunting at Frankley North Worcestershire Birmingham UK - 01-04-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
On this day in 2025 - European Common Buzzard over Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 01-04-25 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
House Sparrow seen at Frankley North Worcestershire UK - 31-03-26 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography #photograpersofbluesky
My garden visitor from a few days ago! Great Spotted Woodpecker - Bartley Green Birmingham UK - 29-03-26 #birds #ukbirding #uknature #ukwildlife #nature #ornithology #photography #birdphotography #canon #naturephotography
#photographersofbluesky
Weston Shore Southampton sea defence rocks March cloudy skies
Weston Shore, Southampton: 3 Wheatear on sea defence rocks by sailing club 2m+1f #HantsBirds #birds #ukbirding
Black-winged Kite - ©Sean Nixon. This image was taken at Colne Point, Essex in July 2023.
A 1st summer female Red-winged Blackbird - ©Steven Nuttall. North Ronaldsay, Orkney in May 2017.
APRIL: First Records! 🥇
There were twenty-two (22) accepted first records logged this month... 😃
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#rarebirdsUK
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Daily #BirdWatch 4/4
Seen 3: 15 Carrion Crow, 3 Rook, 3 Yellow-Legged Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-Backed Gull, 3 Red Kite
#UKBirding
6C, cloudy, 12mph West wind
Also seen: 4 Wood Mouse
Daily #BirdWatch 3/4
Seen 2: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Wren, 3 Dunnock, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Meadow Pipit, 8 House Sparrow, 7 Starling, 12 Blackbird, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Collared Dove, 4 Stock Dove, multiple Rock Dove and Wood Pigeon, 14 Magpie, 9 Jackdaw,
#UKBirding
Daily #BirdWatch 2/4
Heard 2: Stock Dove, Rock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Rook, Yellow-Legged Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Red Kite
Seen: 15 Robin, 8 Goldfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Firecrest, 17 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 5 Coal Tit, 3 Blackcap,
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Daily #BirdWatch 1/4
Heard 1: Robin, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Wren, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch, Meadow Pipit, House Sparrow, Starling, Redwing, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Collared Dove,
#UKBirding
a pretty coal tit posing before the blue tits chased it off lol
#birds #coaltit #ukbirding #photography #birdphotography #birdwatching #canon
Good morning everyone. For today's #BirdoftheDay hosted by @alan678.bsky.social the themes are #snacks and the alt. Is #attitude. I will share a male Mallard and Canada Goose having an underwater snack together. #birds #nature #photography #ECK #ukbirding
Bonaparte's Gull
Canvasback
Western Bonelli's Warbler
APRIL 1st: 🧾
Some 346 species/ subspecies were 'reported' in the UK by the end of March 2026. 😃
Highlights included:
Lesser Scaup, Bonaparte's Gull, WB Warbler, Iberian Chiffchaff, Black Kite, Fudge Duck, Ross's Gull, Tengmalm's Owl, Canvasback & BB Albatross. 😉
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Peckish
A marsh tit grabs #snacks left out @rspbleightonmoss.bsky.social Lancashire, UK
#photography #birds #birding @alan678.bsky.social’s #BirdOfTheDay #ukbirds #ukbirding #nature #wildlife #Nikon #passerine #feeding
First birds of my day: a trio of Magpie screechily investigating something on the road outside, while a Rook peered magesterially down at them from a TV aerial above their heads, and a Herring Gull yelled its way across the grey cloudy sky.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
#UKBirding
A male Ashy-headed Wagtail in Cornwall at Porth Hellick, St Mary's, Isles-of-Scilly in 2021 - ©Martin Goodey, many thanks. 👍🏻
A 1st summer male Belted Kingfisher in Aberdeenshire at Peterculter in 2005 - ©Darren Robson, many thanks. 👍🏻
A 1st summer male Belted Kingfisher in Staffordshire at Tixall in 2005 - ©Stuart Piner, many thanks. 👍🏻
April 1st: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were twenty-five (25) accepted records on this day... 😃
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#UKbirding
Slavonian Grebe in flight showing white wing patches and the black head with golden "horns" above a red eye.
Slavonian Grebe on the water showing the red neck, black head, golden horns and red eye with a yellow iris.
Slavonian Grebe almost silhouetted in front of a Great Crested Grebe to show the size difference between the species
A few more of last nights summer plumaged Slavonian Grebe, a real treat locally. My first local in breeding colours and only my second Slav Grebe ever in the 10k circle. #birds #ukbirding
Photo of a Male Mandarin Duck. A most amazing and almost ridiculously colourful and ornate bird with its bright orange cheek and wing feathers, its beautiful head which is coloured from its beak over the top of its crown starting with rich green then blue then dark ochre then blue again with pale around the eyes leading back to a white stripe amongst green. The body is similarly coloured with areas of purple, black, white, buff, blue and green all sharply demarcated, topped off with orange legs and a red beak. This one is standing, slightly turned away in a shallow part of the dark river bed
My #BestOfTheMonth have to be the photos of the Mandarin Drake who most obligingly displayed to see off a rival just as we were walking along the riverbank
Canon R5 500mm f/7.1 1:400s ISO3200
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #UKBirding #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Sheffield #UK
L3 bottom left bird, rest islandica.
Couple more shots of the Continental Black-tailed Godwit from this eve.
#PatchBirding
#UKBirding
@lincsbirding.bsky.social
White-fronted Goose
Spotted Redshank
Crane
A decent evening's birding along the washes at Fortrey's Hall today with 6 White-fronted Geese, Spotted Redshank and 5 Crane the highlights @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKbirding
First quarter of 2026 done & 93sp in the 10k circle, 7 ahead of my previous best at this date. Some real bonuses inc the goose-fest of White-fronts, Barnacles & Pink-footed but some worrying omissions not at their usual haunts inc Curlew, Little Owl & Marsh Tit. 90 of the 93 self-found #ukbirding
Failed with the now near mythical Lesser Spott Wood in the 10k early am (1 seen on 22/3) but 2 drake Mandarin & 3 drumming Gt Spott Wood kept me entertained while I waited in vain to hear their smaller cousin. A singing Cetti’s Warbler on my run yday evening did take the 10k year to 93sp #ukbirding
A Slavonian Grebe in flight into low sunlight
A Slavonian Grebe flying low over the water.
A Slavonian Grebe in summer plumage with feet drifting behind it.
The summer plumaged Slavonian Grebe at High Rid came in close this evening as we sat on the bank and waited. An absolutely beautiful bird, and it flew low and often to show off a view I rarely get. #ukbirding #birds #wildlifephotography
The Red-legged Partridge migration season begins! Seriously, I only get these birds late March to mid-April on my urban patch. Watch out for other reports of RLP in unusual locations during the next month, including coastal & headland sites
#ukbirding
#RLPmigrationmagic
#RLPmigrationEXISTS
Shiphay, Torquay, Devon. 18.10-18.45. Thrilled but a tad annoyed to return from work and flush a fem Black Redstart from outside the back door, just six feet away on the patio! It showed 3 times but was always very mobile and elusive. A 1st from home 🏡👌. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
