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My Lincs DIP list continues it’s inexorable rise.. Added Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler - the 3rd Bonelli’s I’ve dipped in 5 weeks now - today. Nothing can stop me! 🐧🐧🐧❌ Yellow-browed Warber was #275 ✅ the year. Thanks for the company everyone. #lincsdipping #ukdipping #lincsbirding #ukbirding

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Gib Point Bird Obs @gibpointbirdobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bonellis Warbler still present at Sykes Farm, showing on and off around 7am @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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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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British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

News from the deep 🌊 Paul French tells the story of this autumn’s Challenger 1 expedition to The Canyons, taking us on a fascinating journey into the depths. Read ‘Challenger 1 expedition: to The Canyons’ 👉 www.britishbirds.co.uk/news | @nomadbirder.bsky.social

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dartford Warbler still present at Rimac. Yellow-browed Warbler at Cleethorpes & Lapland Bunting over at Mablethorpe. #lincsbirding

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The theory was that to see a Dartford Warbler here - in a thicket of buckthorn, off the saltmarsh at Rimac, on the Lincs coast - was highly unlikely.. I tested this theory today and am happy confirm it is in fact, true. #lincsdipping #ukbirding #birds #lincsbirding

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lincs Dartford Warbler at Rimac - great find by @owenbeaumont.bsky.social! Photo also by Owen. #lincsbirding

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper at Novartis Ings, Pyewipe. #lincsbirding

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cetti’s still present this eve & got eyes on it (3rd visual this year). Other birds today were: 5 Buzzards circling the house, Jay, Collared Dove, Grey Heron, Common Gull flyover. #dogwalkpatchbirding #patchdogwalking #dogpatchwalking #dogpatching #dogbirding? #birddogging? #lincsbirding

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CM @manchesterbirder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Grey Phalarope is a Manchester mega... unless it's in Lancashire. A blog about the Danelaw, local patching, being even more Coot-like than Red-necked Phalarope, and rare birds on boundaries. #UKbirding #birds

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Grey Phalarope (just) in the Danelaw, I mean, Greater Manchester

Worthington Lakes is a set of reservoirs on the very boundary between Greater Manchester and Lancashire. There will be grumbles about this,...

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yes! A new bird for my ‘dog walk patch’ this morning - Cetti’s Warbler, exactly where I found a Grasshopper Warbler last year. #birds #ukbiridng #dogwalkpatching #birdssheardin2026 #cettiswarbler #lincsbirding #warblers

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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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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I missed the Pec Sand (twice) & showy Wryneck at Freiston, then the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Frampton on Thu eve.. but managed to level the score on that today. Very windy conditions, but a beautiful bird indeed. Year #274. #lincsbirding #ukbirding #birding #birdsseenin2026 #buffbreastedsandpiper

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just been sent a pic of us on the clifftop.. Brett, me, Dave, Craig. Healthy dose of imposter syndrome.. #yorksbirding #flamboroughhead #birds #ukbirding #ukseawatching #seawatching

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

5hr seawatch at Flamborough Head today & finally ticked Long-tailed Skua*. 6 juvs, with many Arctic & Greats, seen. It helps being next to Brett Richards & Craig Thomas! Incredibly talented people. With Dave Woodhouse. #birds #ukbirding #yorksbirding #birdsseenin2026 *I refused a Lincs ‘dot’ in ‘25

Good views of 3 Skua species were had. Marsh Harrier & Snipe in-off. RT-Divers, Little Gulls, Manxies & Black Tern also.

I’ve never been in a hide with the man who the hide is named after before.

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Exact same location as the Oct ‘23 bird. #lincsbirding

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Red-backed Shrike reported at Frampton Marsh RSPB. #lincsbirding

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I walk the dog down a small path with a dyke 2 or 3 times a day & have done for around 2.5 years. On 23rd Aug I had my 1st Great Spotted Woodpecker AND a Kingfisher! Today I saw a Jay for only the 3rd time. Almost as good as seeing a rare bird.. #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #jay #lincsbirding

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m going to start taking location pics when I’ve haven’t seen birds.. but for today, here’s an image off the web of Old Fall, Flamborough, where a Western Bonelli’s Warbler wasn’t. 2nd dip in 2.5 weeks. #notbirds #birdsdippedin2026 #ukdipping #yorksdipping #bonelliwho #flamborough

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

5 Curlew Sandpipers at Marsh Farm Reaervoir, Frampton Marsh RSPB. Also 6 Little Stints. #lincsbirding

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Scanning & deleting huge amounts of crap from my SD card, I chance upon a Wilson’s Storm Petrel showing its yellow foot. Very nice surprise, as I didn’t think I had managed this. #birds #ukbirding #scillypelagics #scillybirding #islesofscilly #petrels #seabirding #birdsseenin2026

Wilson’s Storm Petrel, showing diagnostic yellow foot

Storm Petrel, showing white flashes under the wings

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Spotted Crake. My 3rd attempt in 6 days (& 4th overall), missing the bird on Tresco on Mon & Titchwell on Tue. Titchwell again today, finally got it. A beautiful bird. #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #norfolkbirding #spottedcrake #rspbtitchwell @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One intriguing thing I noticed on the Scilly’s was the number of dark-breasted (melanistic?) Wood Pigeons like these ones. I saw them on St Mary’s & St Agnes. Is this a known thing over there? #birds #ukbirding #scillybirding #stmarys #stagnes #islesofscilly #birdsseenin2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

East of a line from the Humber to The Solent, there are more Zitting Cisticolas living & breeding than there are Willow Tits (now effectively zero).

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The best of the Bridges Brian McCloskey recounts a seawatch for the ages at Bridges of Ross last week, during which 20 lucky observers enjoyed a host of mega seabirds:

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The best of the Bridges

Brian McCloskey recounts a seawatch for the ages at Bridges of Ross in mid-August 2026, during which 20 lucky observers enjoyed a host of mega seabirds.

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One final gift from the Scillonian III on the way back to Penzance, yesterday - Great Skua. Great to sail on her for the final year. #scillonianIII #penzance #stmarys #scillyisles #birds #islesofscilly #ukbirding #greatskua #bonxie #skuas

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I missed the Spotted Crake on Tresco by minutes today, after waiting for around 2hrs for it show. Saw the Citrine Wagtail again and finally got Pectoral Sandpiper on my year list. #272 for year. #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026 #scillybirding #tresco

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Red-backed Shrike, Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR. #lincsbirding

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

British-born satellite-tagged juvenile “HV” Montagu’s Harrier at Croft Marsh, Gibraltar Point NNR. #lincsbirding

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Gareth Clements @birdergaz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Massive Ty to the seawatchers finally added Great Shearwater to my life list. Porthgwarra was hard work but pendeen was lively.

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A record of the day below… ‘slightly challenging’.. We also saw the Coastguard Rescue helicopter fly directly over our boat, now in the BBC news for looking for a vessel in distress. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #scillypelagics #islesofscilly #scillybirding #ukbirding #birds #birdsseenin2026

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I knew the Scilly Pelagics could be ‘bad’, but I wasn’t quite prepared for the onslaught today. Soaked from head to toe, then, after hitting another massive wave, the stinking bag of chum flew back into the boat and hit me. We still had 3 hrs to go. Still, Sooty Shearwater lifer, come on! #birds

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Had the most incredible afternoon. Boat from St Mary’s to St Agnus for a Citrine Wagtail. Bob Dawson lent me his scope & then left (!).. William Bishop bought me a pint afterwards in The Turks Head, the most south-westerly pub in the UK. Phenomenal. #birds #scillybirding #stagnes #birdsseenin2026

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Incredibly, I saw 2 UK Wrynecks yesterday. The first, on Bryher, was found by @olibeacock.bsky.social (we dipped the Bonelli’s). The 2nd at the Garrison on St Mary’s. Female Pied Flycatcher & Willow Warbler, Lower Moors on Tues. #birds #ukbirds #birdsseenin2026 #scillybirding #bryher #stmarys

Wryneck on Bryher (for some reason my camera was set to ‘effects’)

Pied Flycatcher & Willow Warbler, Lower Moors, St Marys

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My first pelagic from St Mary’s did not disappoint - 5 lifers! Great Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, European Storm Petrel, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, Scopoli’s Shearwater. Also, Arctic Skua, Sunfish, dolphins, 2 Blue Shark. #ukbirding #birdsseenin2026 #scillypelagic #birds #scillybirding #stmarys

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As amazing as the Crail bird was, the 3rd ever UK Long-tailed Shrike today was an absolute crippler… makes all the difference, to see it like this. #birds #birding #birdsseenin2026 @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #longtailedshrike #shrikes #crippler

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

4 months after losing a Ferruginous Duck, it’s back on my list. The bird at Dix Pit, Oxfordshire, today. #birds #ukbirding #loveducks #birdsseenin2026 #oxfordbirding #ferruginousduck @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Woodchat Shrike and Stone-curlew in same scope view. S’Albufereta, Mallorca. #birds #birding #mallorcabirding #majorcabirding #mallorca #majorca

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

4 Purple Herons in the same pool last week at S’Albufereta, Mallorca. 3 of them here. #birds #birding #herons #purpleheron #mallorca #majorca #mallorcabirding #majorcabirding #birdsseenin2026

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bee-eater: Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe then Anderby Marsh followed by Mill Hill at Gibraltar Point NNR at 9:13am. Flew inland, hopefully for a rest! #lincsbirding

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Lincs Birding @lincsbirding.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Juvenile Montagu’s Harrier at Rimac, as per @owenbeaumont.bsky.social #lincsbirding

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Matt D @mattdenial.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Cuber Reservoir today before it lashed down and I got soaked. 2 Cinereous Vultures, multiple Red Kite, Booted Eagle… Eases the pain of losing a passport a little bit. #majorca #mallorca #cuberreservoir #birds #birding #raptors #vultures #eagles

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