Latest posts tagged with #patchbirding on Bluesky
Late afternoon #patchbirding 3k Pinkies, Pintail, Water Rail, 30 Avocet, Com Sand, 4 vocal ad Med Gull, GWE, 3 Rook, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Cetti’s, Stonechat, 2 Tree Sparrow, 2 Rock Pipit, 2 Siskin…still awaiting my first Summer migrant, surely can’t be long now 🤞
#CAWOSbirding #birds we are #patchbirding around Chelford tomorrow (Sunday) meeting at Chelford Church carpark SK119AH at 11, all welcome 😁. Astle farm, Snape brook & Lapwing hall quarry. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
Not too much to shout about this week #Patchbirding @ #BCPBirding some highlights included in the collage photos also 7 singing Chiffchaff, 150+Pinkies West & a few Siskin North, 4 pairs of W.Rail, Starling roost still 8000+ with 2 Sprawk in the mu'tion & Tawny Owl, @ #PFBirding 20+G'eye #UKBirding
Quick scoot around #patchbirding before the 🌧️ 300+ Pinkies, Golden Plover, Com Sand, 2 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s, 3 Stonechat, 2 Tree Sparrow, 20+ Siskin….felt pretty chilly in the strong wind too. Spring not too far away now though 😁
2 Avocet new for #PWC2026 in a quick look at Branston Island this eve. Too windy for much else. 108/134
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Some more of the Kittiwake at Deeping Lakes on Tuesday morning. More on justwildimages.blogspot.com @weedonsworld.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #Kittiwake #BirdPhotography #PatchBirding #BritishBirds #WildlifePhotography
Afternoon /evening #patchbirding
Lovely views of 2 redpoll ,flock of siskin with gold,green &chaffinch lots of chiffys singing ,5 bullfinch,2 parakeet,great white egret , 2 raven ,2 buzzard,2 kestrel,2 little grebe,2 coot and moorhens on the ponds ,great-tailed grackle pre roost
But today was a Gull Fest on the patch #patchbirding. One of the Godinton fields by the Great Chart Cricket Pitch had been spread with manure, attracting hundreds of Gulls. Lots of Black-headed & Commons, 2 LBBs, Herrings and best of all, 4 adult Mediterranean Gulls. Patch year ✅. #71 for #PWC2026.
Yesterday’s #patchbirding walk was uneventful but the drake Shoveler was still at the Hothfield Waterfall Lake with 2 Teal & a pair of Grey Wagtails. At the Flood Storage Reservoir another Grey Wagtail, C Snipe, 3 Canada Geese, 2 Stonechats, 4 Yellowhammers & 3 Reed Buntings.
Raven new for #PWC2026 this morning (107/132), and this Bar-headed Goose new-in added to the list of recent dodgy geese.
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Rainbow over pond, Corkagh Park
Pair of Mute Swans
Woodland walk
I'd a nice morning #birdwatching in Corkagh Park today. 27 species including Bullfinch and a singing male Blackcap. #patchbirding #walkininclondalkin
#CAWOSbirding #birds very enjoyable #patchbirding at Brookfield farm & the Peover Eye river. Redpolls, Siskins, Grey & Pied Wagtails, Mandarin ducks, GP woodpeckers, Nuthatches, tree crepper, Coal tits etc. Image courtesy of @ryanswildphotos
Yesterday's hike from Heybrook Bay to Bovisand was productive - GN Diver, Stoat, Med Gull, Razorbill, 60 Dunlin, 2 Cirls, & singing Chiff the highlights #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Murky #patchbirding 200+ Avocet, 10 Grey Plover, 90 Golden Plover, Ringo’s back on nest sites, Jack Snipe, 70+ Snipe (my highest count in ages!), Com Sand, 3 GWE, 5 Chiffchaff, 8+ Cetti’s, 2 Stonechat, Tree Sparrow, 2 Rock Pipit, 4 Siskin.
A Chiffchaff is perched on some twigs, slightly obscured behind several stems.
A returning Chiffchaff in the bushes at St Fittick's Park today. It's exactly the same date as my first last year.
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
A Coot is feeding in a marshy pool among lots of brownish rushy vegetation.
A Coot is feeding in a marshy pool among lots of brownish rushy vegetation.
A Coot is feeding in a marshy pool among lots of brownish rushy vegetation.
Yeah, Glaucous Gulls are great but the real #patchgold today at Girdle Ness was this Coot on the St Fittick's wetlands. Only my second ever record here and perhaps only the fourth or fifth ever daytime record.
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A Glaucous Gull is standing on a seaweed covered rocky shore. The pale eye and bill tip age it as a 3rd calendar year.
A Glaucous Gull is standing on a seaweed covered rocky shore with a mussel in its bill. The pale eye and bill tip age it as a 3rd calendar year.
A Glaucous Gull is standing on a seaweed covered rocky shore. The pale eye and bill tip age it as a 3rd calendar year. An Oystercatcher is in the background.
A Glaucous Gull is swimming in some dark water with a mussel in its open bill.
The 3rd calendar year Glaucous Gull was back in Aberdeen Harbour this morning, demolishing mussels along the shore below the Girdle Ness allotments.
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Transition from winter to spring underway at the patch in Riogordo. Winter visitors are gradually disappearing and the first house martins arriving. 23 species seen today. Notable were Blue Rock Thrush and 2 Rock Sparrows. Surprised to see a cormorant fly overhead.
#BirdsSeenIn2026
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#swinemoor this morning was a bit grey and foggy. 8 Whooper Swan the highlight. Snipe numbers rising, c20 Pintail present and duck numbers still high Wigeon, teal, Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard and Shelduck continue on site. #eastyorksbirding #patchbirding
First frog-spawn of the year but then no more as a Grey heron patrolled the pond all week, catching the frogs.
Redwing, Siskin plus Pink-footed geese flying over. Finishing the week with the first Chiffchaff of the year.
34 spp from birding-in-the-city this week. ✔️
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Great to catch up with the Bonaparte's Gull on the Plym Estuary this PM, and share it with @devine1974.bsky.social who refound it! Brilliant initial find by @stuart17.bsky.social! Record shots below. 10km #patchbirding tick! #birding #ukbirding #birds
Patch first with huge female Goshawk flying purposefully low over woodland. I know they’re more widespread across SE England but still …🤩 Later Crossbills made it double patch tick afternoon. #sussexbirding #patchbirding 🪶
#swinemoor had some time to go for another quick look this afternoon, 20 WFG present, 7 PFG and still 14 Pintail. Dunlin, Redshank, Golden Plover also present. #patchbirding #eastyorksbirding
Dawn #patchbirding White fronted Goose, Water Rail, 150+ Avocet, 220 Golden Plover, Green Sand, 2 GWE, 4 Chiffchaff, 6+ Cetti’s, 6 Stonechat, 4 Tree Sparrow and finally caught up with a/the Water Pipit. Slightly disappointed not to find any early migrants yet….soon 🤞
#swinemoor has has a bit of a duck clear out but still good numbers of Wigeon and teal. 14 Pintail the highlight plus Chiffchaff coming through. No waders bar two Redshank. Build up of Redwing and Blackbird ready to start leaving shortly. #patchbirding #eastyorksbirding
Fantastic morning so far at Branston Island. Green-winged Teal again, 3 Glossy Ibis, tonnes ducks, Corn Buntings singing and Green Sand and Water Pipit new for #PWC2026.
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Starling roost getting bigger estimate of 8000 in 2 drops last @ 18.20, Tawny Owl calling during last drop Sprawk flew through the murmuration! Late afternoon a Merlin flew low over flash,only my 2nd site record! Video taken after 1st drop L.Grebe shape @ 11sec!! #UKBirding #BCPBirding #Patchbirding
The great-tailed grackle amongst a host of golden daffodils 🌼 on tonights #patchbirding
I met 2 lads who’d driven up from Hertfordshire today , to try and get a 💩 sample , as they got a sample from the other 2 uk grackles , but they had no luck sadly .
Short-eared Owl in flight
The long awaited owls returned to the #patchbirding list last month. Both Short-eared and Barn Owl. Neither of which had been seen in over a year. And can't forget the 80 feeding White-fronts either! Very lucky to see them in such numbers.
#ukbirding
Remember, get only your February scores and highlights in by 8pm tomorrow evening so they can be downloaded for the February review! After this, you can start to add in your March results.
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