Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 4hBrief views of an Olive-backed Pipit was the best of a difficult day on Shetland; missed Quail which Arch + Jake nearly stepped on at Aithsetter + dipped a GG Shrike. Also Yellow-browed Warblers, Lsr Whitethroat, Bar-tailed Godwit + 3 Purple Sand to round off the day. And there's always the views. 1201
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Second day on Shetland and already time to trot out the cliche "hard work". A day in south Mainland produced Barred Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Warblers, Siberian Chiffchaff, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Redstart and 2 Shelduck (a Shetland tick for me). 1231
Reposted by Phil AndrewsHugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The first year male SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN that graced our Shetland garden this morning. A fifth for Britain and one hell of a garden tick! Thanks to all that visited and enjoyed this special bird today. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK #Birds #UKWildlife 121213
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Normally my second Two-barred Warbler at Quendale would be the headline grabber but today wasnt a normal day. First winter male Siberian Blue Robin at Hillwell was an astonishing find for an appreciative crowd (5th for Britain). Also King Eider, Buff-breasted Sand, Pied Fly, Siberian Stonechat tbc 2302
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 A rather frustrating trip up to Aberdeen yday. Surf Scoter but no White-winged in Lunan Bay (plus host of seabird year ticks). Yellow-browed Warbler + Whinchat at Girdle Ness but news broke of Sykes's Warbler back at GN as we just got on the ferry, at which point the atmosphere turned rather sour. 1160
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Occasionally I doth venture south.... I still keep a Worcestershire list so a Stone Curlew at Ryall Court Pits was too tempting for a county tick. Showing well on the far side of the lagoon this morning; still present at 9am. Also Marsh Harrier over Holly Green #WorcsBirds 1260
Reposted by Phil AndrewsLundy 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 21029
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Early morning at Branston GPs (Ashy + BMP only) yielded 62 species. Highlight was Little Stint on shingle spit on Ashy Pit; also 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Stonechat + impressive numbers of wildfowl. 2 Pintail on BMP. Green Sand on Lower Farm Pit. Easily 30+ Chiffy on site @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 0121
Reposted by Phil AndrewsAndy Stockhausen @andy-1963.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wow! P Hall's image of Red-billed Tropicbird off Porthgwarra this morning #ukbirding 418825
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Very pleased to get an Underwing this morning that wasn't Yellow or Lunar but instead PEARLY, new for me and the SK10 square. Brindled Green and Barred Sallow NFY; also PMW, Silver Y + Acleris laterana/comeriana. VC38 B74 @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 1211
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Amongst the mountains of Lesser and Large Yellow & Lunar Underwings there are still a few little gems out there. Scrobipalpa costello yesterday was new for both me and the SK10 square. Pump it up! B74 VC38 @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 2130
Reposted by Phil AndrewsSteve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Short-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. 1023322
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Little Stint reported at Doxey Marshes in Tillington Flash this morning via West Midlands Birding FB @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 010
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The decision to trap despite heavy early morning rain was vindicated with a Pinion-streaked Snout, new for me + the SK10 square. Also Angle Shades, Cypress Pug, Wax Moth, Centre-barred Sallow + a myriad of underwings VC38 B74 @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 1200
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The updated results from Saturday's West Midlands All-Day Birdwatch plus a list of the 135 species recorded across the 18 participating sites (equal to Autumn 2026's total) together with a breakdown of Blithfield's record breaking score. #WestMidsAllDayer @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social 1122
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nice to get the moth list moving again - Sallow was new for me this morning. Also my 2nd Vestal (better marked than the 1st). Also 4 Oak Hook-tip, Snout, 4 Cypress Pug, Centre-barred Sallow + Pale Mottled Willow B74 VC38 SK10 @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 1161
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Many thanks to the 18 sites who took part in Saturday's West Midlands All-Day Birdwatch. The previous record of 104 species was broken twice: 106 at Brandon & 111 at Blithfield. An odd day with several sites noting their highest ever totals & others their lowest #WestMidsAllDayer 3222
Reposted by Phil AndrewsHugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Britain's third and Scotland's first-ever EGYPTIAN NIGHTJAR at Virkie, Shetland this evening. A brilliant find by Roger Riddington. Stunning. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #RareBirdsUK 530839
Reposted by Phil AndrewsMatt Bruce @mattjbruce.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Egyptian Nightjar on a boulder beach at Virkie, Shetland this afternoon. Incredible. #UKBirding #RareBirds 719621
Reposted by Phil AndrewsSteve Richards @thesnapper1978.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A good 11 hour slog at Blithfield. Our team of 8 found a total of 110 species by 16:00. Highlights inc 24 Great Egrets,sev species of raptor, 1st w Caspian Gull, Arctic Tern + 23 Commons, 2 Turnstone & Wood Sand amongst sev other commoner wader sp, Cuckoo, Whinchat, Wheatear etc #west mids all dayer 1231
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Have bailed at 2:40pm with Blithfield on 109, a new record for #westmidsalldayer (autumn or spring). Latest additions including Redstart, Goshawk, Wheatear, Caspian Gull, Wood Sand and Cuckoo plus the pesky combination of Coot and Moorhen. 0241
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Mandarin, Gadwall, Goshawk and Redstart take Blithfield to 101 for the #WestMidsAllDayer, probably the earliest in the day the centuary mark has been reached. Still no Coot, Starling or Moorhen! 🤷♂️🫣 0140
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 05/09/202610am update from Blithfield - now advanced to 97 species. Recent additions have included Osprey, Red Kite, Turnstone, Swift, Whinchat and Arctic Tern #westmidsalldayer 0110
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 05/09/20268am update and Team Blithfield hit the 80 species mark. Highlights include Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Ruff, Blackwit, 3 species of owl, 24(!) Great White Egret #westmidsalldayer 0120
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Good morning from Blithfield on another West Midlands All Day Birdwatch. Dry, clear conditions with westerlies arent ideal conditions but you need to be in it to win it! Good luck at all sites participating today. #WestMidsAllDayer 0100
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Blithe Bay, Blithfield Reservoir 0945-1115: 4 Ruff, 3 Redshank, 24 Ringed Plover, 6 Dunlin, 3 Common Sand, 5+ GW Egret, 4+ Yellow Wag, Swift, Sand Martin, Ruddy Shelduck, 21 Goosander, 2 Painted Lady @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 0111
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Tad Bay, Blithfield Reservoir 0650-0830: Wood Sandpiper (not seen again after Peregrine went through), 10 Ruff, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Greenshank, Redshank, Curlew, Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 9 Great White Egret, Red Kite @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 0171
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope still 7:55am at Kingsbury Water Park on Bodymoor Heath Water. View hard right from car park south of sailing club; bird is often very close to the shore @mercianbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social 0181
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Flying visits in the thunder to both Tad and Blithe Bays at Blithfield Reservoir this evening - 19 Ruff (my best inland count), 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, c15 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 6 Great White Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Common Sand @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 090
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Nice to add Vestal to my garden list in this infux year. Best of the rest - Beet Moth, 2 Cypress Pug, Dusky Thorn, Centre-barred Sallow, Small Blood-vein. B74 VC38 SK10 @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ruthnewby.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 0200
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Morton Stanley Park You are an habitual site for Brown Hairstreak..... Two BHS seen on a flying visit at lunchtime in breezy conditions - one in flight at the western end and resting up high in the tree line south of the car park Thanks to @craig63jones.bsky.social for the info. 040
Reposted by Phil AndrewsBirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Mega Montagu's Harrier news to start the week! Six Montagu's Harrier chicks have successfully fledged at a secret location in England this summer, providing hope for one of the UK's most precarious breeding birds. Full story here: f.mtr.coolSix Montagu's Harrier chicks fledge from two English nests in 2026The UK's rarest breeding bird of prey has enjoyed an encouraging nesting season, with two juveniles satellite-tagged for the first time to reveal more about their migration. 0455
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A glorious morning in Sutton Park, rammed full of phyllosc warblers (incl many Willow Warbler in subsong). Up to 5 Spotted Fly, 2 Redstart, Garden Warbler, Common+Lesser Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Raven but worringly no chats. Dread to think what fall conditions may produce @ecorecord.bsky.social 0150
Reposted by Phil AndrewsDave Emley @demley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Red-letter day for me at Doxey Marshes. Southern Migrant Hawker; first for Staffs and for me. Also Willow Emerald; again first for Doxey I think. 0151
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Blithe Bay, Blithfield Reservoir 0640-0910. Black Tern, 2 Turnstone, 12 Ruff, 10 Ringed Plover, 5 LRP, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sand, 1 Oyc, 5 Curlew, 1 Wheatear, 5+ Yellow Wag, 10+ adult Yellow-legged Gull, 8 Goosander, 3 GW Egret, Ruddy Shelduck. 6 GWE in Tad Bay. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 0120
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The autumn edition of the regular West Midlands All Day Birdwatch occurs on Saturday 5th Sept. Sites in Staffs, Warks, Worcs + West Mids are invited to participate & see how many species can be recorded in the day. Always an information snapshot of the region #WestMidsAllDayer 3143
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Worth running the trap despite the rain overnight. Cochylimorpha straminea (Common Straw) was new for me with 2 NYF in Poplar Hawkmoth (well overdue) and Centre-barred Sallow (a taste of things to come) B74 VC38 SK10 @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social 1200
Reposted by Phil Andrewspeteandmarjo.bsky.social @peteandmarjo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Very helpful adult Spotted Crake at Upton Warren Moors, Worcs. at midday (sometimes harassed by Water Rail). Hobby looking for dragonflies, 12 Little Egrets etc. #worcsbirds #westmidsbirding 0362
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Mothing highlights of recent nights. This monster Bulrush Wainscot was new for me + SK10 square. Garden Rose Tortrix, Common Wave + Small Rufus NFY. Friday's lost Wave sp reappeared (deceased) to be reidentified as a Satin Wave (also NFM + SK10). @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 1170
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 16/08/2026After an uninspiring WeBS count at Hill Hook NR late afternoon it was a bit of a surprise (given the overcast conditions) to find 9 Willow Emerald Damselflys still on the northwest side of the Mill Pool @ecorecord.bsky.social @hillhookfriends.bsky.social 140
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 16/08/2026An productive morning, this time in Blithe Bay at Blithfield Reservoir. Black Tern, 4 Ruff, 2 Blackwit, 2 Greenshank, Curlew, 3 Common Sand, c25 Ringed Plover, Whimbrel over, Wheatear, c20 Yellow Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Swift @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 0121
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Wood Sandpiper still on The Swag at Chasewater on the northwest shore at 0730. Also Green Sand, 3 Common Sand, 2 Snipe @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 0161
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Female Wheatear in Sutton Park on the model aircraft field this afternoon; 2 Mandarin Duck on Keepers Pool @ecorecord.bsky.social 0150
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Was very happy with my morning but glad I lingered a little longer at Croxall to dig out an adult Pectoral Sandpiper at north end. Increased counts of 7 Green Sand, 4 LRP, 3 Common Sand. Thanks to @thesnapper1978.bsky.social for confirming ID. @birdguides.bsky.social @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 3171
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Croxall Lakes this morning was productive with 5 adult Cattle Egret until 0930, Ruff, 3 Greenshank, 3 LRP, 8 Snipe, Common Sand, 4 Green Sand, Yellow Wagtail. A flying visit to Branston GPs produced 2 Greenshank (1 Ashy Pit, 1 new workings) and Peregrine @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social 0151
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Struggling with this Argyresthia species - any thoughts whether its pruniella or bonnetella? #TeamMoth @mothiduk.bsky.social 140
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Dwarf Cream Wave was new for me + SK10 this morning (too quick for photo); Lobesia abscisana also NFM. Cochylis dubitana NFG, 3 NFY (Cypress+Juniper Pugs + Scrobipalpa ocellatella). Also my 2nd Cydia interscindana, Rush Veneer + Tawny-barred Angle. @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 050
Reposted by Phil AndrewsBirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 14/08/2026First for Britain? This Yellow-throated Warbler at Liverpool Docks on 13 August may become the first UK record of this North American songbird. Feeding beside a ship from New Orleans, the bird seems to be the resident Louisiana-breeding albilora form. Will the BOURC accept it? 25719
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Nice to get in on the Cydia amplana action; new for me & SK10. P corylifoliella also NFM; Tawny Speckled Pug NFG; Lyonetia clerkella + Gracillaria syringella NFY. Also SMW, Tree-lichen Beauty, 4 SBV, 2 Rush Veneer, Pebble Hooktip, Chinese Character @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 0150
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Ringed China-mark was new for me + SK10 square this morning. NFY were Wax Moth, Eudemis profundana + Acleris laterana/comariana. Also my 3rd Morophaga choragella (2nd was yday along with this Caloptilia honoratella/hemidactylella candidate) B74 VC38 @ruthnewby.bsky.social @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social 160
