Jake Gearty

Goshawk

Lesser spotted woodpecker

Goshawk and Lesser spotted woodpecker from a beautiful sunny afternoon in Norfolk. #ukbirding

Another 3 hours at Walberswick this morning eventually produced some nice looks at at least 4 Zitting Cisticola - thanks to @jakegearty.bsky.social and his hearing #ukbirding #suffolkbirding

Ew

No idea what you mean

rip fly

Black Redstart car ornament

Whilst not seeing any Pallas's Warbler recently around Beachy Head it was nice to spend some time watching a couple Black Redstart by the pub showing very well in the sun and flycatching regularly. #SusssexBirding

Glad you listened to me

You're better than this Mark

Already made the blood sacrifice to join 🙏

Does anyone know if there's a local WhatsApp for Hanningfield Res? Had a Casp there this afternoon and a couple other bits. Be useful to contribute as will checking it more regularly! #ukbirding #essexbirding

Aye sure but a bit boring if I did it that way!

Viking ED Pro 80mm, Velbon tripod head and Manfrotto tripod

Will be @ @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social for Migfest this weekend and would like to giveaway my old scope and tripod. If there's any young birders looking for a used but well loved scope that's seen plenty of rare birds please either point them in my direction or come find me over the weekend! #ukbirding

Nae bad birding back in the old haunts of Suffolk birding. Red necked Phal, Barred Warbler, 10+ Reed Warbler, 10+ Sedge Warbler, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail and 3 Wheatear. Also 2 Wood Sand, Spotshank, 4 Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 2 Common Sand, 4 Blackwit, 6 GWE and 3 Spoonbill #ukbirding

Orange Bullfinch feeding at 3600m elevation!

Indian Courser - two birds seen very well feeding in the dry edges of the plains of Rajasthan

Lesser Florican - A bittersweet sighting. Incredible to watch this bird display with a fantastic jump and song flight style performance. Alas it appears to be the only one present in the area with no obvious signs of any females this year. A bird struggling to adapt to an ever changing landscape around it.

Very cool to catch up with a few of these local Kashmir endemics and like all Nutcracker performed very well once tracked down!

Just returned from a very successful visit to India, my first time visiting this country so lots of new birds seen! A few stand out highlights - Orange Bullfinch, Indian Courser, Kashmir Nutcracker and the critically endangered Lesser (Leaping) Florican. More pics here - ebird.org/tripreport/3...

Also a big thank you to @stevedudley.bsky.social for being so helpful with lifts and gen especially for our time spent on Westray!

Orca with Guillemots behind it

There she blows!

Killer Whale friends

I took far too many images and to save this being any longer than it already is, I'll end with these images. Killer Whale or Orca whatever you want to call them. Absolutely incredible and a thrill to watch them for a prolonged period!

Golden Plover calling from the cotton grass

Recently fledged Goldcrest lined up

Managed to avoid stepping on this Golden Plover chick, quick picture then gave it a wide berth and left the parents too it.

Northern Wheatear giving it his all

Did see a few locals along the way including many Golden Plover hanging out with their Dunlin (plovers page) friends, breeding Goldcrest(!), singing Wheatears and oh so much more.

Arguing Fulmar

Flying Razorbill

Flying Puffin

Another flying Puffin

Otherwise I spent my days counting the many thousands of Auks, Fulmar and Kittiwakes along the cliff edges by boat and foot. Couldn't ask for a more enjoyable experience!

Arctic Skuas ruining a Sandwich Terns day

Arctic Skua banking

Intermediate Arctic Skua chilling in the heather

Dark morph Arctic Skua no doubt on his way to ruin a Terns day

I also spent my time looking for Arctic Skua territories, a species I've only really seen at significant range during sea watches. Pretty thin on the ground but a few populations on the outlying islands

Great Skua on its way to ruin my day

Bonxie and the old man of Hoy

Great Skua thinking about ruining my day

Great Skua ruining the days of some Arctic Terns

Recently returned from fieldwork in Orkney counting seabirds. My days were largely spent attempting to avoid being murdered by Great Skua. Despite their unwelcoming energy it was wonderful to see so many after everything that has happened with the population since birdflu.

Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on pink flowers.

Honey Buzzard gliding through blue skies.

Fen Raft Spider stood on small lily pads while holding an egg sac.

A landscape view of Strumpshaw Fen with lush green reeds, blue shimmering water and blue skies with fluffy clouds.

Going to #GlobalBirdfair?
➡️ Sat 12 July (10am) - Plover Lecture Stage - 'Scarcities & Swallowtails: Celebrating 50 years of RSPB Strumpshaw Fen'.
✅ Learn about this amazing reserve, now in its 50th year, from the perspective of its most addicted patch-birder... me! #birds #NorfolkBirding 😎

Honey Buzzard

Enjoyable morning yesterday watching this bachelor male Honey Buzzard displaying in classic butterfly-esq fashion, often right above my head. One of at least three birds in East Sussex. #UKbirding

Very pleased to find this cracking male Marsh Warbler on my Costessey patch earlier this month. A singing adult male, present for a week on private land. Some superb mimicry, and the last thing I expected on my 20+ miles inland Norfolk patch! Patch gold #norfolkbirding

📷 @henrywynjones.bsky.social

Nice find Sophie

Nice views of Guillemot off Hoy this morning #ukbirding

Nice to meet you on Saturday btw!

Thanks :)

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Amazingly abundant in Texas and seemingly only Texas with a slight bleed into neighbouring states. But saw them daily!