Huge thanks to the Scillonia Seabird Group for the quick reply of a ringed European Shag that was sadly found dead at Poole Quay on Tuesday. '3PN' was ringed as a nestling on the Isles of Scilly on June 30th 2025, then seen in Brixham, Devon on 21st Oct 2025.
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Red-throated, Black-throated & Great Northern Divers

Divers still at Covenham Reservoir this morning
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Pallid Swift gone past Nicodemus Knob - lost to sight heading south - per Nick Hopper

One Blackbird ate 14 newts in a day in my garden a few years ago. And there just the ones I saw it catch!

I have 3 spaces available for the 2026 Challenger Expedition to the continental shelf edge in British waters.

See images below for more information, dates and contact details…

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A 1st winter male SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT caught on North Ronaldsay!!!

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Six Stone Curlews very mobile around the island - were all together went first seen at the north end but have now split up and three have just flown over the Obs

Vagrancy in Birds An exploration of the causes and patterns of avian vagrancy

Vagrancy in Birds is available for $10.50 (alongside many other #ornithology books) in Princeton's massive 70% off sale!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 🪶

ML642715971 - Levant Sparrowhawk - Macaulay Library Macaulay Library ML642715971; © Yeray Seminario; Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain

First Levant Sparrowhawk for Spain!
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Yellow-browed Bunting trapped, ringed and released at the Swannery. It's flown to the hedge which runs alongside the Swannery grounds and the bird may be viewable from the permissive path heading west from Grove Lane.

South Polar Skua at Pendeen Watch on 11th Sept ‘25.

Video shown below courtesy of Mike McKee.

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LESSER KESTREL on #StKilda! Retrospectively identified from Will Miles' excellent images on 16th Sept. We'd recorded a Kestrel from 12th, possibly the same bird, but sadly not relocated today.
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6th September There used to be such certainties in life: England were always contenders for a World Cup, you'd marvel at the oratory of the titans of Labo...

www.portlandbirdobs.com/2025/09/6th-september.html

First genetically confirmed record of a wild Marsh Tit × Willow Tit hybrid (Poecile palustris × P. montanus) - Journal of Ornithology Identifying inconspicuous hybrids in the wild can be challenging and might cause a low rate of detectability for phenotypically similar species. Here, we report on a record of a hybrid between Marsh T...

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology

First genetically confirmed record of a wild Marsh Tit × Willow Tit hybrid (Poecile palustris × P. montanus)

Open access

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Gripping video Martin!!

ID Handbook of European Birds A groundbreaking two-volume illustrated reference book covering all of Europe’s birds

ID Handbook of European Birds

This must have two volume set is now half price, £45, direct from the publisher.

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The Gull Guide The definitive photographic guide to North American gulls

Here’s another #50% off offer from Princeton Nature - The Gull Guide: North America. Highly recommended.

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Are you a young person in Dorset with an interest in nature, wildlife, or birding, or just like being outdoors?

In June I’ll be hosting a @btobirds.bsky.social Youth relaxed meet-up at the stunning Poole Park!

Book for free: www.bto.org/community/ev...

Graszanger | Sovon Vogelonderzoek Aantallen, trends en verspreiding van de Graszanger.

Doing well in the Netherlands after some mild winters stats.sovon.nl/stats/soort/...

Brilliant isn’t it!

Interesting Steve I never got on with the 700RC, same way I never liked Gitzo heads. But like you say everyone different 🙏

Manfrotto 128 still best birders tripod head there is in my opinion

Band-rumped (Madeiran) storm-petrel. Photo by Jake Everitt. 10 Sep 2024.

Fea’s-type petrel. 11 Sep 2024.

Wilson’s storm-petrel. 11 Sep 2024.

The inaugural Challenger Expedition to British waters on the continental shelf edge was a resounding success! We recorded 24 species of seabird inc. the discovery of 2+ Madeiran storm-petrel, 4 barolo shearwater, 1 fea’s-type petrel, & 192 Wilson’s storm-petrel #seabirds

More updates to follow…

30 years ago today I went to Norfolk, dipped a Great Snipe, bonelli’s sp & LG Shrike. I got halfway home when the thrush was Mega’d and realised I had no wallet with me and not enough petrol to get back to Burnham 😬

The front cover of the September issue of British Birds, featuring a dark morph Arctic Skua flying over its Shetland breeding grounds by David Tipling

Our September issue is out now with papers on, The status of the UK’s seabirds, Tracking Arctic Skuas and Scopoli’s Shearwater influx plus much more
➡️ www.britishbirds.co.uk/journal/latest-issue
📸Arctic Skua by David Tipling

Well this is exciting. First view of advance copies of my new Poyser book: The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser monograph from @chiffchat.bsky.social. Production looks fantastic. Release date is 5 December: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marsh-tit...

Back from the Bill tip where the Great Shears still haven't resumed in either direction. The conservative final tally was c700 east in half an hour - fantastic!

Huge numbers of Great Shearwaters suddenly started moving east off the Bill - in the hundreds! + 3 Sooties

Ortolan calling over Blacknir at dawn per Grahame W

Most of you will probably have bought this? If not, buy them now. An incredible publication. The new standard. #UKBirding