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Andy Butler

@andysbutler.bsky.social

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Birder, photographer, interested in bird id, migration

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Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Heavy snow yesterday brought 3 Alpine Accentors in to the Samöens 1600 ski resort

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Ashy-headed Wagtail and 4 Penduline Tits at Lac de Flérier, Taninges in the French Alps, both scarce here

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Slavonian Grebe at Middleton Moor today, thought to be the first site record. @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Cetti’s Warbler at Middleton Moor since 27th September and thought to be 1st record for the Derbyshire Peak District. Finally managed a photo today @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Fewer Sabine’s Gulls today but this juvenile on the beach at Pointe de Grignon, Ile de Ré was ample compensation

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

16 Sabine’s Gulls and a Leach’s Petrel off Le Martray, Ile de Ré today with heavy rain a gale force SW winds

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Wood Sandpiper still at Middleton Moor today @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Waders on the move at Middleton Moor this afternoon with Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover and 3 Redshank @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Green Sandpiper at Middleton Moor this afternoon #ukbirding @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Drake Common Scoter Middleton Moor this morning @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Black-tailed Godwit Middleton Moor, Derbys this morning #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Common Greenshank Middleton Moor this morning #ukbirding @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Ringed Plover at Middleton Moor this morning in apparent retained Juvenile/1st winter plumage with typical Ringed Plover @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Two Avocet at Middleton Moor this morning plus 2 Dunlin and Ringed Plover @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Birding at Kolka, Latvia for the next 9 days. Good start today with plenty of scarce migrants

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Knot and female Ring Ouzel at Middleton Moor this morning #ukbirding @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Whimbrel dropped in this morning at Middleton Moor, Derbys #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Another Wood Sandpiper at Middleton Moor this morning also Whimbrel and local rarity Great Black-backed Gull

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Savi’s Warblers showing exceptionally well at Seegraben near Worms 🇩🇪 This morning

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Bald Ibis at the Kuchl reintroduction site in Austria. Seven birds seen there this mornin

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Great views of Alpine Swifts over the cliffs by the Krk road bridge, Croatia

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Male Rock Bunting at Valnontey in the Gran Paradiso near Aosta today

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Nicely marked female Ring Ouzel of the alpine race alpestris at Samöens 1600 today

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Some Goshawk action in the Peak District this morning despite the lack of wind

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Caspian Gull, 3rd winter Middleton Moor, Derbys this morning #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

1st winter Mediterranean Gull at Bakewell Bridge, Derbys this morning. A rarity in the Peak District #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Immature female Marsh Harrier Middleton Moor, Derbys this afternoon #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Female Eurasian Goshawk high over the Derwent Valley at Chatsworth, Derbys this afternoon #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Female Lesser Scaup Carsington Water this afternoon #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

One of two Black Brants seen on Texel today #birding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Spectacled Eider, Texel this morning. Worth the journey! #birding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Drake Smew at Dacre Lake, Brandsburton this afternoon #UKBirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Six Hawfinch at St Helen’s Churchyard, Darley Dale, Derbys today #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Another distant rarity at Middleton Moor, juvenile female Goshawk this morning. Worth the difficult journey through the snow #ukbirds

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Distant Great Grey Shrike seen briefly at Middleton Moor, Derbys this afternoon #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Nice view of a Water Rail by Long Meadows care home in Darley Dale this afternoon

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Drake Red-crested Pochard on a small pool in Upper Lumsdale, Matlock this morning is a first for the Matlock/ Bakewell area #ukbirds

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Purple Sandpiper, first winter Scarborough Harbour #UKBirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Juv Great Northern Diver at the entrance to Scarborough Harbour this morning #UKBirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Little Auk North Landing, Flamborough early afternoon #UKBirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Single Hawfinch, briefly, at Cromford this morning by the entrance to Willersley Castle

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

The Carsington Water, Derbys female Ring-necked Duck showing well this afternoon #UKBirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

A Knot with the Lapwings at Middleton Moor, Derbys this morning but departed with them at 9am

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

Pallas’s Warbler just north of Easington Gas Terminal, showing well this afternoon #UKBirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Juvenile/ 1st winter Caspian Gull with Herring Gull, Scalby Mills, Scarborough #UKBirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Adult Caspian Gull this afternoon Middleton Moor, Derbys

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Eurasian Goshawk 1st and 2nd calendar year birds Beeley Moor also 3k Redwing moving through #ukbirding

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

Adult Whooper Swan dropped in at Middleton Moor, Derbys this morning but departed West at 08:54

Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

Common Pochard in Bakewell this morning, only my second patch record. Probably a young male looking at the mantle colour

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Andy Butler @andysbutler.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Adult and 1st winter Caspian Gulls with a dozen Herring on Blaarmeersen Lake, Gent, Belgium