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Mark Coller @markcoller.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Isabelline Shrike at Porth Hellick St Mary's, Isles of Scilly today.

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Helsinki Birder @helsinkibirder.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Well... that's Northern Harrier ruined for the most part. I had been on the lookout for these for some time, believing this to be inevitable. All northies will now have to be scrutinized to the utmost & several past birds will be under suspicion. #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #BirdID #raptors

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Dave Foster @pratorum2112.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

One of 5 Clouded Yellows seen in the Beachley-Bulwark area (Glos./Monmouthshire) this a.m.

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A killdeer. Note the lack of deer in the area. 👀 #birds #nature #wildlife 🐡

A photo of a white and tan plover with black bands across its neck, standing on some grass and looking to the left. Indeed, there are no deer in sight, but I doubt it's because this little bird killed them. They're just called killdeer because of the distinctive call.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An announcement. There will be plenty of time to reflect on what we've achieved, and on the fantastic colleagues who have helped us achieve it. But for now, sad news ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement... 1/2

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Helsinki Birder @helsinkibirder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nuthatch. asiatica ssp. Sat down on the couch after dinner. "One last look at the feeder...JESUS!! 😱😍😍 There's been a huge influx of both ssp of Nuthatch this year & I was hoping for one in the garden. Result! Sp. 151 for the garden list. 😎 #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland #birdsseenin2026

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Dave Foster @pratorum2112.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

...of which at least 3 are currently at Budle Bay.

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Dave Foster @pratorum2112.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Todd's at Budle Bay this p.m. Apparently not the bird photographed by @budlebirder.bsky.social a few days ago - this one is darker-breasted with a really narrow and dirty strap #UKbirding #NEbirding

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.

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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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Nutcracker @nucifraga.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#BirdingGear request (first time I've used this tag!) - looking to get something to transfer photos direct from my camera ('micro' socket, I'm told) to my phone ('lightning' socket). Anyone know where I can get this? Would prefer to avoid that ghastly company named after a South American river...

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Matt Hobbs @migrationmatt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The last 4 days I spent 8 hours at Lower Moors #Scilly trying to photo the key features of Wilson's Snipe without it once spreading its tail or wings! So relieved that someone else managed it. A very striking monochromatic bird that convinced straight away. ID notes in alt #ukbirding #birds

Wilson's Snipe, Lower Moors, Scilly - 06/10. Note strong and dense barring on flanks with no buff ground colour. The grey centred covert and tertial feathers with whitish tipped coverts were very distinctive.

Wilson's Snipe, Lower Moors, Scilly - 04/10. Scapulars and crown feathers very black and uniform with very few paler edges. Narrow crown stripe and whitish braces contrasting very strongly with background, rather like Jack Snipe.

Wilson's Snipe, Lower Moors, Scilly - 03/10. we arrived in the ISBG hide 15 minutes after the bird was found. This was taken from Hilda Quick hide. On the underparts the buff colouration is limited to the neck and up onto the head

Lower Moors, Scilly - 04/10. The bird that some thought was the Wilson's but was actually Common Snipe. This photos shows some key differences - particularly covert, tertial and scapular ground colour and pattern, flanks, and head pattern

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Job Alert! 🔉 We're looking for two part-time Field Surveyors for the Winter survey season from November - March to conduct wintering bird surveys. To discover more and apply visit ➡️ www.bto.org/jobs 📍 Survey areas: Yorkshire Dales & the Fens. 📝 Deadline for applications: Sunday 18 October 2026.

A Fieldfare is amongst frosty grass. Wording above reads: We’re hiring! Field Surveyors - LandSpAES Project.

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Helsinki Birder @helsinkibirder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lesser Kestrel. Finding a #finland mega today was not on my radar. #birds #birding #birdwatching 😍😎

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Gary Woodburn @gary-woodburn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's great when birding throws nice surprises your way, today was certainly one of those days. Uninspiring westerlies and then... Subalpine Warbler ! No dropped feathers but a poo sample recovered from the bag so🤞. Then in the evening... Cuckoo ! #NEbirding #BirdRinging

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why stop there? Scrap the treasury to make the national debt go away Scrap the NHS and cure cancer Scrap the MOD and lo: world peace www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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Bucktonbirder @bucktonbirder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Montagu's Harrier 'HV' - a long awaited update. I am sure that those of you that have been following this story realise, the news isn't good, our English hatched sat-tagged Montagu's Harrier 'HV' has sadly died in Morocco. Temperature and location data suggested the bird was dead ten days ago.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a lovely bit of writing

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rubatroid.bsky.social @rubatroid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, it’s been a really quiet autumn at the Tate Modern so I’ve had to resort to looking at gulls 😂 This big fella has been keeping me interested though; current thinking is probable Caspian though bill not very typical. #londonbirds

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Gary Woodburn @gary-woodburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

More migrants at Newton today, a large arrival of Song Thrushes, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 1 Snow Bunting, 2 Redstarts, 4 Lesser Whitethroats (including this funky thing), 2 Garden Warblers, 12 Bramblings + good numbers of Robins and Chiffchaffs. #NEbirding

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Graham Sparshott @fifevismig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No such worries when a flock passes this close in excellent light. A joint largest flock of 29 flew past at low level, easily my best ever views. Two of the birds in the images are ringed and one of these also has a neck collar. #birdingFife

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John Hewitt @wathingsmecca.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Eye-browed Thrush trapped in Church Field @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social this morning

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Steve Duffield @wiwildlife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Then there were 2. Second time lucky looking for an American Buff-bellied Pipit at Drimsdale, S Uist. Was enjoying it's company when it was joined by a second bird! #BirdingScotland #RareBirdAlert #BirdingOuterHebrides

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Dave Foster @pratorum2112.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hope you have a brilliant time Andy 🤞 🙏 🙏.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's not just that we had two wasted years under Keir Starmer - years in which, with a vast majority and quite a lot of goodwill - he could have turned this country around. On crucial issues, we had two years of spiralling backwards, towards a very dark place. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Ed Miliband to acknowledge Labour’s former stance on Palestine fell short

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophisticated tools to persuade a government to adopt it. The government adopts it. Please read whole🧵

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Anyone have any info on a Black Stork at Snape, Suffolk recently and more importantly is it still around ? #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding

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Mark D @seaskywatch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Off to catch ferry home. A little diversion to Laredo to see the adult Kelp Gull (southern form apparently!). Smart bird👍

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John Malloy @johnmalloy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incoming! Black Brant and Pale-bellied Brent family (juv = hybrid?) Budle Bay, Northumberland @budlebirder.bsky.social #NEbirding #hybrid #goose #brant #brent

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John Malloy @johnmalloy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Black Brant - a very rare sub species for Northumberland, in fact only the second for the county, and first since 1999. #NEbirding

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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West Coast Birdwatching @westcoastbirds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

HELP NEEDED! There is a stranded Manx Shearwater in the West Midlands (SOLIHULL) that needs a ride back to the coast. Can anyone in that area help? Even to take it some of the way and pass on to another volunteer? Please call 01437 723193 if you can help 🙏

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Mika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Radar image of Tuesday's mass crane migration. A 100 km long line of migrating cranes was clearly visible on weather radar. It is estimated that around 10,000 (?) cranes were involved in that formation. The highest count observed was 26,000 migrating cranes on that day in Kangasala (near Tampere).

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Nicholas Mallinson @nwmallinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Record shot of the Black Brant at Budle bay early afternoon. Made up for dipping the Baird’s, still…. got my steps in. #NEBirding

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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Khurkh Bird Ringing Station day 8: 196 birds incl 7 Siberian Accentor (p1), Daurian Jackdaw, 2 Red-throated Thrush (p2), Hume's Warbler, Azure Tit (p3), Taiga Flycatcher, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (p4), 8 Daurian Redstart & 6 Siberian Rubythroat www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers

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Kevin Clements @kevin-clements.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Khurkh Bird Ringing Station #Mongolia day 7: 89 birds including Siberian Pipit (p1), Dusky Thrush (p2), Pallid Harrier, Nutcracker, Red-flanked Bluetail, Rustic (p3) & 2 Lapland Buntings (p4), 2 Azure Tit, 33 Pallas's Warbler & 12 Siberian Rubythroat www.facebook.com/share/14sZ2s... #BelvideRingers

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This week on Origin Story: The life & ideas of John Rawls, the most celebrated liberal philosopher of the post-war period. These are some of the most beautiful arguments in progressive thought. We do it as a one hour crash course. Everything you need to know. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

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Lundy Bird Observatory @lundybirds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Eastern type Lesser Whitethroat, based on plumage features, was caught and ringed near Old Light this evening. @birdguides.bsky.social

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Wich’yanan L. @jay-shrike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This 1cy Grey-streaked Flycatcher found accidentally by me on a brief stop to look at the viewpoint at Khao Wat Doem, #Chumphon, yesterday was the 2nd record for #Thailand! #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #littlebrownjob #wild #vagrant #migratorybird #flycatcher

Grey-streaked Flycatcher (นกจับแมลงอกลายขีด), 1cy
𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢

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Lundy Bird Observatory @lundybirds.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Eastern ??? Type Lesser Whitethroat today on the island by Old Light. A good bird to discuss on a big day for migrants! @birdguides.bsky.social

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Graham Sparshott @fifevismig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

8 Little Gulls heading inland. We don't get the big numbers further down the Forth and off Fife Ness, always a treat here. Last but certainly not least, 2 Juv LT Skua, dark + Intermediate circling over the Forth. The intermediate went overland on it's own giving superb close views. #birdingFife

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Graham Sparshott @fifevismig.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

22/09/26 Ferry Hills. A week off allows not just an AM shift but some PM effort too. Great variety today with 35 species. Three species of diver with a notable group of 3 Black-throats (two in the Pic), 1 GND and 95 RTD heading inland. RTD count highest of the autumn so far. #birdingFife

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sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A closer look at a presumed helice Clouded Yellow (C.crocea) from the Sandwich Bay Estate yesterday. Restricted black on trailing edge of hindwing, pale submarginal spots not encircled in black, and washed out yellow ground colour look good for Pale/Berger's Clouded Yellow (C.hyale/alfacariensis)?

Clouded Yellow butterfly species in flight

Clouded Yellow butterfly species on flower

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Dave Foster @pratorum2112.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Brambling just gone W. high over my garden. Nice.

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