Cheers Cliff. A combination of bad luck and incompetence! Plus i couldn't bear to go for the Bowling Green Marsh bird that was in moult. Would have been a travesty!!!
28.02.2026 22:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Cheers Cliff. A combination of bad luck and incompetence! Plus i couldn't bear to go for the Bowling Green Marsh bird that was in moult. Would have been a travesty!!!
28.02.2026 22:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Having now seen the Holy Trinity of Ross's, Sabine's and Pallas's gulls, i reckon that's that. Gulls? Done'em.
27.02.2026 18:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Its a sacrifice I'm prepared to make 🤣
27.02.2026 18:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ross's Gull
I don't often twitch long-distance anymore, but with 3 dips over nearly 30 yrs, Ross's Gull was up there as most wanted. And being a first winter, its even more special to the ID aficionados. Just a few 1000 pics to go through... #RareBirdsUK
27.02.2026 13:21 — 👍 69 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0
Why oh why are we sacrificing everything to AI? It can't even get the bits right its supposed to be good at. How can you present the wrong answer, quote the source, then the source appears below with the actual correct answer!! But yeah, folding proteins.....
24.02.2026 13:27 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0At least the moorhen is gen!
22.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Complete change in fortune for my recently abysmal WeBS counts. The new realignment at Weeton has taken the majority of roosting waders, leaving me free to enjoy this Black Brant, plus a delightfully squeaky Otter. 3 GW Egrets, SEO and 40+ Rock Pipits in support.
22.02.2026 10:13 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Get a taste for British Birds in this month's Open Access paper:
BB eye: A birder’s guide to High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
He who dares!!! 🤣
16.02.2026 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Above⬆️
16.02.2026 17:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2026 garden list hoped for additions/predictions below.
16.02.2026 17:31 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Braver choices? You do know it's not a magical summoning spell? 🤣😉
16.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks Andrew, I'll have that somewhere.
15.02.2026 14:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Does anyone know of any Long-tailed Skuas resembling the North American race pallescens being seen in the North Sea/Shetland areas? Birds resembling this form seen in SW and Spain (+ tracking data down mid Atlantic), but issue is paler birds in N Euro breeding grounds #RareBirdsUK
15.02.2026 10:53 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0The BBS trend is utterly meaningless considering the millions of pheasants that are released every year. You'd be better off finding out those numbers.
13.02.2026 08:43 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The new Missing Records file is now live on the BB website, please have a look at britishbirds.co.uk/rarities-com... and consider submitting any outstanding rarities that you may have been lucky enough to discover in 2025. Thanks.
03.02.2026 17:35 — 👍 21 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 1Can you horizontally flip them? The goldfinch but facing right would be my choice. Looking at my apps, there seems to be a preference to face right, and I'd favour that too. Or the Pied Wag!
02.02.2026 09:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes, the point of posting this was that AI changed the image, not that the OP did anything wrong. Thats the scary part, as we all know AI can be instructed to produce anything.
02.02.2026 08:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This is a very worrying story with implications. Personally I'd like to fire the whole of AI into the outer Oort. stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2026/01/1492...
01.02.2026 10:58 — 👍 41 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 2@aberladybirder.bsky.social
29.01.2026 11:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oh shit! Our #TheTwoJonnies podcast guest this evening is our sister from another mister @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social 's very own Rob Hunton!
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Got any questions for Rob? '26 fashion trends? Minor medical ailments? Life advice? Or even something to do with birds. Let us know! We might ask him.
Thanks Andrew, a few notable deviations from BWP.
28.01.2026 11:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hi Andrew. Out of interest, what is Tshikolovet's definition of the Western Palearctic? Does it differ from BWP? Thanks.
28.01.2026 09:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Alexandrine Parakeet
Ross's Goose
Lesser White-fronted Geese (29, presume all from Swedish reintroduction scheme)
Falcated Duck
Our long Dutch weekend comes to a glorious end, with some quality(!) WP tickage. Thanks to @gt1366.bsky.social for braving the perils of Amsterdam to give me a Cat C(rap) tick, and for the photo. Cheers mate!!
20.01.2026 19:20 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black-faced Bunting
Pygmy Cormorant
Smew
Our trip to Texel going very nicely so far, some Dutch megas with a few beers and quality bants. And who doesn't love Smew!!??
17.01.2026 11:10 — 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Little Terns at Beacon Ponds have made a remarkable recovery, but they need urgent help to thrive in 2026. Your support can fund a professional warden, ensuring these birds are protected from threats. Please share and contribute if you can!
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How is AI going to rule the World when you can't even share a contacts list from Outlook nowadays? The shittification of these things is mindblowing.
10.01.2026 21:21 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Bearded Reedling works for me, it's not the first name change I'll get used to over time, nor will it be the last. Plus at least this one is actually (mostly) accurate, has history and is nicely evocative.
09.01.2026 23:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks, that does help.
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