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Common Scoter

Plus a distant flock of ducks heading NE from the Services impressively picked up and snapped by @j-dunning.net have subsequently resolved into 25 Common Scoter! Turned up later at Slimbridge and Sharpness

Nice to get in on the Crossbill influx this morning at Aust Services (11 birds, site record), with Yellowhammer also over. Even better to capture @j-dunning.net learning to count! Juv Wood Sand still, ad Med Gull and 2 Common Sand at Pilning Wetland made for a great midsummer (?early autumn) morning

Red-footed Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

2 Crane

Osprey

Ditched the patch for Ham Wall/Shapwick Heath today - Red-footed Falcon, Purple Heron (eventually!), Glossy Ibis, Osprey, drake Garganey, 2 bugling Crane, 3 Red Kite, 30+ Hobby, 2 Cuckoo, 8 Cattle Egret, a Garden Warbler singing in seemingly every bush... So so so good! #ukbirding

6 Arctic Tern

Little Stint and Garganey

Little Stint photobombed by House Martin

Garganey

Lovely drake Garganey and Little Stint on Pilning Wetland this morning. 6 Arctic Tern went NE over high tide at Severn Beach this afternoon #ukbirding

Whinchat

Little and Black-headed Gull

Greenshank

Bar-tailed Godwit

Some more photos from another lovely spring day on Severnside

Trektellen count

Pale phase Arctic Skua

Hobby

Mixed flock of Grey Plover, Sanderling and Dunlin

Severn Beach this morning: Cuckoo, Whinchat, 4 Common Scoter, 36 Grey Plover, 14 Whimbrel, 13 Barwit, 16 Sanderling, Common Tern, 5 Little Gull, Arctic Skua, Hobby, 2 Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wag, 4 Tree Pipit. Pilning: Cattle Egret, Pochard, 2 Greenshank, 3 Common Sand, Barwit, 3 Yellow Wag #ukbirding

Video of the singing Wood Warbler complete with @severnsidebirds.bsky.social seal of approval. Got to be the best British warbler!

Trektellen count

Wood Warbler

Whimbrels

Whimbrel flock heading NE

Pretty amazing watch with @oscardewhurst.bsky.social from the Severn Beach vismig spot this morning, highlights: Wood Warbler, 3 Little Tern, 6 Common Tern, Sandwich Tern, 5 Little Gull, 5 Sanderling, 50 Barwit, 4 Greenshank, 85 Whimbrel, Hobby, 2 Red Kite, 2 Yellow Wag, 7 Swift #ukbirding

Unexpected bit of quality Severnside seabird passage over midday high tide - Bonxie, 3 Arctic Skua, 60 Kittiwake, 75 'Commic' Tern and my 3rd Osprey of spring. Overland Skua passage always a highlight of my year! Large tern numbers seen lower down the estuary presumably passed high unseen #ukbirding

A decent day at Severn Beach. I finally saw my 1st patch Osprey of the year thanks to @aravindramesh19.bsky.social @matthall95.bsky.social having already missed 6 this spring. Also the 1st Bonxie of the year, 60 Kittiwakes, 75 "Commic" Terns and 5 Greenshank. I missed 3Arctic Skuas though.

Little Gull flock (9 adults and 1 first-winter)

Osprey

4 Grey Plover and 2 Dunlin

Trek count #ukbirding

'Tis the season for dire vismig photos! Osprey, 12 Little Gull, 4 Grey Plover and 7 Sand Martin the passage highlights from Severn Beach this morning with @oscardewhurst.bsky.social. Marsh Harrier, Jack Snipe, Willow Warbler and Wheatear also present

Excellent Kittiwake passage this afternoon at Severn Beach with 600+ NE. 115 Gannet and early dark phase Arctic Skua appeared out the gloom. 3 Jack Snipe remained on show at Pilning Wetland with 150 more Kittiwake NE, Pintail, Swallow and 15 Sand Martin. Not quite Booted Eagle, but still brilliant

I think patch mega is pushing it 🤣

It's been a record-breaking year on the Severnside patch with an unprecedented combined tally of 190 species recorded, of which I connected with 179. My personal favourite was the Lesser Yellowlegs found by @matthall95.bsky.social in September. Image by @severnsidebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding

Really excellent morning of vismig with 2 White-fronts, 9 Hawfinch, 1622 Redwing, 610 Fieldfare and surprise Stork. Plastic avian megafauna trifecta of White Stork, White-tailed Eagle and Crane from Aust Services now achieved - Great Bustard flyby tomorrow? #ukbirding

Leave service station carpark and follow yellow line that marks the footpath or cut across diagonally from the travel lodge. Be warned, only 2 hours of free parking.

Bird favoured blue circled sycamore

With all the Yellow-browed Warblers around Nationally & locally it was just a matter of time before one appeared on the patch this year. The 9th ever individual for our recording area was found at Aust sewage works thanks to some sunshine, a sycamore and @Matthall95.bsky.social Pics of location.

Having gotten my ear in on Scilly, very pleased to join the patch Yellow-browed Warbler club with one calling then eventually seen well at Aust STW. Bonus 2 Hawfinch and a Brambling over Aust Services with 6 Barnacle Goose scoped towards Littleton Warth made for a lovely morning #ukbirding

What a week! And not all about the scarcities - whilst having our picnic lunch sat on Pelistry Beach discussing how tropical it looked we were interrupted by this Snow Bunting flying in off and running around our feet. Scilly magic #ukbirding

Brilliant day on Severnside. Goshawk (patch tick thanks to @oscardewhurst.bsky.social), Dark-bellied Brent, 5 Pintail, Marsh Harrier, Treecreeper (rare here) plus first Redwing and Siskin at Aust Services/STW. Lesser Yellowlegs still, Spotshank, Little Stint and Ruff on Pilning Wetlands #ukbirding

Lesser Yellowlegs on Pilning Wetland (currently on Butts Pool). Been dreaming about finding one on patch since I started birding here! @birdguides.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social

It's a Nikon P950!

Well done! It better still be there this evening... 😳

Not what I expected to see on patch today! Managed to intercept this White-tailed Eagle at Aust Services heading SW. Initially seen at Slimbridge this morning before departing downriver over Sharpness. Seen from Severn Beach after me too. Very exciting! #ukbirding

I knew it was going to be a good day on the patch when the first bird I saw at Pilning Wetland was this fabulous Black Tern. A scarce passage migrant on Severnside, I have now seen 3 in a week. This image expertly captured by fellow patcher @matthall95.bsky.social #ukbirding

Black Tern

Black Tern

2 Ruff

Distant Manx Shearwater

Brilliant few hours on patch. Black Tern hawking over Pilning Wetland the clear highlight (thanks @andy-1963.bsky.social!) plus Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, Hobby, 2 Whinchat and 2 Wheatear. 2 Manx Shearwater were at Severn Beach over high tide #ukbirding

Little Stint

Curlew Sandpiper

My first Little Stint of the year, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, 33 Dunlin, 102 Ringed Plover, 36 Turnstone plus 3 Greenshank overhead at Shaft Beach high tide wader roost this morning #ukbirding

Yes please! Thank you

Birds everywhere today on patch. 7 Whinchat, 5 Pintail, 2 Ruff, Green + 3 Common Sand, Greenshank, 10 Knot, 24 Snipe New Passage/Pilning Wetland. Osprey, 17 Common Tern, 10 Avocet, 3 Whimbrel, Redstart Aust Services/STW. Hirundine movement of 2000+ Swallow, 1200+ House and 25 Sand Martin #ukbirding