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Matt Hobbs @migrationmatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sora trapped this morning at Porthellick !! We were 5 mins away #Scilly #ukbirding #birds

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oooooooof! PG Tips at Valyie, Unst

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Matt Hall @matthall95.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What a day on Scilly🤯. Feeding frenzy of Fin Whale, Minke + 100 C Dolphin. Then 180(!) Grey Phalarope, 600 Cory's Shear, 2 Bonxie, ringtail Harrier sp, Glossy Ibis, Red-backed Shrike, 2 YBW + point blank Sora at dusk @oscardewhurst.bsky.social @aravindramesh19.bsky.social @migrationmatt.bsky.social

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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Lapland Bunting playing hard to get below Pendeen lighthouse #ukbirding #birdingCornwall

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yet another American wader in Cornwall. Today’s special is the 8th record of Upland Sandpiper. Found by Raoul Humphries in the Chun Downs area (nr Pendeen). The distinctive flight call was heard several times. This is also the 7th Nearctic wader this Autumn.

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Matt Hobbs @migrationmatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#Scilly magic - Short-toed lark and Lapland Bunting hanging out at Penninis, St. Mary's yesterday with @aravindramesh19.bsky.social @matthall95.bsky.social @oscardewhurst.bsky.social #ukbirding #birds

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Last stop was Winterboune RSBP! Not sure if we had left it too late in the year for Stone Curlew, and wasn't expecting them to be showing that well. We were proved wrong when we arrived to the viewing screen and the first bird I saw was one! 40 in total! And 78 Lapwing! Plus a Goshawk!

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Morden Bog!!! Lifer Woodlark! So nice to hear it sing! In October as well!! Also Dartford Warblers and a nice buzzard!

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Spotted Crake at Lodmoor! A lifer!!! Photos don't do the bird justice! We had amazing views! A big thanks to @andy-1963.bsky.social for the lift and great day out!

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Brilliant day birding with @andy-1963.bsky.social! Started early at Lodmoor RSPB and had the Spotted Crake✅️! Plus Water Rail, Bearded tits and marsh harrier! Then to Morden bog where we had singing woodlark✅️! And Dartford Warblers! Last we stopped at RSBP Winterboune to see Stone Curlew, another✅️

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Matt Hobbs @migrationmatt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An amazing start to our now annual week on Scilly. Sora at Porthellick right in front of the hide 😍 with @matthall95.bsky.social @aravindramesh19.bsky.social and @oscardewhurst.bsky.social #Scilly #ukbirding #birds @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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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A first for Lincs?! Probable Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler found at Gibraltar Point NNR! #lincsbirding

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CourtauxBird @courtauxbird.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Spotted Crake at Lodmoor Post Box Pool. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September has served up some tasty Autumnal scarcities, including Pallid Harrier, Semipalmated, Bairds, Buff-breasted & Pectoral Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, multiple Grey Phalaropes and a Wryneck. I wonder what goodies October will bring . . . #ukbirding

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

There is also a marked difference in overall upperpart colouration, juv Semipalmated Sandpiper (left) being colder-toned grey/brown, lacking Little Stints rufous fringes, bold white mantle stripes and black-centred tertials. 2/3

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Barred Warbler trapped at the Obs

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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Enjoyed getting to grips with this juvenile Baird's Sand at Black Pill. Characteristic scaly pattern on coverts/scaps, diffuse breast streaking, white loral spot (left image) and attenuated structure/primary extension (right) seen well once I got my eye in. A subtle bird. #ukbirding #birdingWales

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We enjoyed terrific views of the North American Baird's Sandpiper at Dalsetter on Sunday evening and again on Monday morning. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife

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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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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A short 1/2 speed video of the Ortolan Bunting outside Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan this morning! ( video by my dad and is his phone through the scope!)

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Rob Clipson @robclipson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Spotted crake showed well this afternoon at the Moors Upton Warren. #WorcsBirds

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MarcM381 @aquilabirding2.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

SPOTTED CRAKE, Upton Warren, Worcestershire. 📷 photos by Carl Jones.

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Andy Pitt @andypitt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Some brief film of the Spotted Crake found by Steve Myatt early am in front of the Lapwing hide at #uptonwarren Moors Pool. This is our second bird of the year; the other having been found on April 12th. It is the first time that more than one has been seen on site in any calendar year. #WorcsBirds

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Noah Bailey @noahbai-123.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Lots to see on Mermaid pelagic off Penzance. Several Wilson's and Euro Storm Petrels, Sooty, Cory's, Great Shearwaters and Great Skuas. Lots of other marine life: Minke Whales, Dolphins, Tuna and a Porbeagle Shark! @lucasnature.bsky.social #Cornwall #birds #seabirds #ukbirds

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Superb Lyrebird lives in the damp forests and rainforests of southeastern mainland Australia and southern Tasmania. 80 to 100 cm long including its long tail, Ground-dwelling, sedentary birds that stay within a fixed home range and roost in trees at night. Mimicker extraordinaire!

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Brian Small @cach22.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

With the cat out the bag, today I saw a minimum of 10 Zitting Cisticolas near Walberswick - there is almost certainly more. A single male paired with 2 females, one of which 2nd brooded; 1st autumn birds are spreading south, but can be seen from the beach. Please don't enter the fenced-off area

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Jon Perkins @jonperkins.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Quick trip to Splatt Bridge this afternoon between the showers for the Montagu’s Harrier! #GlosBirds

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Clouded yellow from a trip to Pilning Wetlands.

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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I'm still yet to clap eyes on a patch Green Sandpiper in 2026, but Common Sands made up for it today, with 13 seen across the Severnside site. My partner in birding, @kidphotographer24.bsky.social, then found a Clouded Yellow at Aust Cliff! #ukbirding #avonbirding

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Andy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It felt rather Autumnal on the Severnside patch today. Wader passage is underway (Dunlin, Curlew & Common Sand through), Swifts and Sand Martins heading into the north easterly breeze and a smart Med Gull on the Pilning wetland. Pic: @severnsidebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding #avonbirding

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Some moments birding I'll never forget! I had one of these moments yesterday at Arne RSPB! While watching a dartford warbler, (life✅️) a White-tailed eagle flew over the top of us!

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Didn't expect to come across these pigs on the paths around Arne RSPB!

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Helsinki Birder @helsinkibirder.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

On this date I found my first Gull-Billed Tern at the North Slob, Wexford. I've never twitched one. They're just brilliant #birds & remain one of my favorite species on my finds list. Find account here. #birding #irishrarebirds #birdwatching #seabirds helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/08/gull...

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Bradford on Avon, photographing Banded Demoiselles.

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Made a trip to Sandy Haven in Pembrokeshire so James could see the Western Reef Heron. These are his Dad's photos (with mobile phone and James' scope).

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Alice Risely @alice-risely.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Please don’t put out hair for bird nests. Chicks get entangled in hair balls. Just had to cut hair strands that were tying 3 blue tit chicks together, and wrapped round the throat of one skinny chick that couldn’t swallow food. Hopefully saved in time 🤞

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Great day at Slimbridge WWT yesterday - watching a pair of juvenile bitterns from Estuary Tower and having a Greylag trying to steal my snack out of my backpack.

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Lovely day at Chew Valley Lake. Herriotts Pool.

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Watching a Leach's Petrel yesterday evening on patch.

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Storm petrel being hunted by a Peregrine and Leaches being hunted by a gull! Both at Severn Beach this evening!

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The struggles of photographing petrels: 1. When they come too close for my lens 2. When 2 petrels are flying towards you from opposite directions and you don't know which one to focus on! 3. When they go behind the waves! Despite all these problems I managed to get a few pics

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Spent ages watching the avocets at Rushy hide, Slimbridge WWT!

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

A couple pics from this weekend at WWT Slimbridge!

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Don't often visit the waterscapes aviary at Slimbridge, tend to visit the hides on the edge of the reserve but nice to pop in once in a while! I believe the turtle dove and grebe are new additions but correct me if I'm wrong!

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Shaun Evans @shaunevans.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Awesome views of the 1st recorded uk Mega Western Reef Heron at Caernarfon today, very smart bird and a lifer ✅ for me #birdingwales #birdguides #birdsseenin2026

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

7th June: Final totals from the sea incl 500 Manx Shearwaters, 70 Balearic Shearwaters, 4 Arctic Skuas & a Storm Petrel. Flurry of late waders at the Bill incl 12 Sanderling, 7 Ringed Plovers and 2 Whimbrel but the only migrant of note on the land was a single Willow Warbler in song in Top Fields.

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James Dickinson @kidphotographer24.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time. Georgia O'Keeffe

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