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Called in to see the Starling roost at Snape Maltings. About 5k arrived and did a few laps before straight to bed. Also in attendance were an adult Hobby and a juv Marsh Harrier. The show was won by a load of big Mullet in the river! #SuffolkBirding #Suffolk #Fish

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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 10h

As usual I did the front cover for one of my local patches annual report! Ogston Bird Club puts together an excellent report!

Front cover of the Ogston Bird Club annual report for 2025 showing an immature Ring necked Duck

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Fair Isle Bird Observatory @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A couple of Corncrake, our second Short-toed Lark of the year, and a brief Little Bunting have been the best of the past few days, now to see what the change to south-easterly winds might bring in! Read more at www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight... 📸 J Dodds

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Paul French @nomadbirder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A very unexpected mega down at Spurn already today, our first Eyebrowed Thrush. Trapped and ringed in Church Field. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social Now back to the gas terminal slog...

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I heard somewhere that the word Conker was being removed from the dictionary? Meanwhile, people of a certain age, can't help but fill pockets with them...Aren't they fantastic... #Conkers #Autumn

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Angus Croudace @anguscroudace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mostly showy, sometimes not... I kept bumping into this lingering Wryneck whilst exploring @skokholmisland.bsky.social A change of island for me this autumn. Plenty of raptors about also made for an entertaining first day. #birdingwales

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Spurn Bird Observatory @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

EYEBROWED THRUSH trapped in Church Field; will be shown at 08:50!!!! #Spurnbirds @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now, I'm asking will my two dips in two days bring sympathy from the birding gods and let me get a Nutcracker at Shingle Street tomorrow? 🤔😉

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A yomp down the Walberswick shingle this afternoon did not produce the hoped for Zitting Cisticolas. Maybe next year Highlight was a nice party of 5 Spotted Redshanks that flew past to land on one of the small pools. My favourite of the passage waders... #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding

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Ian Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes at auction you find some real gems... Dartmoor Auctions next weekend, Lot 1035. Pitminster near you @iand777.bsky.social ? @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @nicwilson.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social Tempting...

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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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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Almost forgot to commemorate Oxfordshire Common Nighthawk day😉 #birds #UKbirding #birdart #sciart

Sketchbook pages of drawings of Common Nighthawk

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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you have nature records in notebooks that you never look at and wonder what to do with? I've transcribed 10,000 records from the 1960-70s from a Welsh ornithological legend into @birdtrack.bsky.social and @cofnod.org.uk. And it was fascinating... #BirdingWales www.cofnod.org.uk/news/natural...

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Naturalists' Notebooks: a treasure trove - Cofnod

Naturalists' Notebooks: a treasure trove

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well, a couple of hours viewing the Snape reedbeds this morning was very pleasant. 200+ Black t Godwits, 10+ Bearded Tits, 11+ Cetti's Inc one seen well, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Avocets, 3 Little Egrets etc. No Black Stork.

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Nutcracker @nucifraga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rather crappy pic (250 m range across the Tyne) of an odd graellsii Lesser Black-back Gull (unless it's something else!) with definitely pink legs (no hint of yellow!) at Elswick on Saturday morning for #SuperSeabirdSunday #LowCarbonBirding #NEBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social

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

Been back along to Iken( Tina Turner) cliff (sorry can't help it) to look for the Black Stork without luck. I have a turbulent history with these giant Oystercatchers... I've dipped 4 and counting... #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding

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Andy Close @birds-and-me.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Right then, it’s the time of year when I refocus my birding efforts to a small island. Forecast for Fair Isle and Shetland next week looks immense. Arrive Fair Isle Monday morning. May the birding Gods be forever in my favour. #UKBirding

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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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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Finally managed to catch up with an Oxfordshire Wryneck with this bird at Day's Lock found by @geoffbirdy.bsky.social. At times incredibly cryptic, sitting motionless in the base of a hedge, only given away by occasional neck-stretches to lick ants from nearby branches

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Angusbirding @angusbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nice wee treat at weekend there, with only 2nd patch Sabs in 10 years & longest ever views. A lot more Terns too, with only the 2nd Black of this autumn here. Fuckers ruined earlier post bemoaning lack of action this autumn, the inconsiderate cunts..... #patchbirding

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A cooler night reduced the catch a bit but there is still some colour in there. Flounced Chestnut is NFY and always a pleasure... #teammoth #Northumberland

Two Flounced Chestnuts were the highlight

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This big pale juvenile Peregrine coming around for a second attack on the Boulmer waders this afternoon... #Northumberland #UKBirding

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lapland Bunting this afternoon at Longhoughton Steel, Boulmer #Northumberland #UKBirding

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This Whimbrel was at Boulmer tonight. Its the nearest I've seen to a chick! It cant be very old looking like this, I wonder where its from? #Northumberland #UKBirding @wadertales.bsky.social @markgolley.bsky.social @markaeaton.bsky.social

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Latest figures from Defra show 8% of English farms produce 62% of output (ie food) from 33% of farmland. Conversely 11% of output is produced from 30% of land. There is no question that there is plenty of space for nature on English farmland. Yet we still hear "every acre must be maximised".

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

36 sp last night with Agonopterix umbellana the highlight. Not many of those mentioned on Bluesky...seems a good record. My 3rd after singles in 2010 and 2011 #teammoth #Northumberland

32.029 a moth (Agonopterix umbellana) 1 seems a good record. My 3rd after singles in 2010 and 2011!

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Andrew Clarke @mrandrewclarke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Truly bizarre experience twitching a Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) feeding on the edge of the woodland whilst visiting Sheffield General Cemetery today. Has anyone seen them hunting in similar habitat? Left it ‘showing well’ at 1130 hrs. SK34248600 @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Francesca @fgnunn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#BirdingGear Any advice on scopes please? I have an ancient opticron which is huge, heavy and old but that works well. Preferably small and light and that won't require a second mortgage.

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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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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A morning off home patch down to our old patch . Pectoral Sandpiper and Turtle Dove both showed well after a bit of searching... #Northumberland #UKBirding

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Neil Donaghy @neild1962.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This wholly unexpected Red-eyed Vireo was trapped and ringed at Kenfig Pool this morning and is the seocnd record for Glamorgan and the reserve recording area. I had the shock of my life when I saw it staring back at me from the net. Seen by 20+ observers upon release #birdingWales #UKbirding

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Annie Irving @sconzani.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What a stunning little bird, and a great photo from Rhos!

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You can tell its bad when the celebs don't even recognise each other! #Strictly #BBC

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Who are these people on #Strictly2026 ? Have they been selected from bus stops across the home counties? #Bbc

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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OK folks I need input and feedback on the next Chiffchaff pages. Trying to make things clear and not too complicated but it's not easy. This time it's Siberian Chiffchaffs and winter normal birds (plus the grey and white type) #UKbirding #Birds #sciart

Two paintings of Siberian Chiffchaff with identification notes.

Three paintings of chiffchaffs with notes around them.

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very sad to hear of the death of Joe Harkness . He wrote about birders mental health in his books... www.facebook.com/share/p/1LpM...

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I was a day too early for the Yellowlegs at Saltholme, so instead here are some Ruff sketches. 🐡🪶 #art #nature @teesbirds.bsky.social

Pen and watercolour sketches of Ruff (juveniles?)

Field sketch in watercolour of landscape at RSPB Saltholme, northeast England

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Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My first ever Ni Moth was my best last night but the Evergestis extimalis was also a good one, my 2nd of the month. This well marked Common Wainscot had me looking a bit closer, in life it seemed quite dark. #teammoth #Northumberland

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DaMotmot @damotmot.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

If I can post this for #birbfest, this is a field sketch of a great crested grebe from one of my Copenhagen sketchbooks. Cool bird. #BirdWhisperer #birdsketches #birbfest2025

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Richard Bell @wildyorkshire.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

A wood pigeon poddles along, following a potential mate. She's not impressed. #birdsketches #naturejournal #gardenbirds wildyorkshire.blog/2026/02/laug...

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Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Short-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.

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Darren Archer @dunnock67.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just a little 🧵 to ask how well we think the Horden Mine water clear up is going

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