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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Siberian Stonechat at Walton on the Naze today. Nice when a rarity actually shows well! #essexbirding

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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

First seawatch of the season at Frinton with @eb263.bsky.social Highlights incl 62 SANDWICH & 5 LT TERN, 2 GANNET, 2 ARC SKUA, 47 TEAL, 2 COM SCOTER, 400+ SWALLOW & SHORT-EARED OWL! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @tonyrinaud.bsky.social

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fingringhoe and Alresford Creek today, autumn waders starting to trickle through. Osprey got off its post and did something for once. Fledged common terns were on the buoys at the creek mouth. #essexbirding #ukbirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

American golden plover showed well at Old Hall Marshes today. Nice to come across a hepatic cuckoo on way back to the car aswell! #essexbirding #ukbirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Pomarine Skua. One of 5 seen this morning past Dungeness with @olicwildlife.bsky.social #kentbirding #ukbirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Back at Fingringhoe today, close to 30 singing nightingales, warblers all in good voice inc this showy sedge. 3 Whimbrel upriver too. #essexbirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Successful hunt for Lesser spots today in an Essex woodland with @olicwildlife.bsky.social. At least 1 bird seen. @lesserspotnet.bsky.social #essexbirding #Ukbirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Some shots from a (50% successful) double twitch in East Anglia with @eb263.bsky.social today. Hume’s Warbler, Purple Sandpipers, Black Redstart, and Marsh Harrier! #Birding #UKBirding #BirdingSuffolk

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A few shots from WEBS at the Hythe today with @eb263.bsky.social! Highlights included great views of our year tick Christmas Tree heading downstream. @essexbirdnews.bsky.social #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Full fat Abberton today with 79 species. Too many highlights to mention but Tundra Bean Geese, Smew, Little Stints and Lesser Scaup all showed well. #essexbirding #UKbirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This afternoon at Fingringhoe the first Pochard I’ve ever seen on saltwater, also fem Merlin. Then onto Abberton for a showy SEO and distant LT Duck. #essexbirding #UKbirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

First morning at Abberton in a while. 8 Bewick’s swan, 2 Common scoter, 2, Scaup, 2 Black Necked and 3 Slavonian grebes the highlights. #essexbirding #UKbirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Some heavily-cropped record shots from RSPB Wallasea Island with @eb263.bsky.social this morning. Red-breasted Goose, Hen Harrier, and Water Pipit! #EssexBirding #Birds #Birding #UKBirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Wallasea Island this morning with @olicwildlife.bsky.social for the distant RB Goose, bonus Water pipit, Ringtail Hen and Merlin. #essexbirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Fingringhoe Wick today. Great Northern Diver a patch ✅. also RTD, RB Merg, Pintail, GWE and 5 Marsh Harrier #essexbirding #UKbirding

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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Really pleased to see this gorgeous PALLAS'S WARBLER at The Naze this morning. Always on the move and feeding actively. Great to catch up with lots of local birders too! #essexbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #RareBirdsUK

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Spent a couple of mornings at The Naze over the last few days! No sign of Little Auks but did manage Pallas’s Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler (heard), Firecrest, Arctic Terns, RTDivers, Common Scoters, Gannet, and plenty of common shorebirds. #Birding #EssexBirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Fingringhoe highlights today. 6 Whoopers West, Guillemot again on the Colne, late Common tern, 2 Merlin, Ringtail Hen harrier, 11 Marsh harrier, c500 Brent and good movement of Fieldfare. #essexbirding

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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Great morning seawatching at Frinton with @esbr-essex.bsky.social @stuttonsparrows.bsky.social @entwistle5.bsky.social & @eb263.bsky.social MANX SHEARWATER, 2 ARCTIC SKUA, RAZORBILL, GUILLEMOT, 5 RT DIVERS, 400+ BRENT & 3 GANNET pick of the bunch. #essexbirding #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025

Matt Turner, Mark Nowers & Ed Bateman seawatching (Steve Entwhistle had gone to find a bush!!)

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Brilliant Abberton record! Arctic Warbler. #Birding #UKBirding #EssexBirding

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Frinton seawatch with @olicwildlife.bsky.social this morning. Highlights 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Fulmar inc one overhead. A Kestrel in off and a Shag, Essex 200 for the year #essexbirding #ukbirding