Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Hi mate, did you get any photos or good views of this bird? I was able to sound record it flying south over Chalk Bank at 11:08. Some discussion as to whether it’s a Citrine or an Eastern Yellow Wag. 000
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Super happy to find a Golden Oriole at the Point today @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social!! Been wanting to find a good bird here all spring and it finally happened 😍😍 It shared a bush with a Fieldfare at one point too 😮 #birds #birding #PWC2025 0430
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Was really happy to find the Purple Sandpiper on the Breach this morning at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social, you rarely see summer-plumaged birds in the UK and it’s safe to say this one showed quite well 😍😍 #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #birdsphotography #PWC2025 0330
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Ridiculous views of a Dotterel this morning @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social, I still can’t believe how these guys will just walk up to you as though you aren’t there!! 🤯🤯 #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #PWC2025 0300
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Red-backed Shrike putting on a performance at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social 😍 Can’t believe these cute little guys impale other birds on thorns and then eat them 😰 #birds #birding #naturephotography #PWC2025 0240
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025I wasn’t sure about the hyphen so I checked the name beforehand on eBird, rookie error by me 😂😂 110
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Cattle Egret living up to its name this evening at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social 👀🐮 #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #naturephotography #PWC2025 1311
Reposted by Jack PettitSpurn Bird Observatory @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Cattle Egret in the triangle this morning 📸 Tate Lloyd #Spurnbirds @RareBirdAlertUK 0261
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Got super lucky with this Cattle Egret at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social this morning deciding to show really close, my first summer-plumaged bird ever in the UK! 😍👀 #birds #birding #naturephotography #PWC2025 #BirdsSeenIn2025 080
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The radio message of a Nightjar at Chalk Bank at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social had me racing down the peninsula on my bike to catch a glimpse of this cryptic species during the daytime, the first one l've ever seen in sunlight ☀️👀 #birds #birding #naturephotography #PWC2025 #BirdsSeenIn2025 0241
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Woke up this morning to a radio message of @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social’s 5th ever Melodious Warbler singing at Chalk Bank! A nervy 40 minute bike ride was rewarded with some excellent views of this little gem #birds #birding #pwc2025 0341
Reposted by Jack PettitPatchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The April review of #PWC2025 is now on the blog! Detailing how the spring in progressing, leaderboards and patch finds as well as some of the great pictures competitors have shared. Hope you enjoy! patchworkchallenge.blogspot.compatchworkchallenge.blogspot.comPatchwork Challenge 0133
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Adult Male Kentish, Little Ringed and Common Ringed Plover in a row front of Kilnsea Wetlands hide, unbelievable!!!! @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social 0372
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025My first month and a half of volunteering at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social have flown by! I’ve loved meeting all the other volunteers and sharing my passion for birds. Seen some really amazing birds too like Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Bee-eaters, Red-rumped Swallow, 7 Cranes, Temminck’s Stint and more! #birds 0350
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Photo of the Male Hawfinch at Spurn yesterday 😍 - still cannot believe how confiding he was. I don’t think I’ll get another Hawfinch experience like this in the UK for a long time. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography 2594
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/03/2025In case you were wondering how close he got 🤯 1100
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I thought Hawfinch views like this were impossible in the UK!! 🤯🤯 Genuinely the most confiding male Hawfinch I’ve ever seen/heard of in the UK at Spurn today. Still feeling giddy with excitement 45 minutes after seeing him! #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography 1240
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025After getting the Scoter in the morning we then spent the rest of the day birding North Wales 🏴 With the highlights being 3 Twite, a couple of Choughs, an early Puffin, 6 Black Guillemots and an obliging Kumlien’s Gull 0140
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Really nice day with @bc-s.bsky.social yesterday going to twitch the Black Scoter at Hoylake, I was expecting it to be pretty distant so when it came within ~50 metres of me I was pretty happy 😅 #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography 1291
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Black Scoter showed amazingly close at Hoylake this morning with @bc-s.bsky.social, at its closest point it was maybe 50-70 metres out, no wind and amazing light too 😍 @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 0300
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 10/03/2025One week before I was set to start my position as a spring volunteer for Spurn Bird Observatory, my first ever volunteering position in wildlife conservation after finishing college last year. I was so excited, what great fucking luck I have 😭😭😭 180
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Flushed this Jack Snipe at Beddington today 😍 Trying to get a photo as it raced away from me was a nightmare, but luckily I managed to get this one in focus 🤞 #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #pwc2025 1410
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Got very lucky that this Great Crested Grebe at Beddington Farmlands didn’t seem to mind my presence at all, it was busy calling and dancing for a mate but was left all alone 😅🥲 #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography 0120
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Firecrest at Beddington Farmlands 😍 So hard to photograph as it flitted amongst the Ivy, I think I got 20 decent photos after taking about 1000 images 😭 #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography 1280
Reposted by Jack PettitHenry Wyn-Jones @henrywynjones.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Mind blowing views of this pair of White-tailed Eagles food passing an unfortunate drake Long-tailed Duck. Such a special birding experience! 514213
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Can’t believe how well this Teal showed on patch today, and the light was perfect too! Super happy with how this photo turned out 😁🙏 #birds #birdsseenin2025 #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography 0171
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Black-throated Thrush in Hampshire this morning, luckily showing very well as soon as I arrived 👀 Thanks to the homeowners for allowing access to their garden. My first Black-throated Thrush for the UK ✅ #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #naturephotography 0252
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/02/2025This caused some confusion, as before any rescue services could arrive it flew south at 9:17am, over the crest of the hill it was on and was never seen again. It possibly landed below the hill but that area was very overgrown and hard to see into. Hopefully it made it back to the sea unharmed 🤷♂️ 110
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/02/2025We were also worried that people might break into the site to see it, as the site is a disused landfill site it can be quite dangerous in areas. So I was instructed to report online that it had already been “taken into care” even though it hadn’t, just to prevent anyone trying to break in. 110
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Originally we called wildlife rescue services because it kept trying to stand up but falling over, however most wildlife rescue places didn’t want to rescue it due to risk of bird flu. 110
Reposted by Jack PettitSteve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Mickleham Downs, Surrey: after a 4 hour search, plus the collective eyes of a dozen birders, a minimum total of 400 Hawfinches was agreed upon this morning #UKBirding #LowCarbonBirding @mallalieum.bsky.social 1694
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I arrived at 2:30pm and managed to see a grand total of 0 Hawfinches after an hour of searching where you’d recommended! Too much rain probably 😪 100
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I think you might have the wrong guy sorry, I haven’t been for the Richard’s Pipit 😅 000
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Nice to see 4 Serins at Sandwich Bay today, especially since they weren’t too skittish and kept returning to the same patch of brambles. My first Serins for the UK ✅ #birds #birding #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #naturephotography 3563
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Tundra Bean Goose at Worth Marsh RSPB yesterday evening before flying SW with Greylags. Also a nice performance by a hunting Barn Owl 👀 @kentishplover.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography 0270
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Dark pink legs, strong supercillium extending behind the eye and diffuse brown streaks on the breast as opposed to clean black streaks like a Meadow Pipit. It also called like a Water Pipit which is how I picked it up. This was in the MEC Overflow where there’s often a Water Pipit overwintering. 010
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Water Pipit 📸 At Beddington Farmlands yesterday OM-1 Mark II, M.zuiko 300mm f4.0 IS #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #naturephotography 1281
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Not exactly photography weather at Beddington Farmlands yesterday but I managed to just about capture this Jack Snipe and 2 Water Pipits as they raced over my head. Also a nice performance by the overwintering male Stonechat 👀 #birds #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 0120
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Decided to test the Procapture feature of my new OM-1 Mark II. It makes getting flight shots so much easier, now I can’t imagine going without it 😅😅 #birds #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 0110
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Birding around Beddington Farmlands can be a lot of effort in mid-winter, but at least I can keep myself occupied by photographing it’s resident birds 😅 #birdphotography #birds #birding 060
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Always nice to see a Firecrest so was extra nice to see this one at Beddington Farmlands showing and singing right in front of me 🧡 #birding #birds #birdphotography 0140
Reposted by Jack PettitRuud van Beusekom @ruudvanbeusekom.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Vanmorgen zat de Brileider eindelijk even dichtbij! @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social #Texelrules 4495
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Never thought I’d twitch outside of the UK but I think I can make an exception for a Spectacled Eider 😉 #brileider #birding #birds @bc-s.bsky.social @mardenmark.bsky.social @andyappleton.bsky.social 0160
Reposted by Jack PettitBen Collins-Smith @bc-s.bsky.social · 25/01/2025The Spectacled Eider did the honourable thing and stuck around for us this morning. Celebratory 11am beer with @mardenmark.bsky.social @desertwarbler.bsky.social @andyappleton.bsky.social 191
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Nice half-day at Abberton Reservoir yesterday! Unfortunately dipped most of the rare stuff which was tucked far away in the NE corner, but did catch up with 2 Slav and 6 BN grebes, as well as the drake Canvasback #birds #birding #birdphotography 0151
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Wasn’t expecting a Christmas present today 😂 Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎉 #birds #birding 1211
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024This beautiful little autumn sprite of an Amur Stonechat in Suffolk added a lot of enjoyment to an otherwise dreary November day, a great way to hit 300 species for Britain too! ✅ #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024 #BirdsOfTwitter 0120
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Desert warblers seem to like posing for me 😅😅 #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024 0100
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Some photos of the LTS from @BeddingtonFarm today 😍 still buzzing 12 hours later!! Never thought I’d find a skua on patch, let alone a long-tailed. Easily my best patch find ever 😅😅 (This is a repost from my X account from September) #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024 080
Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I JUST FOUND A LONG-TAILED SKUA AT @BeddingtonFarm !!! I couldn’t believe it when I nearly stood on it hidden in the grass 😭 Looks exhausted but not injured - in the process of being taken into care 🙏🙏(this is a repost from X from September ) #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024 1591