Back in the Midlands for the spring so Middleton Lakes RSPB becomes the temporary patch again. Good to be back there. Lots of year ticks; 3 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler and this cracking male Whinchat. Avocets + Little Ringed Plovers displaying and Bitterns booming too #ukbiring #WMBC
Six Little Ringed Plover (no pics) on roadside pool off Barrow Lane, St Helens, most I've ever seen together in St Helens, also two Northern Wheatear on Barrow Lane, best I could get of the Wheatear before they were flushed by cyclists. #UKbiring #StHelensBirding
A brief early visit to Anglesey with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social came up trumps with great views of the Bewick’s Swan. Initially at Cors Ddyga it flew to Pont Marquis with 20 Whooper Swans. 3 Egyptian Geese + Cattle Egret too. 6 Great N Diver + 5 Slav Grebe near Holyhead #birdingwales #ukbiring
Bonkers weather and road chaos scuppered a proper shot at a New Year bird race however great fun with Tony Kearney + Owen Parsons. A close Slav Grebe at the Spinnies NR was the highlight until @alexhj.bsky.social found a superb Lesser Yellowlegs on the Clwyd! cracking bird ☺️ #ukbiring #birdingwales
Only six species seen all day on an 8 mile epic from Penmaenmawr to the summit of Drum and back. At least 12 Red Grouse seen, a species I could only dream of seeing up there as a young lad. Red Kite, Raven, Stonechat, Kestrel and a Carrion Crow made up the rest of the list! #ukbiring #birdingwales
A whole day at Tarbat Ness. The sea was kind with 3 Sooty Shearwater, 5 Little Gull, Pom and Arctic Skua, Great Northern Diver, 23 Long-tailed Duck + 4 Manx Shearwater. Many Fieldfare, Redwing + Blackbirds in-off the sea. Golden Plovers, Purple Sands + a showy Otter ☺️👍🏴 #ukbiring #birdingscotland
Birds are amazing. The last Wryneck I saw on the Great Orme was found by Rob Sandham over a decade ago. Today, I’ve just come across one in exactly the same bush as the last one! At the gunsite on the western edge of the headland. ☺️👍 #ukbiring #birdingwales
Bird watchers viewing starlings <and a couple of wood pigeons !>coming in to roost this evening on the excavated peat reedbeds against a tangerine sunset on the Somerset Levels tonight
Flying low with no acrobatics tonight!
@stormhour.bsky.social @mybirdcards.com #starlings #stormdarragh #ukbiring
Great guiding day one of 5 day Tour for Two North Wales. Waders the stars Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Bar t Godwit, Whimbrel. Also beautiful Kingfisher, 4 Great Egret, Peregrine & more. Lovely company with Andrew & Jane. #birdwatching #birdtour #wales #sunday #ukbiring #guiding #waders
Yellowhammer on Gorse bush
Brent Geese in flight
Dartford Warbler in Gorse.
Solid 7k walk from Easton to Toe End Medmerry, Chichester, Sussex.
42 Sps seen, highlights probable nesting Dartford pair, 12 Avocet and good numbers of Yellowhammers, perhaps the last few Brents. A morning of sun & Spring bird song.
#ukbiring #birds #lowcarbonbirding
