First visit in a while to the local patch of Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo. First Nightingales, Woodchat Shrike, Swift and Red Rumped Swallow of the year have arrived to join the House Martins and Swallows.
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#CAWOSbirding #birds 6 keen #patchbirding friends meet to walk Chelfords farmland & quarries, good company as usual & very challenging conditions. Green Sandpiper, Siskins, Sand Martin's, Gadwall, Shoveler, Shelduck, Wigeon, Treecreeper etc. Image courtesy of Lee Jacobs.
Afternoon #patchbirding once the rain had cleared through - 3.5k Pinkies, 30 Avocet, 87 Golden Plover, Com Sand, Peregrine, 2 Rook, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Cetti’s, Nuthatch, 3 Wheatear, Yellowhammer. Looking forward to this wind dropping and some S’lies!!
Oh, ok, a duck in a tree. Mandarin checking out nesting sites, after successfully breeding along the Beck last year. Blackcap and a few more Chiffchaff but still only half-hearted song.
A Coal tit - not many recently.
One Redwing, the last of the winter?
31 spp for the week.
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Afternoon #patchbirding
The great -tailed grackle was singing away from copse just before 4pm when I arrived ,was there for 45 mins ,it flew off and sat a top of one of the pine trees for a while
Lots of chiffchaff singing ,3 black caps and at least 6 Cettis
2 wheatear, 2 buzzard,sparrow hawk
View across farm fields towards London
A pair of Stock Dove in a tree
An unfortunately departed Grass Snake seen in a little stream
Highlights from Weald CP today: a Little Owl heard, 5 Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, 5 Stock Dove, 3 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 2 Little & 2 GC Grebe, 2 Coal Tit, Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 4 Redwing and the first 4 Swallow.
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This exceptionally early Whimbrel has been in the Swinister Burn, Shetland area since mid March and today became the 100th species for my 2026 10km Patchwork Challenge. #PWC2026 #Patchbirding #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #UKWildlife #Birds
Branston Island this morning - Caspian Gull and Swallow through both new for #PWC2026 115/144.
No sign of the Continental Black-tailed Godwits unfortunately, 3 Glossy Ibis still.
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Definite L3 on right, prob 2nd on left.
Pick of the afternoon at Branston Island, and a real surprise, was this Continental Black-tailed Godwit, alongside a possible 2nd and 18 Icelandic birds.
Thanks to @markgolley.bsky.social for the confirmation, a really nice female L3 it looks like.
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#CAWOSbirding #birds we are out #patchbirding around Brookfield farm & south Acre Nook on Sunday morning at 11 BST! Meeting point on Congleton lane as last time. You're welcome to join us. Image courtesy of @ryanswildphotos
Nice afternoon at Branston Island, but bar some interesting Godwits in my next post, pretty quiet until I picked up this Osprey on the drive home...
Parked the car and watched it fly over the patch along the Witham - cracker. 113/141 for #PWC2026
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Swinemoor-a very quick scoot over to the patch after work to have a look at the reported Ruddy Shelduck. Stood in the middle of the flooded area. Nice new tick for the patch! Thanks @owentatdraws.bsky.social to the heads up! #patchbirding #eastyorksbirding
Is there a finer looking bird than a male Wheatear in spring? I think not.
There ARE 2 Wheatear in this shot. Male on the left. The female or 1CY male on the right.
Thought it was enough to cause a minor twitch for the Grey Partridges today as I wandered up to see if they were still about - they were - but then not 1 but 2 Wheatear popped up on the main field AND a calling Brambling in the tree behind - oh, my days I need a lie down #patchbirding
Female Roe Deer
1 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, several mixed Finch parties moved through North, 2 Sparrowhawk & a Roe Deer during a 2hr late a.m visit today, @ Bickershaw CP no bird photos but attached one of the Female Roe Deer noted today #BCPBirding #UKBirding #Patchbirding
The first full #patchbirding walk after work today with the slightly lighter evening, covering all 3 water bodies. The #PWC2026 list moves on to 75 species. ✅✅. The first pair of Mandarin Ducks are back along the Stour at the Hothfield Flood Storage Reservoir plus 2 Stonechats.
Top pond view through the trees
Wood Anemones along the Camac 'river'
A damp Rook
Coffee and cinnamon swirl in Ruff café
It's been a damp morning #patchbirding in Corkagh Park. Heard my first calling Chiffchaff of the year.
2 Mute Swan and the view along the lake at Weald Country Park
A pair of Great Crested Grebe courting
A pair of Mandarin duck, drake at the rear
Drake Mandarin duck
1/2. 48 bird species at Weald CP today, highlights: A pair of Mandarin dropping in, 2+ Little Grebe, 2 GC Grebe, Grey Wag, Linnet, 4 M. Thrush, 14 Chiffchaff, Siskin, Redpoll (heard), Coal Tit, 5 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Greenfinch and Grn & GS Woodpecker.
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3 Common Scoter new onto Branston Island today, 111/138 for #PWC2026.
Also a drake Green-winged Teal, 1.5 weeks after I last saw it - probs the same, but could be a new bird.
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A Brambling is partly concealed amongst lots of larch twigs and branches.
A male Brambling this afternoon in St Fittick's Park was my first ever spring record here. Always a delight to see. The Glaucous Gull was again in the harbour this morning and an early Manx Shearwater flew north off Girdle Ness.
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Sucker for punishment with return #patchbirding Quiet visit until a Ringtail Hen Harrier drifted high NW over Carr Lane just before I headed home. 74 Golden Plover, Com Sand, 4 Rook, 2 Stonechat the best of not a lot else….at least I could see further than the end of my nose 😂
A sensory deprived couple of hours #patchbirding at dawn before I gave up due to the think pea soup….Water Rail, 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti’s, Brambling the best of what I could hear 🤪
2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Little Egrets, 6 Teal & 4 Tufted Ducks at the Hothfield Waterfall Lake. 2 Canada Geese & 3 Stonechats at the Flood Storage Reservoir. 10 Common Buzzards, 2 Kestrels & 1 Sparrowhawk. 4 Tit species, 2 Woodpeckers, Bullfinches & Greenfinches. #patchbirding #PWC2026.
A lovely afternoon #patchbirding with
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Highlight was our 1st 2 wheatear of spring 😍🥳
A pair of treecreeper nest building
Great -tailed grackle singing away , just before sunset
Back from another enjoyable birding trip to Norfolk… out #PatchBirding this afternoon. Signs of Spring; Bluebells in Worten Wood and the sounds of the first male Blackcap singing on rural Godinton Park in 2026… patch year ✅ #PWC2026.
Dawn #patchbirding 350 Golden Plover, LRP 🥳, Green Sand, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Rook, 14 Chiffchaff, 6+ Cetti’s, Nuthatch, 2 Stonechat, 2 Tree Sparrow, Bullfinch, 7+ Redpoll, 6+ Siskin. Stunning Spring morning once the mist burnt off 😎
Banstead, Surrey: 354 Chaffinch east, mostly between 05.55 - 06.30hrs when a bank of low murky cloud rolled in and somewhat curtailed the movement #UKBirding #PatchBirding
Singing Chiffchaff this week, unusually in the park before (the better habitat?) in the woods along the Beck. Female Blackcap in the park too. Pr of Mandarin ducks back on the Beck.
Pied wagtails gone but a few Redwing still on both patches.
36 spp for the birding in the city week. 🎉
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A dark-bellied Brent Goose was a nice surprise this morning. A scarce record for RSPB Conwy and a #patchbirding tick. The long-staying female Goldeneye is still present and I finally managed good views of the leucistic Cetti's Warbler too... what a bird that is! 😍 #PWC2026 #ukbirding #birdingwales
No sign in the last few days, but 3 Black-necked Grebes were fantastic to see for the evening they were on patch.
Waders have maxed at 28 Ruff, 23 Dunlin, 2 Ringo, Avocet and 15 Blackwit. 3 Glossy Ibis again today.
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Afternoon #patchbirding 10 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail, 83 Avocet, 100 Golden Plover, 49 Knot, Med Gull, GWE, 2 Rook, 6 Chiffchaff, 6 Cetti’s, 5 Blackcap, Nuthatch, 5 Redwing, Wheatear 🥳, 3 Siskin…and in beautifully mild conditions too 😁
