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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Who needs a Siberian thrush when you can have (inland) garden ✅ Great Black Backed Gull 😊 #sussexbirding #lowcarbonbirding roll on October!

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Weirwood Reservoir late pm as light rain lifted. Not the hoped for osprey but Goshawk, Kingfisher, Sand Martin and some v noisy juvenile Great Crested Grebes was ample compensation #ukbirding #sussexbirding #birds

Weirwood Reservoir Sussex September afternoon

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My entry in worst photo of the Eastleach Long-tailed Shrike 👇 don’t know about you but I reckon it has a chance! Plus it didn’t require the 🙄 behaviour of other photographers which was pity to witness on such a well organised site with cracking views from roadside #UKrares #rarebirdsUK #ukbirding 🪶

Site of 2026 Long-tailed Shrike (with the bird in there somewhere!) Eastleach

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Birding in Heatwave 5. Pulborough no-Brooks best from walk to Netleys and back was Green Sandpiper but then with my 🍦 from the heathland benches a lovely Pied Flycatcher 🪶 #ukbirding #sussexbirding #climatechange

Pulborough Brooks rspb reserve view towards parched south brooks in August 2026 heatwave / drought

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Holy Island Lindisfarne this pm a dark phase Arctic Skua flew directly over my head whilst on the harbour wall 1255. Red throated Diver off the Heugh, Marsh Harrier over the village #NEBirding #ukbirding #birds

Harbour at Holy Island, Lindisfarne with priory in background

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Lindisfarne Holy Island. All 3 auk sp. in small groups heading N up E side of island, Gannets generally heading S. Yesterday from the Heugh: Black Guillemot on St Cuthbert’s island; Arctic Skua harrying sandwich terns; RT Diver in channel; Hobby & Peregrine over the harbour #NEBirding #ukbirding 🪶

Lindisfarne castle on Holy Island view from coastal path on eastern side of island July morning

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I think [hope] they’ll do it Argentina 0 England 1 1966, 1986 and all that #ThreeLions #WorldCup2026 #EnglandVsArgentina

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Harry & Jude vs Ødegaard & Haaland has the makings of a classic. #ThreeLions to win by the odd goal in five? #EnglandVsNorway #worldcup2026 #ENGNOR

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I’m expecting to wake up in the morning with England out of the World Cup Mexico 2 England 1 #ThreeLions #WorldCup2026 #MexicoVsEngland

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Expecting more practice against the low block / parked buses and predicting a nervy win DR Congo 0-1 England #ThreeLions #worldcup2026 #EnglandVsDRCongo

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Hearing questions about team selection but think England will get the job done - England 3-0 Panama #ThreeLions #worldcup2026

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hit 35C inland Sussex this heatwave afternoon 🥴 it’s uncomfortable for all ‼️ it’s a real health risk for some 🚧 a lot of basic infrastructure can’t cope … but we are heading for a lot more of this and worse. Drill baby drill eh? #climatechange

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I think they’ll win, but not as easily as the pundits are expecting England 2 - 1 Ghana #worldcup2026 #EnglandVsGhana #ThreeLions

Boston skyline in summer
World Cup 2026 host city for England v Ghana

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

First afternoon of the latest heatwave 🥵 @rspbotmoor.bsky.social still good for warbler song with Reed, Sedge, Willow, Cetti’s, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff all active. Hobby hunting. #birds #ukbirding #oxonbirding #climatechange

RSPB Otmoor near Oxford June afternoon in heatwave

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Wandered around Lewes Cockshut Realignment in warm sunshine this morning. Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, cygnets, singing Reed Warblers the best bits. As often these days in #SussexBirding no hirundines which doesn’t seem right #birds #ukbirding

Cockshut Realignment nature reserve near Lewes in June sunshine with view to downs

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Hope I’m wrong but England 1-1 Croatia feels like an opening match kind of score #WorldCup2026 #ThreeLions #Somos26 #EnglandVsCroatia

Dallas Stadium normally home of the NFL Dallas Cowboys but currently FIFA World Cup venue for England v Croatia

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Good week of North #NorfolkBirding. Best #RareBirdsUK was the Gull-billed Tern. Holkham Quail & Grasshopper Warbler were nice surprises, but best of all was just sitting under big skies at Cley & Titchwell watching Marsh Harriers swoop, Spoonbills sleep & Sedge Warblers rattle #ukbirding #birds

Cley Marshes and a big Norfolk sky on sunny June afternoon

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Wonderful to sit still on the benches overlooking Patsy’s Reedbed at Titchwell. Bittern flew in, Marsh Harrier hunting a few feet from me. And that North Norfolk light 👌 #birds #NorfolkBirding #ukbirdong

Titchwell RSPB reserve view over Patsy’s Reedbed from benches at end of east trail June evening sunlight looking towards sea wall

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A great Cley sky 3:30 this afternoon just before the thunder rolled. Lovely selection of Black Tailed Godwit plumages on Pats & Simmonds #NorfolkBirding #ukbirding #birds

Thunderstorm clouds over Cley Marshes reserve Norfolk

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

North Yorkshire Police appealing for information following suspicious disappearance of juvenile White Tailed Eagle on North York Moors a month ago 👇 #birds #ukbirding @harbourbirds.bsky.social @rewildingbritain.org.uk @rspbengland.bsky.social www.northyorkshire.police.uk/news/north-y...

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Investigation underway after disappearance of eagle

We are appealing for information after the disappearance of a white-tailed eagle.

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Got this email from South East Water 🙄 who regularly fail to supply homes in Kent and Sussex in all sorts of weather. I don’t think paddling pools are the problem here - how about failure to invest in renewing infrastructure, lack of planning for #climatechange, poor management.

Email from South East Water May 2026 asking customers to conserve water in light of supply issues

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

When we first moved to #SussexBirding in mid 90s a pair Spotted Flycatchers nested in churchyard. They were lost with huge general decline in the species. So this evenings albeit fleeting flycatcher in the village was special, first in >25 years; presume late migrant heading north with #heatwave 🪶

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Decided it’s too hot for birdwatching 🥵 so sat in the garden. Then had singing Firecrest and Siskin - both unimaginable here in May an even a few years back … and then garden tick Treecreeper. So with those plus overhead screaming Swifts the #heatwave birding wasn’t too bad after all! 🪶 #ukbirding

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Cricket at Lord’s and Swifts overhead. 2 of my favourite things 😊 #cricket #londonbirds 🪶 @homeofcricket.bsky.social Middlesex v Lent T20

Lords cricket ground Middlesex v Kent women’s T20 May 2026

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Honey Buzzard back on territory from published Ashdown Forest viewpoint near Wych Cross #sussexbirding 🪶

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Old Lodge, Ashdown Forest. The most Willow Warbler song I’ve heard this year. Vocal Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, singing Siskins. Sparrowhawk took a Linnet 10 yards in front of me then immediately harassed by another Sparrowhawk. The pair repeated a few mins later #sussexbirding #ukbirding #birds

Old Lodge reserve on Ashdown Forest, Sussex

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Probably doesn’t have the colour pop to win the popular vote but the Gatekeeper will always be special to me: the first butterfly I stopped walking to study carefully and couldn’t identify immediately. How precious to be still in nature. #BritainsFavouriteButterfly @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Knepp: another birdsong feast: Nightingale, Garden Warbler, Redstart, Lesser Whitethroat, Bullfinch the 🎵 highlights. Alas no purring Doves for me this morning but can’t be too bad as there’s an excuse to come back soon! Storks busy. #sussexbirding #ukbirding #birds @kneppwilding.bsky.social

Knepp Wilding red route habitat good for Nightingales and Lesser Whitethroat

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Wonderful walking the Gravetye Estate today with soundscape of constant Gold+Green finch plus singing Nightingale, Firecrest, lots Blackcap, Whitethroat and performing Buzzards #sussexbirding #ukbirding #birds

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Garden Warbler an unexpected Garden Tick ☑️ this evening ! Super end to an excellent #sussexbirding day 🪶

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Spotted Sandpipers with one showing especially well River Ouse between Southese & Piddinghoe ✅ Also 8 Whimbrel near swing bridge, a sandpiper without spots 😉, Hobby, 40sp altogether #sussexbirding #ukbirding #birds #rarebirdsUK

River Ouse between Southese and Piddinghoe site of 2 Spotted Sandpipers in May 2026

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My first Swift of the year = best bird of the year. This one over Oxford, hopefully swifts back over the house in a week or so. 😃 #birds #ukbirding

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

4 hours seawatch Splash Point, Seaford light SE wind: 17 Whimbrel E (8+9), RT Diver 1E 1os, Shag 1os, CScoter 2E. Of terns that could be ID’d: 2 Black (E at 12:48), 15 Sandwich, 16 Common, 1 Arctic. Many more tern sp E far out #sussexbirding #ukbirding #birds

Seaford beach looking west from Splash Point sunny late April day

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Glorious spring ☀️ day Pulborough RSPB: 69sp seen, highlights 17 singing Nightingale, Garganey, LRP, Greenshank, 5 Ruff, Peregrine, Cuckoo #sussexbirding #ukbirding 🪶 @rspbengland.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

Pulborough Brooks RSPB reserve view of north brooks from the Hanger in April sunshine

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Pulborough RSPB: female Garganey on North Brooks from Jupp’s #sussexbirding #ukbirding 🪶

Pulborough Brooks RSPB view over north brooks from Jupp’s viewpoint April

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Weirwood Reservoir: Common Tern pair together on perimeter fence of tern raft already occupied by BH Gulls. Only 1 Swallow at west end. Marsh Tit pair. #sussexbirding #ukbirding 🪶

Weirwood Reservoir, Sussex April blue sky from west end

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Otmoor away from the AGP crowd delivered Hobby, Marsh Harriers, Water Rail, Reed Sedge & Willow Warblers, Whitethroats greater and Lesser 😊 @rspbotmoor.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding #oxonbirding

Otmoor RSPB reserve Oxfordshire April afternoon

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Always makes me smile seeing a Ruddy Duck. Wasn’t expecting one this morning. Take care little blue-billed fella 🤫 #birds #ukbirding

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Still 2 Redwings on woodland patch walk this pm. Boisterous and territorial Raven pair and a calling Marsh Tit giving hope for 2 new #patchbirding breeding species within a few yards of each other 😊 #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

This week my #birds & #ukbirding feeds full of “Earliest” 🤔 Earliest Pom Skua, Earliest Nightingale, Earliest Whitethroat … On an April day when temperature reached 24C on my patch, I’m not sure this is good news #ClimateChange

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Sometimes it’s about just being in the field 😊 went to Pewley Down this am for Grey Partridges and to Little Wildwood (Alfold) this pm for Ring Necked Duck. Dipped both but in each place came away with something unexpected and much better #birds #ukbirding #surreybirding

Pewley Down, Guildford, Surrey in spring sunshine

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Unstead NR #surreybirding lunchtime ☀️ 1 Sand Martin, lots of Blackcap song, Reed Bunting, Cetti’s, Grey Wagtail #birds #ukbirding

Unstead nature reserve Surrey view to the scrape spring sunshine

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Weston Shore, Southampton: 3 Wheatear on sea defence rocks by sailing club 2m+1f #HantsBirds #birds #ukbirding

Weston Shore Southampton sea defence rocks March cloudy skies

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Bunny Meadows, Warwash: American Golden Plover [very considerate to hang out with Grey Plovers so no need for hours sorting thru European Golden Plovers 😅 at ///spindles.campsites.rumbles ] also Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank still 51 Brent Geese on Lower Hamble #RareBirdsUK #HantsBirds #ukbirding 🪶

Causeway at Warwash, Lower Hamble, Bunny Meadows nature reserve Hampshire site of American Golden Plover 31/3/26

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Great morning at Titchfield Haven with 🪶 #UKbirding: Avocet, Black Tailed Godwits, Sanderling, Marsh Harrier & #UKbutterflies: Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White. All rounded off with a Tuna Melt & Bread Pudding 😊 #HantsBirds

Titchfield Harbour with boats and Turnstones on the causeway

Titchfield Haven nature reserve path March sunshine

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The #birds in and around the RoseBowl Southampton this pm incl singing Chiffchaff, Greenfiches, overhead Red Kite, suggests this venue could improve my seen at Test #cricket list which is dominated by Lords at moment. #HantsBirds 🪶 🏏

View of Southampton Rose Bowl (Utilita Bowl) cricket ground in March pre season preparations, looking towards the pavilion

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Loved my first visit of the year to Thursley Common #surreybirding. Dartford Warblers always a highlight but today the Woodlark were 🤩 with full vocal and display flight range on show. Notable number of Siskin and Redpoll at southern end of common. #birds #ukbirding

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