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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Cross marks where the Wryneck was first seen, arrow marks direction of flight @midlandsbirder.bsky.social #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Bredon Hill - Wryneck - flushed from scrub area south of the tower. Seen to land. Trying to relocate. #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On our porch last night. Any ID help appreciated #teammoth

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Costa del Edgbaston 7.30am Lovely stroll. Birding highlights - 5 Swift, 20+ House Martin

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Here we go again....maybe this time...

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Arnside, Cumbria - Osprey seen twice early afternoon - possibly @foulshaw2.bsky.social bird(s)? 100+ Curlew and a very obliging Tawny Owl sat out for an extended period around 3pm.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Bournville/Northfield - 40+ Swift over Woodlands Park at the moment, and a rolling ball of 30+ adults and juvs screaming directly overhead. Magic. Can't recall ever seeing 70+ together here before.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Magpie Moth just flown in the patio door and settled down in front of the telly to watch the football. Definitely heard it tut when the advert break started. #teammoth

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We've had this up at home for years. Road and Tree near Wetwang.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wyre Forest - highly productive morning in the area between the old railway line and the Visitor Centre. 4(!) Wood Warbler, including two males singing barely 100 metres apart. Spotted Flycatchers displaying (at least six seen), Marsh Tits feeding fledglings, plus all the usuals. #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

On wife's car door on south Birmingham this morning. Pale Tussock apparently? #teammoth

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The Spotted Sandpiper at Earlswood this evening is my 250th UK bird species, 172nd for 2026, 105th for May 2026 and 171st for Warks. Gotta love @birdtrack.bsky.social

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Talking to a colleague at work this afternoon, lives in south Birmingham. "I had these odd birds in my garden in the winter a couple of years ago. I'll send you a picture."

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Wyre Forest - 2 singing Spotted Flycatcher, Dipper (finally), good numbers of Redstart and Pied Flycatcher, Cuckoo, Mandarin, Tree Pipit etc. Then spent 3.5 hours walking various areas with good Wood Warbler habitat and found nothing. #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Just did a Google search for the first Fall gig I saw (Futurama, Bradford 1989). MES works his magic from beyond the grave.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Goosander with 8 young on the Severn near Bewdley at lunchtime. Family visit to Wyre Forest produced Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, two Kingfisher, plenty of Willow and Garden Warbler, Cuckoo. No Wood Warbler or Dipper, but apparently both have been seen this morning by others. #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Clifton Pits - 4 doggers, with 3 off the lead dogs, throwing a ball to encourage the dogs towards the water. #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Bredon Hill - the Scrubby Triangle of Dreams delivers again. Redstart, multiple Tree Pipit song flights, Whitethroats squabbling over territory, Garden Warbler, loadza Willow Warbler, loadza Yellowhammer, Stonechat, singing Mistle Thrush, Red Kite, 2 Raven. Plus all the usual.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Today's Daily Telegraph (I didn't buy it, before anyone starts questioning my sanity) has a Beginners Guide to British Birdwatching including this lovely photo of a House Sparrow

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Traffic calming measures? That'll be the potholes. So THAT'S why the last Tory govt massively defunded every council in England - more potholes means calmer traffic. Makes sense really.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Shustoke - 7 Little Gull just done a splash-and-dash, feeding for 10 mins before flying out north. Dozens of hirundines, inc 30+ House Martin. 2 Common Sandpiper. Biggest surprise was finding a Brambling feeding under the oak in the car park. Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Blithfield - Scaup pair, Mandarin pair, Ruddy Shelduck in Blythe Bay. Green Sandpiper and GBBG on the dam. LRP on the causeway. 2GWE. 20+ Sand Martin. @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Bredon Hill - 100+ Fieldfare west of the tower, but no Ring Ouzel despite 30 mins trawling through them as they endlessly flushed and resettled (4 Buzzard and 2 Red Kite weren't helping). 2 Marsh Tit, singing Corn Bunting, 20+ Yellowhammer, Stonechat and finally year-ticked Red-legged Partridge!

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The orange idiot needs to tell Infantino to slow down with the fossil fuel burning.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Not what I was expecting to find on the path outside the back gate at work just now.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

RSPB Middleton - LRP in weedy field between Jubilee North and the canal. 2 Avocet, 5 Redshank, Marsh Harrier, Bittern booming. Apparently the LSW went through the car park at 6.30 this morning.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Bartley Reservoir - 4 Black-necked Grebe close in, south east side, away from the sailors.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Clifton Pits - Lesser Scaup pair found yesterday by @andywarr.bsky.social are currently in flooded field immediately south of main pit. 4 Goldeneye, 8 Oystercatcher #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Working on Aadam Jacobs recordings for @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy has been a source of great joy and a much-needed distraction over the last year-and-a-bit, but the next batch surely tops everything so far. Can't wait.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

RSPB Middleton Lakes inaccessible from the car park - woods flooded before the canal bridge.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Distant phone-scoped Little Owl in west Warks this morning. There's a second Little Owl in the photo, honest. A walk I've been meaning to do for a while and one I'll be repeating.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Accrington away at Walsall this afternoon @anewlinerelated.bsky.social We're going nowhere, we'll see you next year.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I reckon that might be the best single-day single-stage lineup I've ever seen.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The only surviving fixture in today's Highland League programme is Fraserburgh vs Wick. For the Wick supporter, this is a 400 mile, 9 hour round trip. It's half time. Do you stay or do you go?

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Magpies bringing sticks to a regular nesting site in neighbour's garden this morning, braving sub-zero temperatures and 10cm of frozen snow on the ground.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Lickey Hills - flock of 15+ Brambling this afternoon in the area marked. Feeding on the ground, flushed into nearby trees but didn't go far. I've seen Brambling in a similar area in previous years so presumably a reliable food source. #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Birding 2025 via @birdtrack.bsky.social - 185 species in the UK. 60 sites, all but one on a line joining Slimbridge to Bempton. 48 in the Midlands, 8 in East Yorks. Lifers - Firecrest, Woodlark, Lesser Scaup, Bluethroat And the 20 most widespread species I haven't seen this year are...

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Let's hope East London's business owners are prepared to play along when this happens.

At least ten White Storks nesting on Staples store sign.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

32.5 years since I first saw them. Love those early records.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Clifton Pits - Barnacle Goose and as-yet-unidentified white goose with the enormous Greylag flock. Can't see anything more interesting sadly. Weedy fields to the south are full of finches, including several nice Brambling wheezes. 7 Fieldfare #worcsbirds

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Egyptian Vulture on the clifftop (it's there if you look, honest) - Barranc d'Algendar, Menorca this morning. 18 in flight together at 10.20am was a spectacular sight, alongside 6+ Booted Eagle and several Red Kites.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Reduction in birds visiting our garden. Not sure why.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Recommend this if you've never read it

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Parc de la Bovaque, Abbeville - short walk from Abbeville centre. Series of pools fed by crystal-clear chalk streams. Spotted Flycatcher - 20+ along 100m stretch of one stream. Video doesn't really do it justice. Black Redstart on Saint-Vulfran church. House Martins feeding nests all over town.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

WWT Slimbridge - Spoonbill feeding in front of Rushy Hide, one of two seen. 2 Wood Sand, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Avocet, 7 Green Sandpiper, RP, Dunlin, Curlew, Whimbrel, Bk-T Godwit, Snipe, Garganey, Cattle Egret, 2 GWE, Marsh Harrier. 75 species.

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Rob S @rbstrng.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Have they been hiding under the water?

BBC illiteracy strikes again. Swans resurface instead of recovering.

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