Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026last day in Colombia, managed to grab a couple of hours in the botanic gardens in between flights my first Acadian Flycatcher, a trio of Blackburnian Warblers, 2 more Yellow-billed Cuckoos and handfuls of Red-eyed Vireos, Eastern Kingbirds and Wood-Pewees from both east and west Migration is ace 000
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026from the Andean cloud forest, we dropped all the way down to the great wet plains of the Llanos, where we finished the day with two fantastic Giant Anteater sightings and a handful of Hoatzins #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia (and the least said about the lost passport, the better...) 092
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026on the first day of our #famtrip to Colombia, we had a breakfast appointment with the Cundinamarca Antpitta only discovered in the 1990s, the entire world population is squeezed into the cloud forest between 2000m & 2200m asl on a handful of Andean hillsides #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia 042
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026three Yellow-billed and my first ever Black-billed Cuckoo were the chief prizes from 25,000 jetlagged steps in Bogotá's parks today #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia 011
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026the garden's tenth odonata, not the expected Migrant Hawker but instead a Willow Emerald Damselfly, another species which has marched up the country whilst I wasn't paying attention... 010
Reposted by PhilipPhil Saunders @beardybirder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026There are also a mouthwatering array of itineraries to more distant destination in the @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social 2027 brochure, including Botswana, Bhutan, Tasmania, Svalbard, the Drakensberg, the Danube delta, Colombia, the Kalahari, & Brazil wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/u... 174
Reposted by PhilipPhil Saunders @beardybirder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social are again offering a range of no-fly holiday destinations in 2027, including a return to the sublime Vercors, the stunning Cevennes & Grand Causses, and the wonderful wetlands of La Brenne wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/u... 182
Reposted by PhilipPhil Saunders @beardybirder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026As the ONLY natural history travel company donating ALL of its profits to nature conservation, & having provided expert guided holidays for nearly 40 years, it's great to see the @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social 2027 brochure up on the website wildlife-travel.co.uk/wp-content/u... Do take a look. 1154
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The dumbing down and enshitification of conservation bodies continues... www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘They’re part of folklore’: storks return to Derbyshire after 600-year absenceConservationists are thrilled at the arrival of three juvenile birds at Willington Wetlands, hoping more will follow 020
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026the second Hummingbird Hawk-moth of the week, and Zonaria inanis buzzing about the fennel in the garden, both Belper this afternoon #TeamMoth 080
Reposted by PhilipRichard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Who said moths are dull and eat clothes? Royal Mail stamps issue, release date 9th July 724558
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 03/07/2026enjoying watching the garden pond develop stagnant, long neglected and filled with goldfish 6 months ago, it's now fish free, and crammed with hornwort. this afternoon the fourth damselfly species arrived, with two male Small Red-eyed Damsels jousting over the duckweed 041
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026www.birdguides.com/birdguides-t...birdguides.comMorocco: Easy birding and wildlife | Overseas - BirdGuidesA relaxed introduction to the birds and natural history of southern Morocco 000
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 24/05/2026ended our leaders' meet up with a lazy wander around @rspb.bsky.social Arne reserve, with soaring Ospreys, a showy Dartford Warbler and snoring sows #WildlifeTravelling 041
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 24/05/2026a roasting day on the Purbeck heaths, catching up with @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social leaders a whole suite of rare Purbeck inverts, Hobby and Woodlark and Dartford Warblers, lovely Lesser Water Plantain, overly friendly pigs, screaming Sika Deer, and my most wanted plant... Mousetail at long last 180
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 08/05/2026naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/08/w...naturalengland.blog.gov.ukWhite stork, black stork and other vagrant bird speciesBy Jeremy Sabel and Matt Heydon Natural England’s Species Recovery & Reintroductions Team Projects involving the release of white stork Ciconia ciconia capture the public imagination. If fairy tales a... 000
Reposted by PhilipErica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 13/01/2026What a time to be alive!! #FliesofBritainandIreland coming out SOON @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social 13914
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 12/01/2026in a moment of idleness during a 24 hour layover yesterday, I found this tool for analysing @inaturalist.bsky.social records & discovered that seven of my records are the sole occurrence for that species amongst the 250million+ inat records which signifies nothing, but made me smile #NotARealJob 040
Reposted by PhilipSarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Lot of wonderful photos from @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social holidays now available at www.flickr.com/photos/wildl..., including mine from the joy-filled Cyprus Christmas 2025 trip and some amazing bird images from @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social in Bhutan… Ideal to banish the winter blues!flickr.comWildlife Travel’s albums | Flickr 052
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 07/01/2026well worth the early start this morning we had Tharpaling Monastery and it's famous Himalayan Monals all to ourselves. #Bhutan has been mind-blowing: stunning scenery, friendly people, good food, easy travel and AMAZING wildlife 140
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026all the #oof used up for today, with a hyperactive group of Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornises?) at Latong La, Bhutan well, that's the colour scheme for the spare room sorted! #NotARealJob #BirdsArentReal 062
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Bhutan is full of exciting, exotic, near mythical birds: Himalayan Monal, Beautiful Nuthatch, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Ibisbill, Ward's Trogon... but the bird I most wanted to see was this one, White-crested Laughingthrush, a feature of childhood nature books and zoo visits #DreamBird #JobDone 0154
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026another couple for the Redstart fans White-throated Redstart (hiding his white throat) and Plumbeous Redstart (minus any red at all) Bumthang, Bhutan 022
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 02/01/2026consider that gob well and truly smacked the first thing my guide did when I arrived in Bhutan, was manage my expectations. Spring is the time for pheasants: maybe we will find Blood Pheasant, Kalij perhaps, but for the others... no chance. a male Satyr Tragopan ambling calmly across the road wow 2102
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 02/01/2026well there's a thing I never thought I'd see: not one but two Critically Endangered White-bellied Herons, of which perhaps no more than 60 birds exist, and even that is thought to be an optimistic count Bhutan is probably the best last hope for this stately bird #VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdTours 042
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 01/01/2026and at last the temperatures rose high enough to get some butterflies on the wing #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan #ButterfliesOfBhutan #VisitBhutan with @langurecotravelsbhutan and @tourismbhutan 022
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Bhutan day 4: travelled down from Trongsa into the foothills, spending time with this characterful crew along the way jst in case it hasn't become immediately obvious, we will definitely be bringing a group to #Bhutan. Get your name on the list for spring 2027: you won't regret it! #VisitBhutan 022
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 31/12/2025and I'm not the only one stalking these Bhutan roadsides... came round the corner this morning to see a pack of Dhole, who quickly put some distance between us and the same stretch of road had some very fresh Tiger pug marks #MammalWatching and #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan 012
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 31/12/2025a wing-flicking Wallcreeper, just before lunch road verges are a bit different in Bhutan! #VisitBhutan #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan 012
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 31/12/2025a covey of 14 Blood Pheasants along the old Pele La road #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan 032
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 31/12/2025as the sun sets for the last time in 2025, it turns out a Wallcreeper just before lunch was my 1010th bird of the year, including 152 lifers there have been some crackers, from Emperor Penguin to Ibisbill and 2spp of Helmetcrest, with a party of Red-headed Bullfinch as bird number 1000 280
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Today's journey took us to Phobjikha Valley, home to Hodgson's Wagtail, Royle's Pika, swarms of Plain Mountain-Finches and at least 150 Black-necked Cranes Fingers crossed for closer crane encounters tomorrow... #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan #VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours 022
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 30/12/2025today we drove east, from Thimphu, the capital, to Bhutan's largest protected wetland, the Phobjikha Valley, via two passes over 3,000m asl, some good looking redstarts and a couple of exciting Himalayan finches #VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours 052
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 29/12/2025five minutes from the airport... a bird I first looked for 25 years ago, unsuccessfully, on the Kosi River with @birdingdad.bsky.social something tells me I'm going to enjoy Bhutan! 2102
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Headed to the Himalayas for New Year, I had a spare day to spend in transit in Delhi spent it in a jetlagged blur of little brown jobs, masses of waterbirds and ten lifers around Sultanpur National Park, thanks to Sanjay from Asian Adventures 140
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Screamers, done Northern Screamer, my third and final member of the #Anhimidae doing what screamers do best, on the outskirts of Barranquilla. only 28 years after I last looked for it, whilst backpacking in Venezuela 020
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 25/11/2025a brightly coloured morning in the dry coastal forests of Los Flamencos expecting things to take on more of a rosy hue this afternoon... #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia 052
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 23/11/2025major oof-age up in the clouds of Los Nevados, with a friendly Buffy Helmetcrest smiles all round #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia 1114
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 23/11/2025while the hummers buzzed about, some more sedated visitors entertained us at the feeders #WildlifeTravelling at Hacienda El Bosque 133
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 23/11/2025we spent this morning at the dairy farm turned ecotourism hotspot, Hacienda El Bosque, where birds are now the major economic driver yet more wonderful hummers, including those with the longest (Sword-billed Hummingbird) and shortest (Purple-backed Thornbill) bills #WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia 062
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 20/11/2025up to the Sumapaz paramo this morning, south of Bogotá and 3500m asl Green-bearded Helmetcrest was the star of the show, along with Apolinar's Wren (both endemic to #Colombia) and some spectacular scenery well worth the early start #WildlifeTravelling 020
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 21/10/2025back to the US for a three-tick road trip (Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Clapper Rail & King Rail, coincidentally on "No Kings" day) from AOC's Queens down to Trumpian Virginia Beach & back, via Monarchs aplenty on Cape May, some fun late-summer flowers & a random suburban colony of Collared Doves #NoKings 030
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 29/09/2025a poser of a Connecticut Warbler in Madison Square Park this afternoon was the 18th warbler of my long weekend in New York, followed by a stonking Yellow-breasted Chat in Verizon Plaza, my "most-wanted" for this visit. #UrbanBirding gets no better 010
Philip @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social · 28/09/2025an Arctic Warbler in New York is just... 🤯😵💫 I made do with a bright Dickcissel on Governor's Island ebird.org/checklist/S2...ebird.orgeBird Checklist - 27 Sep 2025 - Randalls Island - 25 species (+1 other taxa)Submitted by leo wexler-mann. 000
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Next spring, in addition to our regular orchid-focussed itinerary, @jameslowenwild.bsky.social and @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social are looking forward to spending a week enjoying Cyprus's amazing bird life. wildlife-travel.co.uk/europe/cypru... 024
Reposted by PhilipWildlife Travel @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social · 30/07/2025our 2026 holiday brochure is ready to download from our website. Have a read, and let's start making plans for the year ahead! wildlife-travel.co.uk/our-holidays... 045