Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Dipper from the Brecon Beacons a few weeks ago. #birdwatching #birds #wildlife #breconbeacons 060
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 02/01/20262026 year list off to a flying start yesterday with 33 species, including goldcrest, redwing, kingfisher and an ice-skating water rail. #birding #birdwatching #ukwildlife @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social 150
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Jack snipe at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social today. Very shy! 041
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 06/10/2025A water rail - swimming! At @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social on Saturday. #birding #birds #ukwildlife #wildlife @colnevalley.bsky.social 072
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Always lovely to spend an afternoon with the kingfishers at @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social. This female was out fishing immediately after the rain on Sunday. Plus bonus migrant hawker dragonfly pic. #birdwatching #ukbirding #kingfisher #dragonfly #odonata @colnevalley.bsky.social 1102
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 10/09/2025September @webs-gsmp.bsky.social survey done. So many ducks! Tufties, pochards, shoveller, gadwall etc. Above average numbers. Also 2 green sandpipers passing through. Algae has now died back slightly & water improved. At least 1 grumpy crayfish has survived... #birding #birdwatching #ukwildlife 120
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 20/08/2025@btoengland.bsky.social WeBS survey recently at @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social Broadwater Lake. Low water level with algae/oxygen issues judging by many dead crayfish. Bird numbers very good, presumably enjoying the buffet. Fishing activity from herons, egrets, cormorants & remaining common terns. 130
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Finally managed to catch up with the young kingfishers at the marvellous @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social on a (very) wet Saturday morning. I *think* these are two different juveniles. #birds #britishbirds #birdwatching #ukwildlife #kingfisher #wildlifephotography 0152
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Beaut small copper coming over all amorous with my orange watch strap 🥰 #ukbutterflies #wildlife 030
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 13/06/2025White-tailed eagles on the Isle of Mull last week. Spectacular! #birdwatching #birds #nature 050
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 30/05/2025May WeBS done. Common terns are back 🥰 The big news; in 2024 4 oystercatchers were prospecting this site but didn’t nest or breed. Imagine my delight to see a chick last weekend! Probable first for Broadwater(?). @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social 121
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Another gratuitous barn owl pic. #birds #owl #wildlife 050
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Soggy cormorant at @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social #birds @colnevalley.bsky.social 083
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 22/04/2025This bittern at @rspbengland.bsky.social Minsmere on Sunday emerged from the reeds and paraded around in front of 20-odd shocked birders with all the confidence of a Parisian catwalk model. Quite a treat! #birds #ukbirding @birdguides.bsky.social #suffolkbirds #suffolkwildlife 1150
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Grass snake (subadult I think) swimming at @maplelodgersrve.bsky.social at the weekend. Swam right across open water under the gaze of a cormorant. I willed it across all the way, with apologies to the cormorant. 021
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 26/03/2025WeBS done last week at Broadwater Lake. Plenty of winter ducks still around; tufties, shoveller, pochard. The great relief was the return of Canada & greylag geese, as they've been worryingly sparse this winter. @btobirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social 031
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 21/03/2025“Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups?” - AA Milne. 010
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Barn owl in south Bucks yesterday at dusk (Denham area) with a ring (that I can’t read). @borgowl.bsky.social @colnevalley.bsky.social 232
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Winter Gull Survey completed on Sunday evening on the Denham/Harefield gravel pits. Very low numbers indeed, just a handful of BH gulls. Luckily the red-necked grebe was still around to entertain me as the sun sank behind the cement works. @btobirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social 191
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Red-necked grebe today at Harefield No4 gravel pit. 9/1/2025, 1230, TQ 05414 86494. Easily found, just walk down the West Bank from the bridge, past the slightly-amused fishermen. @birdguides.bsky.social 052
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Beautiful #watervole at @rspb.bsky.social #Minsmere at the weekend. 040
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Apparently there’s a thing called #festivedailyrobin, so here’s one from SW Herts at the weekend. #birds #birdlife #ukwildlife 150
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Interesting hybrid (pintail/mallard?) in SW Herts on Sunday. #birdhybrid 160
Will Jobbins @will-j.bsky.social · 05/12/2024One of my two BTO WeBS survey sites; Broadwater Lake in NW London. It’s largely deserted by humans apart from a yacht club, and fantastic for wildfowl, especially in winter. Herts & Middx Wildlife Trust are running a campaign to stop a watersports centre development going ahead on this SSSI. 011
