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2/2. But never one to give up, I went back, for the 3rd time, to Snettisham beach to try and get the Greater Short-toed Lark and it couldn’t have been easier! Multiple views, some reasonably close. Just goes to show, it’s luck sometimes. They all fall eventually. #birds #ukbirding #norfolkbirding

Early morning visit to Cromer for the NENBC Coordinated Seawatch, no sun first thing (or later!) but the Pier was looking quite bright. Birds of note seen incl: Artic Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Red-throated Diver, Razorbill, Brent Goose, Gannet, Shag, Common Scoter, Wigeon, Teal.

The very confiding juvenile Baird's Sandpiper at Rutland Water.

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@flamboroughbird.bsky.social South Landing LNR on 10/10/2025, 17:31 - 18:38. Highlights of Curlew, 4 Little Egret, 7 Oystercatcher and RB Merganser. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...

Pleased to catch up with the Snettisham Short-toed Lark yesterday — it spent most of the evening feeding along the strandline before moving to the footpath, where it showed beautifully! Just a shame the light had gone 🙄
#Norfolkbirding

Side view of a fox standing under the red berries and green leaves of a hawthorn tree and looking into the camera lens.

Fox under an autumn hawthorn tree in a quiet Yorkshire field. #ThePhotoHour #FoxOfTheDay #wildlife #nature #photography @mammalsociety.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @protectthewild.bsky.social

Some Cley larids from last night on Pat's Pool: 1w Caspian Gull, a striking near-adult argentatus type (giving off weird vibes), one of four Yellow-legged Gulls & a really fine looking adult winter Mediterranean Gull.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds

Cley gulls on Pat's last night. Decent mix of interesting birds...
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds

Nice to find a #SnowBunting on #Cley beach this morning. An unusually mobile and flighty bird as it was chasing and catching flies #NorfolkBirding

Got the White-throated Needletail at Filey Brigg this evening. Some happy chappies up there. Bempton/Flamborough head in background. #ukbirding #Needletail @flamboroughbird.bsky.social

Mourning dove on St Agnes today #islesofscilly

Blackpoll warbler, Haroldswick, Unst

Blackpoll warbler, Haroldswick, Unst

Blackpoll warbler, Haroldswick, Unst

It took a while to connect with the blackpoll warbler at Haroldswick #Unst today. What a great bird 🤩🤩

After two frustrating days the secrets of the St. Agnes mourning dove were finally revealed today!

First for Scilly, first for England, sixth for Britain! A real heavyweight nearctic mega to get the pulses racing, and a very classy little bird it is too!

#ScillyBirds

Screenshot of the first page of the BTO autumn newsletter, with a header image of a female Blackbird with the BTO logo and "Birds Science People" strapline.

A screenshot of the BTO Shropshire autumn newsletter, including an image of fluffy gull chick on a corrugated roof, taken by Tom Lowe during his fieldwork on the breeding gulls of Shrewsbury.

A screenshot of the BTO Shropshire autumn newsletter, including graphs and data boxes reporting on the Breeding Bird Survey in the county in 2025.

Our autumn newsletter has just been sent to BTO members and supporters in Shropshire.

It opens with a great account by @saloplarus.bsky.social of an aerial survey of nesting gulls in Shrewsbury, and also has lots of local BTO news.

It's online here:
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#ShropshireBirding

Views of the Blackpoll Warbler this afternoon at Haroldwick, Unst, Shetland. #ukbirding #rarebirdsuk #shetlandbirding #blackpollwarbler

1w Caspian Gull
Pat's Pool, Cley
October 9 2025
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#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds

White-throated Needletail @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social scored gold again when the Tophill Low bird was relocated there late this afternoon. Still can't believe i've seen this chonky mega Asian Swift a few miles from home. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

I mean. It does not get better than this.

🪶 #UKbirding

If you’re near RSPB Titchwell on the 11/12 October in the afternoon pop in and catch my video/photo presentation about RSPB Snettisham, and it’s free😀

Barn Swallow in the UK, my #Birdoftheday

And best of luck for October, fingers crossed for some productive winds and birding! If the sprinkling of Yank and Siberian megas the last couple of days is anything to go by, could be in for an exciting month!

Remember to keep posting pictures too and they may get featured on the blog!

A Green Sandpiper Digi scoped with iPhone 13 and a Swarovski Scope!

Some better views and photos of the male Turkestan Shrike on Dunwich Heath this morning. Windy conditions not helpful #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

Spoonbills: adult (L) & juvenile (R) regurgative feeding @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social NWT Cley Marshes taken from a hide early one Sunday in July 2025. I've never seen these birds so close, witnessed this behaviour before nor ever seen a photo of it.
@btoengland.bsky.social #UKBirds #Birding

What a cracking shot!

Screenshot of LinkedIn post from Yellowknife Mayor describing the costs and consequences of trucks having gotten so much bigger. In the link, he explains the backlash he received for his post.

This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
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Yes, my local MP is good, though to be honest nobody could be worse than Truss, who was hardly in the constituency, but watching this lot continue to push the false "nature" or growth dichotomy and doing naff all about water company ownership hardly enthuses one.

Yes I have to remove the case for digiscoping, but it can remain in the adaptor I use during the day which protects it though not waterproof. I await your results with interest!

Interesting set up. These days I find the iphone quality (and it isn't the latest!!) so good I digiscope with that. With cameras, I find avoiding vibration is an issue, be good to see how you fare.