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Old Caley @oldcaley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We’ve had a good run of scarce waders in Oxon recently. The latest is this Pectoral Sandpiper at the Oxfordshire Golf Club near Thame. Neat little bird that can be very close in if there are less than competent golfers around that keep mis-hitting balls at it! #ukbirding

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MarcM381 @aquilabirding2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another pic of the 1st-w SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN in a Quendale garden. 📷 photo by Rebecca Nason.

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James Lowen Wildlife @jameslowenwild.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BOC of Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler at Gib Pt today. Starting our trip north with a goodie. And the new camera set-up already proving its worth. #ukbirding

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Dennis Morrison @denmor77.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Syke's Warbler at Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire this morning. Big thanks to Mark Lewis for finding this little beaut yesterday evening @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mark Lewis @fatpaulscholes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well that was fun. Sykes warbler at Girdle Ness this afternoon…

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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My morning trudge round Girdle Ness wasn't a total waste of time, as I found this lovely Rustic Bunting near the Battery. My first record here. #Birds #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK #PatchBirding #UKWildlife

A Rustic Bunting is standing on the short dewy grass of a golf course.

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Jonathan Dodds @jdbirder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

South-easterlies and the floodgates opened! Yellow-browed Warblers in every geo, no less than 31 around, 11 being my personal tally! Scarcities all over the island throughout the day, topped off by finding this lovely Red-flanked Bluetail on Ward Hill @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social

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Fair Isle Bird Observatory @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A change in the wind bought in plenty of scarcities across the isle, including Red-flanked Bluetail and 31 Yellow-browed Warbler, topped off by an EYEBROWED THRUSH at Guidicum. Read more at www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight... 📸 A Penn

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Drift Reservoir: the gift that keeps giving. Two new arrivals today. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper circled the res, called a few times, but didn’t stay. A juv. Pectoral Sandpiper was found later when it “dropped in”. The Spotted Sandpiper makes an incredible trio of American waders at one site.

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fabulous views of Lapland Buntings along the cliffs at Eshaness, Shetland today. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

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Kyle Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jkylesmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dropped down into Hampshire with Kev Heath & Dave South to see the semipalmated sandpiper at Fishtail Lagoon, Pennington Marshes - it seemed to be associating quite strongly with a little stint @birdguides.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social.

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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Where's Kazakhstan? The tale of a rare bird, donations from delighted twitchers and where the money went markavery.info/2026/09/28/w... @birdguides.bsky.social #cotswolds #shrike #twitch 📷 Dave Collins/BirdGuides

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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Almost forgot to commemorate Oxfordshire Common Nighthawk day😉 #birds #UKbirding #birdart #sciart

Sketchbook pages of drawings of Common Nighthawk

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Mark Reeder @orgreavebirder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Do the shuffle

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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Coming soon to the UK... If you're a gambler, the smart money is on the impending appearance of a Nutcracker on our shores. By way of pre-emptive celebs, here's the two outrageous individuals that were part of my youth ~ Westleton November 1985 & Cocknage Wood, October 1991. Epic rare! #rarebirdsuk

1985 was a stunning year of rare bird chasing for me. One of only two occasions I hit the magic 300 mark for the yearlist and, within them, some truly outstanding birds, including one or two that still haven't "come back" (hello Little Whimbrel 👋). The autumn of 1985 was crammed full of new birds for me. A host of rarities around Scilly was followed by some tremendous long weekends bunking off school for twitches to East Anglia. The Westleton Nutcracker was supplemented by Long-billed Dowitcher, Rough-legged Buzzard, Grey Phalarope & more...(another weekend would produce the famous How Hill Black-and-white Warbler plus Snow Goose, White-tailed Eagle and - again - more! There was a Pied Wheatear in there too somewhere...

This absolute character gave ludicrous views on the edge of Stoke-on-Trent through October 1991. I think I was looking at the board of the Porthcressa when it was written large on the blackboard. My erstwhile companion, Graham Etherington, was a Stoke boy and he couldn't quite believe it...
We came off Scilly for the Flamborough Desert Warbler and took in a visit to Cocknage Wood (and Graham's mum!) and were blown away by the fearless spotty one...somewhere there is a photo of me and the bird, side by side, one of us mugging off for the camera 😂

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Paul Wren @waterthrush11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Upland Sandpiper from St Agnes today. Showed very nicely. Great to be back on Scilly

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alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social @alanlewiswildlife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Semipalmated Sandpiper at Fishtail Lagoon, Pennington - 26/09/26 - An enjoyable couple of hours spent with this peep today, the sixth I've seen in Hampshire and four of those have been on the same two pools!

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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There should be no room for confusion between Little Stint (left) and Semipalmated Sandpiper (right) for those who learn the respective face patterns. Semi-p shows strong brown loral stripe & ear covert patch, with a bold white super that flares behind the eye. 1/3 #ukbirding

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Lundy Bird Observatory @lundybirds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

- Red eyed Vireo caught and ringed in Millcombe - Great White Egret - Wryneck - Common Rosefinch who has a ring from at least 2wks ago! - 3 Firecrest @birdguides.bsky.social

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Peter Moore @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A late afternoon dash on the bike to Keyhaven paid off with close views of the Semipalmated Sandpiper, keeping company with a Little Stint

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Steve Duffield @wiwildlife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lovely Baird's Sandpiper in North Bay, South Uist today. #BirdingScotland #BirdingOuterHebrides

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RareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Weekly Birding Roundup 18 - 24 Sept Jon Dunn looks back on a week dominated by rare and mega rare seabirds www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W...

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Jonathan Dodds @jdbirder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Been a steady start to autumn at King George Park, as ever it’s always livened up by the first Yellow-browed Warbler! Part of an arrival of 46 Robins, 8 Firecrests, 16 Chiffchaffs and some Thrushes to the park #PWC2026 #kentbirding @kentishplover.bsky.social

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J Hanlon @jahanlon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Paddyfield Pipit, Land's End area, Nov 2019 A jaw-dropping record of this sedentary cryptic Asian pipit that was assessed and controversially not accepted as likely naturally-occurring. But they've reached the Middle East Oct-Dec & must be hugely under recorded. Let's hope it's upgraded. #BirdsA-Z

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Niall Machin @niallmachin1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My son James found this booted warbler in Zennor, Cornwall last thing today. Top find! #cornwallbirding

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Hipogrito @hipogrito.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Solitary Sandpiper Northport, Long Island, NY, USA Last year I didn't see any so I'm happy to see one in 2026. #birdsseenin2026 #birds #birding #birdphotography

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Kyle Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jkylesmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My latest blog is live! This one features ticking off a couple of sandpipers, one unexpectedly reported just 20 minutes from home ... but while @kev07713 and I were at Frampton Marsh! @birdguides.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social Thanks for taking a look! 👇 jkhsmith.blogspot.com/2026/09/rspb....

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RSPB Frampton Marsh & Ardley ERF Lagoon :: 20 September 2026

Saturday arrived, and usually this would be the day when Kev @kev07713 and I headed out birding for the weekend session. This week, though,...

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Justin Taylor @jtbirder323.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

T Shirt bought on Fair Isle in Sept 1996 when from 16th to 27th had PG Tips, Pechora, Paddyfield, Blyth’s Reed (rare then) and 3 Great Snipes. Doesn’t seem to have the same Sept season these days. T shirt still fits 😁

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Review of the Week: 14-20 September 2026 It was another westerly-dominated week, with North American waders and landbirds making the headlines – plus the Red-billed Tropicbird was seen again. Sam Viles rounds up the action.

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Review of the Week: 14-20 September 2026

Sam Viles reports on the latest sightings in the BirdGuides Review of the Week for 14-20 September 2026. It was another westerly-dominated week, with North American waders and landbirds making the headlines – plus the Red-billed Tropicbird was seen again.

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Tom Bedford @tombedford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Great to see Oxfordshire’s first ever Baird’s Sandpiper at Ardley today, found by Gareth Casburn this morning #ukbirding #Oxonbirding #Baird’sSandpiper

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Justin Taylor @jtbirder323.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No sign of Baird’s Sandpiper at Ardley ERF this morning so far. @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wow! P Hall's image of Red-billed Tropicbird off Porthgwarra this morning #ukbirding

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Shaun Evans @shaunevans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Landed to get a great view of this Red-Eyed Vireo ✅ at Kenfig NNR today 90 mins after being released by the ringers. #birdingwales #birdguides #birdsseenin2026 #birds

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Justin Taylor @jtbirder323.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Birds eh!! How often are they found when you are bound by family commitments?? A pre booked family visit to RNLI Poole to see family names on a memory boat. A stressful few hours but finally get to my patch and superb views for 5 minutes then a Sparrowhawk flushed it. Pic by @oldcaley.bsky.social

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Steve Sansom @sns-birding.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A great weekend’s birding in land-locked Oxfordshire with a Grey Phalarope at the Dix Pit yesterday and a Baird’s Sandpiper today at Ardley ERF (the latter found by Gareth Casburn).

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Aidan G. Kelly @agk10k.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Was lucky to be in Kerry when this gorgeous juv. Least Sand. was found by Elliot Maher this morning. My 4th in Ireland, but first for quite a while.

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Long-tailed Shrike at Eastleach Martin (7th Sept) in all its glory. Taken just a few days before departure. Thanks to the finder, refinder and farmer for the parking.

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Four key pics of the moulting first summer Short-billed Dowitcher at Drift Res (14th Sept). Observed for a couple hours before a Peregrine spooked it and then flew off high. It was video’d and the Turnstone-like call recorded. First record for Cornwall.

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Richard Watkins LRPS @losbirder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dungeness early this morning, the brilliant Western Bonelli’s Warbler, caught in the NE corner of the Trapping Area, ringed at the Obs, and returned back to the NE Corner of the Trapping Area. A big thanks to everyone at the Obs. @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social #birds #birding #kentbirding #ukbirding

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Short-billed Dowitcher, adult in moult at Drift Res this afternoon (14th Sept). Delighted to find it but will admit that was a difficult id in this plumage. Thanks to Killian Mullarney for confirming id.

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Glad I twitched this beauty on the 7th Sept. Now hearing it’s moved on. Surely a candidate for bird of the year?

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Paul Marshall @marshallpaul.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The adult Short-billed Dowitcher at Drift Reservoir this afternoon. Excellent find by @runnelstone.bsky.social. An exciting day with the Hayle Lesser Yellowlegs this morning and a Pectoral Sandpiper that flew past at Drift this evening #cornwallbirding

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liamfleming.bsky.social @liamfleming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Delighted to see Ireland’s 2nd Blackburnian Warbler on Dursey Island, Cork today. Amazing find by Paul & Noel. #irishrarebirds

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KGbirder @kgbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And better still this evening with this smart juv Baird's Sandpiper in Gott Bay. #birdingscotland @birdguides.bsky.social

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Bob Bosisto @bobbosisto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A successful day-trip twitch for the Solitary Sandpiper on Tresco yesterday. It showed so well and it was great to take in the finer points of the ID. Well worth checking pp projection on any Green Sand type that looks a bit different as a first way of checking #ukbirding #scillybirding

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