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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 6h

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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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 23h

The 200th species for my 2026 south Shetland 10km Patchwork Challenge: a first winter Red-breasted Flycatcher in the stunted sycamores at Sumburgh Hotel garden this evening. #PWC2026 #patchbirding @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good day on patch yesterday with 4 Grey Herons high SW over Marcle Ridge, probably not many hours after crossing the North Sea, also 217 Mipits SW and 5 Song T SW, then a Woodlark in the field behind home at Sellack a patch first #patchbirding

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finally, a very revised version of the August #PWC2026 round-up is now published on the blog. Please head over to the blog and take a look, and enjoy the limited September #patchbirding we have left! Not long till October... patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/augu...

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August round-up 2026

Hello from the Patchwork Challenge team! I am very sorry for the shortened, revised write-up for August. Time has been scarce this month w...

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Geoff Birdy @geoffbirdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Really chuffed with this Wryneck, a very welcome patch tick at Bishop's Court Farm, Oxon this morning. #UKBirding #PWC2026 #patchgold

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Duncan Watson @tynemouthbirds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Grey partridge at the base of Tynemouth Pier this morning - the first here for ~40 years! Genuine #patchgold and early contender for bird of the autumn😜 It's the first bird I've run for in a long time and just as well I did, as it was flushed by a van seconds after I got there! #nebirding #pwc2026

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Matthew Pollock @mattp1975.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Distant footage of the Pectoral Sandpiper this afternoon - Jubilee North, RSPB #middletonlakes #PWC2026

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Steve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Much better views of the Red-backed Shrike in much better weather conditions! Still pretty windy and the bird keeping to the leeward side of these willows but spending much of its time hidden within them. #WestrayBirding#PWC2026

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John Bowler @tireebirder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

6 Nearctic waders of 4 spp. on Tiree today with @kgbirder.bsky.social : 2 juv Pec Sands at Balevullin & a 3rd at Balinoe, juv AGP & Buff-breast still at Ruaig & Baird's Sand at Gott Bay. Glossy Ibis: 6 at Balevullin(am), with 1 over Balemartine(noon) & 3 at Greenhill(pm) #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hi all, unfortunately with work and birding being busy these last few weeks, alongside personal commitments, the August review will either be delayed or more likely not completed. Sorry to everyone that inputted their highlights and scores but I hope to have the September update done in good time.

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Michael Leakey @fishburnian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Pleased to connect with this juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper at Bishop Middleham, the first at this inland site for five years and No125 on my patch year list #PWC2026

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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It felt like the first day of autumn at Girdle Ness in a strong southerly wind. Two Great Shearwaters went through, the second lingering to feed for 20 minutes. Also, 15 Sooty Shearwaters, 42 Manx Shearwaters, 11 Arctic Skuas, 5 Great Skuas. #Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #Seabirds

A rocky, shingly shoreline alongside a grey sea. The sky is a mix of grey and white clouds. A grassy bank is in the foreground.

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Paul Newton @paulnewton61.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Isn't patch watching brilliant. Tufted Duck isn't annual for me at Whitby on my #PWC2026 10km from home patch so after a tip off yesterday, a major twitch was on. A 3 mile walk for only 1 point but it was we'll worth it. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social

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Richard Harbird @mortonbagotbirder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A really good morning on my Morton Bagot patch: 5 Spotted Flycatchers, Tree Pipit, 2 Redstarts, 2 Whinchats, first Meadow Pipit of the autumn, Lesser Whitethroat, and three Stonechats. #PWC2026. What a shame the #WestMidsAllDayer can't be the West Midlands All Weekender!

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Frank Cavanagh @frankcavanagh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Great trip down to patch after school today, best were my lifer Goshawk that flew <10 meters aver my head when I was scouting a new viewpoint! Also the first Curlew Sand of the autumn, wader numbers still rising and this beautiful Angle Shades... @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #teammoth

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Richard Watkins LRPS @losbirder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

RSPB Dungeness late afternoon from Firth VP, in deteriorating light, the White-winged Black Tern and 2 of the Black Terns present on Burrowes today. #PWC2026 #Birds #Birding #Kentbirding #Ukbirding

White-winged Black Tern (above) & 2 Black Terns (below)

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hopefully most of you are making the most of the August bank holiday and are catching up with some autumn migration on your patch! Please remember to get your August scores and highlights on the spreadsheet ready for the round-up! Enjoy September, in my opinion, the best month of the year! #PWC2026

Swallows and Sand Martins gearing themselves up to go over the channel.

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andysims49.bsky.social @andysims49.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Spotted Redshank & Greenshank dropped in at the mere this afternoon. #PWC2026 118/135. 10km radius 132/159. Only my 3rd record of Spotted Redshank on the patch. @lincsbirding.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

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Tyler Atkinson @tylapwing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Decent August at Clifford Hill GP with some new additions, migration starting to pick up here with some new waders finally dropping like this Little stint, glad the whinchats decided stopped off here this year. #northantsbirds #PWC2026 #ukbirding #waders

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Gyr Crakes @gyrcrakes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Saw this juv Rose-coloured Starling yesterday afternoon on the Guernsey @patchbirding.bsky.social patch, which is, I think, the 7th time I've found one on the island.

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Matthew Pollock @mattp1975.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Kingsbury Water Park - found a⭐️Red-necked Phalarope⭐️ on Bodymoor Heath Water this evening 🙂 #warksbirds #PWC2026 #lowcarbonbirding 🪶

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Rob Hill @robhbirder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Patch platinum this morning as 5 Ruff dropped into Foxcote 💥 Sadly no pics. Whimbrel over, the Garganey again, plus Peregrine, Yellow Wag, Snipe & Mandarin made for a memorable visit. Compensation for weeks worth of dud visits! #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews #PWC2026 @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social

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Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Excellent morning loop of Clodgy Point with @lobb66.bsky.social who found this Wryneck along the drystone wall above the point - a cracking patch tick! Plenty of other common migs around including my first Tree Pipit of autumn and a flyover Yellow Wagtail! #UKBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social

A small brown bird sits in a bare twig in the centre of the frame. It has a dark eye stripe and a warm buff throat and some spots on a paler belly. The beak is pointed and grey and the short, stiff tail is grey with dark horizontal bars.

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Matthew Pollock @mattp1975.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Kingsbury Water Park - Black Tern on Bodymoor Heath Water this evening #warksbirds #PWC2026 #lowcarbonbirding🪶

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Toby Phelps @phelpstoby.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Another good local patch bird - an adult Sabine's Gull in the feeding flocks off Manorbier this evening! #patchbirding #birdingWales

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stanfordbirder.bsky.social @stanfordbirder.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Stanford Reservoir - the ringing group have been out all week & numbers have been a lot lower than last year. Just reward today though with this Wryneck, the first since 2023. Reward for their great effort. Ferruginous Duck still, 30 Yellow Wagtail. #PWC2026

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Tyler Atkinson @tylapwing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Spotted flycatcher showing well, a passage bird stopping off at Clifford hill GP this morning #northantsbirds #ukbirding #spottedflycatcher #patchbirding #PWC2026

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

After quite a delay, the July round-up of #PWC2026 is now live on the blog! Head over and take a look by clicking this link: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/08/july... Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your August patch birding!

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Dave Helliar @dhelliar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The much needed heavy showers worked their magic & dropped this Greenshank on to the Dorset patch this morning. Also present, the long staying 3 Green Sandpiper & a single Common Sand. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #PWC2026 In south Somerset, the Black Tern is still at #ChardRes (for its' 4th day)

Greenshank on muddy shoreline at my inland Dorset patch

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John Bowler @tireebirder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Early adult American Golden Plover with other waders on cut silage field at Crossapol, Tiree at noon today with @geoffcarr.bsky.social - also 8 Ruff, 108 Blackwits, 415 Golden Plover & 220+ Snipe around the island #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

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Neil Burt @neilburt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The best early morning #patchbirding walk of 2026 so far. A juvenile CUCKOO was chased by a Jackdaw at the Flood Storage Reservoir, my 1st record this year ✅ #96. Sadly no singing males in 2026. Then a juvenile WHINCHAT appeared along the fence line & bushes, year ✅ #97. 1 Wheatear & Stonechat pair.

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hopefully everyone is now seeing autumn migration in full force this weekend! What has been everyone's best patch bird over the week? #PWC2026 If you haven't checked it out, look at this blog post to see Tom Bedford's brilliant write up on his patch: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/07/tom-...

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Tom Bedford's local patch - Lye Valley, Oxford

This guest blog post is written by diligent patch birder Tom Bedford about his Lye Valley patch. A huge thank you to him for writing this ex...

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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Happy to say that Dutch ringers have confirmed that the parents of this bird are both pure Caspian Gulls. Only the second site record and there are still just a handful of accepted sightings from northeast Scotland. #Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding

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Richard Watkins LRPS @losbirder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

RSPB Dungeness, late afternoon from Hanson Hide, one of the two Garganey right in front of the Hide. #birds #birding #kentbirding #ukbirding #PWC2026

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PS @lastotw.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Checking scrub early this morning in hope of finding some migrants at #LadywalkNR + #WhitacreHeathNR 10+ Willow Warbler,1 Lesser Whitethroat. Highlight though was a Willow tit calling at Hide A last two years a random individual has turned up! #PWC2026 Juv Cuckoo, Yellow wag f/o + 3 Common Sand.

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Matthew Pollock @mattp1975.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

2 new ✅'s for the #PWC2026 3km patch list at lunchtime. Whinchat & Spotted Flycatcher - both at Kingsbury Firing Range. Both site firsts for me. Also this week - Common Redstart, and flushed a covey of 4+ Quail on Weds lunchtime. #warksbirds #lowcarbonbirding 🪶

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Lucas B Nature @lucasnature.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#Patchgold this morning, with my first Pied Flycatcher here since 2020 and only my 4th Bittern record! #birding #wildlife #patchbirding #nature #photography #PWC26 @patchbirding.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

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John Bowler @tireebirder.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Green Sandpipers are very scarce annual migrants on Tiree and it's rare to see them on the ground (usually just in flight), so nice to watch one feeding yesterday in wet ground from our upstairs windows yesterday at Balephuil, with two there today #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

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Amy R. @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026

Titchfield Haven: 7 active(!) Spoonbills, 1 Wood & 5 Common Sandpipers, 5 Dunlin etc + lots of Terns the best today. #PWC2026 Attempted to record a soundscape as it was lovely with all the Terns, but it's surprisingly difficult get a moment of silence in a hide!

4 Spoonbills - large white birds with large bills that are spoon shaped on an island. There are Canada geese nearby which have brown upper parts, buff underparts and black heads. A few terns look tiny in comparison. There are green reeds in the distance and a closer island is vegetated. The islands are labelled D and E

Two Spoonbill feeding in a scrape. There are also some brown ducks

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Bloomsbury Wildlife @chiffchat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You don't need to travel far for great birding. 🐦 The Complete Guide to Patch Birding by Ed Stubbs shows how your local park, woodland or coastline can become a source of discovery all year round. Out today!

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New podcast out today! August is here and it's an epic time to get out on your local patch! In this episode, David, Josh and Ian chat all things patch birding in the month of August, from waders and Whinchats to skywatching and seabirds. Listen for free:

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Episode 005 of The BirdGuides Podcast is out!

August is here and it's an epic time to get out on your local patch! In the latest episode of The BirdGuides Podcast, David, Josh and Ian chat all things patch birding in the month of August, from waders and Whinchats to skywatching and seabirding.

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Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Excellent morning seawatch from St Ives Island 05.38-10.45 with JM: Wilson’s Petrel (7+), Euro (40+), Cory’s (33), Great (4), Manx (30,000+), Arctic Skua (1), Whimbrel (14), Dunlin (2), Swift (1). An excellent morning with some amazing close views of Wilson’s! #UKBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We have received a brilliant guest blog post from @tombedford.bsky.social on his Lye Valley #patchbirding escapades, deep into Oxford. Why not head over to the blog now and have a read? patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/07/tom-...

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Tom Bedford's local patch - Lye Valley, Oxford

This guest blog post is written by diligent patch birder Tom Bedford about his Lye Valley patch. A huge thank you to him for writing this ex...

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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We hope everyone has had a brilliant July! Can participants of #PWC2026 please get there scores and highlights (for July only!) in by the evening of 7th. Have a brilliant and bird filled August!

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Tyler Atkinson @tylapwing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It’s nice to have local long staying redstarts at Clifford hill GP and have them showing well along the hedges in the mornings. I believe one of them is a new male and 1 of the original juveniles has left. #northantsbirds #ukbirding #wildlife #birdphotography #redstart #PWC2026

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Tyler Atkinson @tylapwing.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Great to the patchwork challenge pin badge has arrived 😁 Wood warbler for the 🥉 vote win #PWC2026 #ukbirding

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Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Unexpected patch gold this morning when a dispersing juv Green Woodpecker circled the island as I was heading home from my seawatch - July is clearly the time for tricky residents here! Great Tit next? Also notable were 6 Whimbrel W and 2+ Harbour Porpoise. #UKBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Richard Harbird @mortonbagotbirder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A Redstart and two Whinchats (all adults) were new at Morton Bagot this morning. #patchbirding

The only shot with both Whinchats. You might have to work a bit to see them.

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David Roche @papaybirder.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A very fresh juvenile Common Rosefinch around the school this morning #BirdingOrkney #PWC2026

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