Rutland Water - the very confiding juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper at Whitwell Peninsula late PM today. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

MEGA - White-throated Needletail earlier this pm at Tophill Low, E.Yorks

First mainland record since 1991 😲

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Stanford Reservoir - having given me the run around for a min of 3 weeks, ring details finally obtained on this Great Egret on Sunday as AJU. Ringed Shapwick Heath on April 18th - also seen Warwicks, Lancs &
Telford. Our second colour ringed Great Egret. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

1st. Winter female Northern Parula. 📸 unknown

Greenish Warbler. 📸 unknown

On this week 40 yrs ago:

Twitched this 1st win. Fem. Northern Parula at Hengistbury Head.

Also lucked in to this Greenish Warbler, though we all went away, happy we had ticked Arctic Warbler, till it was trapped the next day. Egg. On. Face. But it was still a tick.

Feels slightly unreal being back on Scilly after 22 years. Saw the Wilson's Phalarope and Rosy Starling, but it was Cetti's Warbler and Cattle Egret that were Scilly ticks! #ukbirding

Bird of the year as far as I'm concerned! Was in the right place at the right time to connect with this 1st winter male Siberian Thrush at Scalloway. My 340th species of the year in the UK, it showed better than this image suggests #BirdingScotland #ukbirding

Stanford Reservoir - 2 Glossy Ibis for there 12th day. Shown every morning other than Sunday (weather related perhaps). Bittern performing in the early morning sun & 10 Little Egret. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

Stanford Reservoir - went back for seconds of the Slavonian Grebe. Cracking patch bird. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

Stanford Reservoir - incredible week on the patch. 3 self found patch ticks (2 of which were new for the site) - Glossy Ibis, Lesser Scaup &
Slavonian Grebe this AM, the 1st since 2003. Garganey, BN Grebe & Bittern the supporting cast.
@lrosbirds.bsky.social

Cheers Stuart

Thanks Adrian

Stanford Reservoir - having checked numerous Teal & Shoveler flocks this autumn I thought time had run out to dig out a Garganey but great to add to the 2025 patch list this AM. Also, 2 Glossy Ibis, 2 Great Egret, Dunlin. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

Cheers Col

Just about ready for this talk to members of the Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society on the 3rd October. A bit about the site and its history, some highlights of 2024 along with some insights into patch watching this land locked reservoir. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

The Northants birders were very happy 😃

Stanford Reservoir - more #patchgold when I found this moulting eclipse drake Lesser Scaup, first for the site & for Northants. Also, 3 Glossy Ibis, Bittern, 2 Pintail, Common Tern, Common Sand & Great Egret. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

Stanford Reservoir - the 3 Glossy Ibis arrived from their roost at 06.30 and fed for 30 mins before flying off as they did yesterday. Such a great bird to have on the patch.
@lrosbirds.bsky.social

Swainson's Thrush at Cuithir this morning, a well deserved find by Stuart Beeby, incredibly the 4th Barra record, making it our second most frequent North American vagrant passerine. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK

YouTube video by Carl Baggott Goshawks

A lovely film of Leicestershire’s first confirmed breeding by Goshawks, filmed under licence by county recorder Carl Baggott
youtu.be/FhI39qG4pQo?...

Stanford Reservoir - another quality couple of hours on the patch. 3 Glossy Ibis briefly, Cattle Egret, Great Egret, 8 Little Egret & Black-necked Grebe.
Poor record images of the Ibis through a hedge and fence! @lrosbirds.bsky.social

Cheers

Cheers

Stanford Reservoir - went back to the location where I had all 3 Glossy Ibis earlier and 1 was back. A few record shots here. @lrosbirds.bsky.social

Stanford Reservoir - #patchgold with 3 Glossy Ibis very briefly this morning on a tiny bit of flood (see arrow) behind the settling pond (out now trying to re-find) - first ever record for Stanford. Also, Cattle Egret in same field (new for year). @lrosbirds.bsky.social

Juvenile Caspian Gull with Polish ring Edgbaston reservoir

Juvenile Caspian Gull with Polish ring Edgbaston reservoir

Juvenile Wheatear at Edgbaston reservoir

Wheatear at Edgbaston reservoir

Edgbaston res

Matt Hadlington @thehairycrisp.bsky.social found a Polish ringed Caspian Gull this morning

Many thanks for the help from @midlandsbirder.bsky.social & @belvidebirding.bsky.social with ID & origins

He also found a Wheatear
juv Med Gull still present

#UKbirding
@ecorecord.bsky.social

Stanford Reservoir - a decent couple of hours on the patch - juv Med & Little Gull, Wheatear, Ruddy Shelduck, Marsh Harrier, 5 Common Sandpiper. 16 Yellow Wagtails last night. #vc55birds

Stonking Oxon county Mega on Friday in the form of a Marsh Sandpiper. Write-up here:
oxfordbirder.blogspot.com/2025/09/oxon...

Photos courtesy of @tmbirding.bsky.social

Stanford Reservoir - another cracking species delivered by the efforts of the ringing group this AM with this smart Wood Warbler. Only the 5th site record - birds ringed in 1977 & 1982 with 2 other non ringing group records in 1999 & 2020. Great work by the team & well deserved.

Stanford Reservoir - the ringing group deliver again. In crappy conditions with low bird numbers a 1st for the site & for Northants - BARRED WARBLER. Well deserved for the dedicated efforts of the group in their 50th year ringing at the site. Haven’t sweared so much for a while!!

Stanford Reservoir - a cracking couple of hours this evening. Ringed Plover dropped in (new for year), 2 Black Terns dropped in, Whinchat, Ruff, 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper.#vc55birds