Reposted by Chris DarbyGavin Durrant @gavindurrant1.bsky.social · 12/09/20264 shots from a sequence showing a Short eared owl unsuccessfully trying to rob a Barn owl of its prey #ukbirding 28719
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Sea watched The Bridges of Ross, Co. Clare yesterday with a group from @oriolebirding.bsky.social 08:00-15:30 Force 6 W turning Force 5 N Not too shabby! 100+ Leach’s Storm-petrels 2 European Storm-petrels 2 Great Shearwaters 64 Cory’s Shearwaters 300+ Sooty Shearwaters 2000+ Manx Shearwaters 160
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Red-footed falcon Lowestoft 1/09/2026 A very confiding juvenile has apparently been in the center of the town, sitting on a roof and fence, since at least Friday. #birds #ukbirds #suffolkbirds @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social 0242
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Whinchat & Lesser whitethroat Kessingland, Suffolk 29/08/2026 No sign of the wryneck today before the rain stopped play #birds 0131
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Purple sandpiper Kessingland sluice 27/08/2026 Also 10 wheatear, redstart and the common warblers moving through. Autumn is coming! #birds 0141
Reposted by Chris DarbyGavin Durrant @gavindurrant1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Kingfisher beats a Three spined Stickleback against the perch so hard it leaves the fish impaled by it's spines. #ukbirding 0134
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Photo-bombed by an airliner while filming the partial eclipse. There were also some nice reflections in the reservoir. 071
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Yesterday's partial eclipse filmed from Hanningfield, Essex 1152
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Black storks Kessingland 04/08/2026 Species 125 for the garden - well overdue as I have been away for three previous singles. #birds Tracked by the BINS and local WhatsApp groups north along the Suffolk coast and up into Norfolk. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @lowestoftlizards.bsky.social 0242
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 01/07/2026www.reuters.com/business/aer... #birdsreuters.comBird nests of fibre-optic cables show war's impact on UkraineWoven from fibre-optic cable and grass, a small bird's nest found near the front line of the war in Ukraine shows how the more than four-year-old conflict is reshaping the natural environment, resea... 030
Reposted by Chris DarbyHoward Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Not quite sure how to sum up the first full day on the MV Ortelius on our @bwntours.bsky.social Svalbard tour. We got very lucky indeed with two Polar Bear encounters. The second from the zodiac was unexpected and beyond anyone's expectations. We are still lost for words. 0191
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Gull-billed tern Minsmere RSPB 31/05/2026 Thankfully, at Island Mere it was feeding on dragonflies, not the avocet chicks it was taking on the scrape @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds #suffolkbirding 0274
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Gull-billed tern Minsmere RSPB 31/05/2026 Reterned for better views feeding close to Island Mere hide @rspbminsmere.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #birds #suffolkbirding 2575
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Gull-billed tern Minsmere RSPB 30/05/2026 We were in shock when the fish we thought it was carrying, turned out to be a chick. Identified from the images as an avocet. @rspbminsmere.bsky.social #birds #suffolkbirding @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social 3615
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Red-footed falcon Carlton marshes, Suffolk, 7/5/2026 1282
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Red-footed falcon Carlton marshes, Suffolk, 7/5/2026 Catching hairy dragonflies. 0201
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Cream-coloured courser Cape Verde 03/05/2026 #birds 0151
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Red-footed falcon Carlton marshes, 07/05/2026 With at least 30 hobbies. Best found by the silver on the upper wing showing clearly at distance. #birds 0492
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Red-billed tropicbird Cape Verde 02/05/2026 Having arrived in Cape Verde to meet the MV Hondius for a seabird passage to Madeira, we were told that the cruise had been cancelled due to a virus outbreak. Our thoughts are with those still on board and those who have lost friends and family. #birds 1120
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Tawny pipit Landguard, Suffolk, 30/04/2026 Best seen in the morning or late afternoon, when the heat haze decreases. Can show well but usually distant. Definitely worth putting in the time. #birds 0252
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Tawny Owl Essex, 21/04/2026 Taking a break in the box entrance. She seems to be an expert at taking #birds; catching another jackdaw (4th) last night, as well as a huge rat. 0120
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Grey wagtail Hanningfield, Essex, 20/04/2026 Relatively quiet WeBS today but the supporting #birds included a new singing nightingale area, cetti's & garden warblers, yellow and grey wagtail, swift, swallow, house and sand martin 1171
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Tawny owl Essex 16/04/2026 Due to the kids taking over the box, the female is spending as much time outside as the mobbing blackbirds and corvids allow. The feathers are jackdaws, she has caught three so far. 091
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Nightingale Hanningfield, Essex. 17/04/2026 #birds 0211
Reposted by Chris DarbyGavin Durrant @gavindurrant1.bsky.social · 14/04/2026A few Kingfisher shots from SWT Worlingham marshes last week #ukbirding 0268
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The tawny owls are feeding and protecting 8 and 9 day old chicks. Stock doves and jackdaws have been inside the box while she has been sitting on the eggs and were chased out. This morning while resting in the entrance she had enough and a jackdaw became a midday meal for the thee of them. #birds 0100
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 10/04/2026A local reed bed and heath morning, followed by a visit to the Brecks, produced the #bird species that a visiting colleague was hoping to see. A sing off between three nightingales, that seem to have came in over-night, and a pair of drumming lesser spots were highlights. 0151
Reposted by Chris DarbyJames Wright @guntonbirder.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The irony of the Lowestoft Journal (once a decent paper wayyy back in the day) running a story about a mistakenly mis-id gull with gull pictures with the wrong names in the captions.... And 'thousands' didn't turn up. Nowhere near those numbers! #fakenews www.lowestoftjournal.co.uk/news/2596334...lowestoftjournal.co.ukThousands disappointed after flocking to coast to see ultra-rare birdThousands of bird enthusiasts flocked to Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast, hoping to see a rare bird called a great black-headed gull. 021
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Red-crested pochard Hanningfield, Essex, 23/03/2026 A very still morning for today's WeBS count. 0131
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Incubating a clutch of three eggs laid on the 25 & 28/02 and 03/03. Only 2 of 4 fledged last time. If the brood period is the same the hatching should begin around the 25-27th. The male has been bringing a mix of short-tailed vole, wood mouse and brown rat each night. #birds #EssexOwls 090
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Hume's warbler and Firecrest Sparrows nest, Lowestoft, 06/03/2026 1253
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) versus White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Pack ice off Rausu, Japan, 14/02/2026 Go #birds! 1140
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) & White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Taken from a boat in the pack ice off Rausu, Japan, 14/02/2026 Go #birds! 160
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) & White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Taken from a boat in the pack ice off Rausu, Japan, 14/02/2026 A @bwntours.bsky.social tour of Japan led by Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social & Howard Vaughn @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social #birds 180
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) Tsurui-Ito Tancho Sanctuary, Japan, 13/02/2026 #birds 080
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) Tsurui-Ito Tancho Sanctuary, Japan, 13/02/2026 Taken on a @bwntours.bsky.social tour of Japan led by Dave Farrow @mr-shortwing.bsky.social & Howard Vaughn @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social 080
Reposted by Chris DarbyHoward Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Day 11 - Winter in #Japan for @bwntours.bsky.social - 15th February 2026 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/03/day-... The final day on this extraordinary adventure. @mr-shortwing.bsky.social @chrisddarby.bsky.social @jimwillett.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 0223
Reposted by Chris DarbyHoward Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Day 10 - Part 2: Winter in #Japan for @bwntours.bsky.social - 14th February 2026 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/03/day-... The Valentine's Day that kept on giving... #BirdsSeenIn2026 @mr-shortwing.bsky.social @chrisddarby.bsky.social @jimwillett.bsky.social 0203
Reposted by Chris DarbyHoward Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Day 10 - Part 1: The Eagles: Winter in #Japan for @bwntours.bsky.social - 14th February 2026 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/03/day-... I am still lost for words... #BirdsSeenIn2026 @mr-shortwing.bsky.social @chrisddarby.bsky.social @jimwillett.bsky.social 1303
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Japanese macaque Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park, Japan, 06/02/2026 Behind the scenes. 050
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Japanese macaque Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park, Japan, 06/02/2026 060
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Japanese waxwing Honshu, Japan, February 2026 Dispersing mistletoe. #birds 0151
Chris Darby @chrisddarby.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Red-crowned cranes Otowa Bridge, Tsurui-mura, Japan 13/02/2026 "It will be cold in the morning, but worth it!" #birds 1101
Reposted by Chris DarbyHoward Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Day 9 - Winter in #japan for @bwntours.bsky.social - 13th February 2026 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/02/day-... Dawn to dusk with Hokkaido's dancing Cranes and fish hunting Owls. @mr-shortwing.bsky.social @chrisddarby.bsky.social @jimwillett.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 0317
Reposted by Chris DarbyHoward Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Day 7 - Winter in #japan for @bwntours.bsky.social - 11th February 2026 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/02/day-... Cranes, Geese & rare Starlings on the fields of Arasaki & some crab-eating Gulls up the spectacular coast. @mr-shortwing.bsky.social @chrisddarby.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2026 1214