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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today’s #PatchBirding: first Redwing of the winter; last ?? 2 Spotted Flycatchers of the summer. Notable influx of Song Thrush overnight. Firecrest. 😊 Autumn 🍂 #sussexbirding

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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 · 23/09/2026

Decent autumn westerlies needed then! Good luck

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Bill Stuart @bill-stuart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Congrats on 200, good number of self-found in there from what you post. What’s the county year record?

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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 · 01/09/2026

Thanks for sharing this Bill. I remember watching the original as a teenager just getting into birdwatching. Wonder what the British big day record is now, and whether there’s a #LowCarbonBirding record?

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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

Harry Kane 2 DR Congo 1 But that’s not going to work in the Azteca #ENGDRC

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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

Thought the BBC pre-match interview with Stormzy was the best bit #ENGGHA and I’m 0/2

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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 · 22/06/2026

With hindsight my first first was the 1997 Tibetan Sand Plover at Pagham Harbour which was initially mistakenly taken as Greater Sand Plover and then for a long time was my first second Lesser Sand Plover 😉 #rarebirdsuk #ukbirding

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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

Happy to say I was wrong about #ENGCRO not just the score but that was a whole lot more entertaining than I expected

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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...

northyorkshire.police.uk

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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