Chris Darby

Fan-tailed warbler / Zitting cisticola
Walberswick, Suffolk. 03/08/2025
Heat haze and a small distant bird in a bouncing display flight. All I could get was the key features - if you squint.
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Black stork
Boyton Marshes RSPB reserve 30/07/2025
The range of blue green colours within the black, similar to glossy ibis, are difficult to capture.
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Black stork
Boyton Marshes RSPB reserve 30/07/2025
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Black stork
Boyton Marshes RSPB reserve 30/07/2025
The immature #bird showed relatively well this morning!
Walking up to, then falling asleep in front of us.
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Roseate tern
Lowestoft 24/07/25

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Found by @lowestoftlizards.bsky.social

Collared pratincole
Aldeburgh town marshes 08/07/2025
Presumably the same #bird seen in Lincolnshire and Norfolk last month. If so it has moulted a tail streamer since then.
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Black-browed albatross
From a research vessel transiting between South Georgia and the Falkland Islands
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Pygmy owl

Pygmy owl

Pygmy owl
Kuusamo, Finland, June 2025
In the first image the #canon eye focus system has locked onto the false eyes(?) on the back of the head.
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Little bunting

Little bunting

Little bunting

Little bunting

Little bunting
Kuusamo, Finland, June 2025
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Siberian jay

Black-throated diver

Eagle owl

Terek sandpiper

Just back from an excellent trip to Finland organised by @oriolebirding.bsky.social and patiently herded by @andrewmkinghorn.bsky.social 👏👏👏. Despite missing some of the key target #bird species (a reason to return), everyone enjoyed it.

Black-throated diver
Kuusamo, Finland, June 2025
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Black-throated divers
Kuusamo, Finland, June 2025
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Black-throated diver, belly-flop landing
Kuusamo, Finland, June 2025
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Black-throated divers, snorkelling
Kuusamo, Finland, June 2025
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There's an awesome Chimney Swift roost right in Ottawa - it didn't disappoint tonight! These amazing #birds are threatened. Est. total population size in Canada is 20-70K mature indiv's, which means this single roost hosts a pretty darn significant population.

Adult spoonbill with 4 t-spoons
Abberton reservoir, Essex, 30/05/2025
1 of 2 nests visible. The young #birds are starting to flap to the surrounding branches and may not be home much longer.

Cuckoo and meadow pipit

Male cuckoo

Grasshopper warbler

Rock pipit

Cuckoo, grasshopper warbler & rock pipit
Uist Islands, May, 2025
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Male ruff displaying to a reeve hidden in the reeds
Uist Islands, May, 2025
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Manx shearwater

Sooty shearwater

Arctic skua

Great skua

Manx shearwater, sooty shearwater, arctic skua & great skua
Uist Islands, May, 2025
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A low diversity seabird trip, due to the good weather, but we managed two skuas and two shearwaters #birds, #UKbirding, #UKbirdwatching

White-tailed eagle, adult and immature

Immature white-tailed eagle

Short-eared owl

Short-eared owl with Hebridean vole prey

White-tailed eagle and short-eared owl (with Hebridean vole)
Uist Islands
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We were lucky enough to find a migrant

Black guillimot
Uist Islands
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Hen harrier

Hen harrier

Hen harrier

Hen harrier

Hen harrier
Uist Islands
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Corncrake

Corncrake

Corncrake

Corncrake

Corncrake
Uist Islands
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Golden eagle

Golden eagle

Golden eagle

Golden eagle

Golden Eagle
Uist Islands
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Golden Eagle

Corncrake

Red-necked phalarope

Bee eater

Just returned from a week on the Uist Islands with @oriolebirding.bsky.social, guided by Nick Parsons and Howard Vaughan ( @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social )
👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏. Stunning scenery and weather - blue skies and 20+ degrees all week. #birds, #UKbirding, #UKbirdwatching

That is a great comparison very useful.

Snap (in both senses) from yesterday.

Hi Daryll. Happy to contribute. Chris

Watching for the rise of the dragons, early this morning.
2cy male red-footed falcon, lacking the red feet, cere, eye ring and complete set of silvered primaries of the adult.
Carlton Marshes 08/05/2025
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