Iberian Chiffchaff, 19/04/2026, Pease Dean, Scottish Borders, found by @moorfoots2peasebay.bsky.social #rarebirdsUK #BirdingScotland #BirdingBorders
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Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus)
Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus) Hardwick Hall CP, Co Durham. 18/04/2026. Bird was constantly singing while we were there. #UKbirding #NEbirding #RarebirdsUK
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One of the showiest Lesser Scaups I've seen, this drake was a delight to go and see recently at The Mere (Ellesmere) in Shropshire, UK often associating with the Tufted Duck present #RareBirdsUK #Birdsoftheworld #Birding
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male White-winged Scoter and m+f Surf Scoter@ Innerleven #birdingFife #rarebirdsUK
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An adult Gull-billed Tern in Cheshire on Burton Mere Wetlands in 2023 - ©Steff Leese, many thanks. 👍🏻
A 1st winter Hermit Thrush on Shetland at Noss NNR in 2017 - ©Rebecca Nason, many thanks. 👍🏻
A female Little Bittern in Cheshire at Woolston Eyes in 2024 - ©Kieran Foster, many thanks. 👍🏻
APRIL 19th: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were thirty-five (35) accepted records on this day... 😃
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20 years since rubbish views of the only Ross's Gull I've seen, it was nice to finally get another one, and a bonus in Norfolk. Eventually showed well! #NorfolkBirding #rarebirdsUK @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
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Some nice views and sounds from the Iberian Chiffchaff this morning at Hardwick CP, Co Durham.
#NEBirding #RareBirdsUK #BirdsSeenIn2026
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woodchat shrike, a smallish bird with a chestnut cap, small bill and white underparts. It also has black and white wings and a black mask. pic AH
woodchat shrike pic AH
Woodchat Shrike at Pagham rife/Honer early afternoon (found by JDW) #rarebirdsUK
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This photograph of the assumed Powys Black-winged Kite was taken at Colne Point, Essex by ©Sean Nixon on July 22nd 2023.
APRIL 18th: UK FIRST RECORDS: 🥇
BLACK-WINGED KITE
Elanus caeruleus caeruleus
An individual was discovered at Glan-mule, Powys on April 18th 2023.
It was subsequently seen in Norfolk (for four days), Suffolk and Essex (for two days each) between July 17th - 22nd.
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A male Belted Kingfisher on the Isles-of-Scilly at Porth Hellick, St Mary's in 2018 - ©Joe Pender, many thanks. 👍🏻
A Black-winged Kite in Powys at Glan-mule in 2023 - ©Martyn Owen, many thanks. 👍🏻
A 1st winter Franklin's Gull in Carmarthenshire near Loughor in 2014 - ©Alun John, many thanks. 👍🏻
APRIL 18th: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were thirty-seven (37) accepted records on this day including one UK first... 😃
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#UKbirding
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Five months without a British tick, then two come along in the same day. Iberian Chiffchaff and Marsh Sandpiper both showing very well eventually in (current and former) County Durham today. #RareBirdsUK #NEBirding
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Crag Martin on the Isles-of-Scilly over Bryher in 2022 - ©Kris Webb, many thanks. 👍🏻
A 1st summer Laughing Gull on the Isles-of-Scilly at Higher Town, St Martin's in 2018 - ©Kris Webb, many thanks. 👍🏻
A male Two-barred Crossbill in Somerset on Haddon Hill in 2017 - ©James Packer, many thanks. 👍🏻
APRIL 17th: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were forty-one (41) accepted records on this day... 😃
#UKrares
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#UKbirding
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Spectacled Warbler. No, not Elizabeth Fraser, but the first for Britain that turned up at Filey in late May 1992.
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APRIL 16th: UK FIRST RECORDS: 🥇
AMERICAN COOT
Fulica americana americana
A probable 1st summer was found at Stodmarsh, Kent on April 16th 1996 where it lingered for fourteen days and was last seen on April 29th (30th).
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A 1st summer American Coot in Kent at Stodmarsh in 1996 - ©Alan Tate, many thanks. 👍🏻
Marsh Sandpiper in Hampshire on Normandy Marsh, Lymington in 2024 - ©Gareth Rees, many thanks. 👍🏻
Pallid Swift on the Isles-of-Scilly at Porth Hellick, St Mary's in 2013 - ©Ashley Fisher, many thanks. 👍🏻
APRIL 16th: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were thirty-five (35)) accepted records on this day including one UK first... 😃
#UKrares
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#UKbirding
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Woodchat still at Hendra this afternoon #cornwallbirding #RareBirdsuk
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Black-throated Thrush still at Maysheil in the Lammermuirs, East Lothian, late morning today. Favouring the sheep field to the north, opposite the farm entrance and the trees next to the road. @aberladybirder.bsky.social @annesinc.bsky.social #birdinglothian #birdingscotland #rarebirdsuk
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A 1st winter American Herring Gull in Suffolk at Great Livermere in 2017 - ©Nick Moran, many thanks. 👍🏻
A male Ferruginous Duck in Leicestershire on Stanford Reservoir in 2024 - ©Chris Hubbard, many thanks. 👍🏻
A 1st summer Great Spotted Cuckoo in Glamorgan at Cwm Cadlan, Penderyn in 2015 - ©Richard Smith, many thanks. 👍🏻
APRIL 15th: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were twenty-seven (27) accepted records on this day... 😃
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#UKbirding
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Myrescough Quarry this morning, 1st win Bonaparte's gull still. Wing flap part of video slowed to make it easier to see the underwing pattern. #LancsBirding #UKBirding #RarebirdsUK
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APRIL 14th: UK FIRST RECORDS: 🥇
OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT
Anthus hodgsoni yunnanensis
One was processed on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire on April 14th 1948.
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An adult Ancient Murrelet in N. Devon on Lundy in 1991 - ©Unknown. 🤷🏻♂️
A 1st winter Great Blue Heron on the Isles-of-Scilly at Lower Moors, St Mary's in 2015 - ©Ashley Fisher, many thanks. 👍🏻
A 1st summer male Western Subalpine Warbler in Dorset at Wallsend, Portland in 2024 - ©Mike Kirby, many thanks. 👍🏻
APRIL 14th: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were thirty-eight (38) accepted records on this day including one UK first... 😃
#UKrares
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#UKbirding
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APRIL 13th: BRITISH LIST UPDATES: 🆕
BONAPARTE'S GULL
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
The BBRC has announced that Bonaparte's Gull is no longer considered a description species.
The British List remains at 636 species (A = 619; B = 7; C = 10).
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An Iberian Wagtail on the Isles-of-Scilly at Little Porth, St Mary's in 2022 - ©Martin Goodey, many thanks. 👍🏻
Pallid Swift on the Isles-of-Scilly at Porth Hellick, St Mary's in 2024 - ©Martin Goodey, many thanks. 👍🏻
A male Western Subalpine Warbler in Dorset at Portland Bill in 2017 - ©David Stone, many thanks. 👍🏻
APRIL 13th: 🧾
Good morning! 🖐🏻👋🏻
There were thirty-five (35) accepted records on this day... 😃
#UKrares
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#UKbirding
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Fabulous views of the long-staying but sometimes elusive North American Bonaparte's Gull at various sites around Lerwick over the last few days. The ninth record for Shetland.
#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #UKWildlife #Birds
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