Doesn't matter how often I see them. There is no joy like sharing the local fenland countryside with the Cranes! 😊 Beautiful on the Ouse Washes this afternoon @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
October 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Doesn't matter how often I see them. There is no joy like sharing the local fenland countryside with the Cranes! 😊 Beautiful on the Ouse Washes this afternoon @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Glad I twitched the Yellow-browed Warbler at Milton CP this morning. Only my 2nd in Cambs (1st also at Milton!). After an initial wait, it suddenly appeared, vocal and showy. Nice to see some familiar faces there too 🙂 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
September 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Glad I twitched the Yellow-browed Warbler at Milton CP this morning. Only my 2nd in Cambs (1st also at Milton!). After an initial wait, it suddenly appeared, vocal and showy. Nice to see some familiar faces there too 🙂 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Classic Black Redstart - on a construction site. One of 3 enjoying Waterbeach Barracks housing development today. Miraculously, I saw one immediately! A welcome change of form from my usual Restart dipping 😅 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
September 26, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Classic Black Redstart - on a construction site. One of 3 enjoying Waterbeach Barracks housing development today. Miraculously, I saw one immediately! A welcome change of form from my usual Restart dipping 😅 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
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A decent afternoons birding along the Ouse Washes today with 4 Spoonbill (Ad, 3 imm), 2 Short-eared Owls, Wood Sandpiper and 72 Crane the highlights with @birdergirl.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKbirding
September 25, 2026 at 7:56 PM
A decent afternoons birding along the Ouse Washes today with 4 Spoonbill (Ad, 3 imm), 2 Short-eared Owls, Wood Sandpiper and 72 Crane the highlights with @birdergirl.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #UKbirding
One straight from the top of the wishlist! Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh 🤩 Bit tricky in the wind but could see all its features, and so happy to have finally seen one! 😊 #lifer #ukbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
One straight from the top of the wishlist! Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Frampton Marsh 🤩 Bit tricky in the wind but could see all its features, and so happy to have finally seen one! 😊 #lifer #ukbirding @lincsbirding.bsky.social
My 7th Pec Sand. All in Cambs but all at different sites. Surely a chance for me to find one somewhere in the county sometime! 😄 Happy to add it to my Ouse Washes list. This one still at the RSPB reserve, favouring Rickwood Hide @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
September 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
My 7th Pec Sand. All in Cambs but all at different sites. Surely a chance for me to find one somewhere in the county sometime! 😄 Happy to add it to my Ouse Washes list. This one still at the RSPB reserve, favouring Rickwood Hide @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Missed adding Pec Sand to my Washes list yesterday at Witcham Gravel but heartened to discover a juv Turnstone had arrived today. A Washes tick but also a find tick for me in Cambs 😊 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
September 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Missed adding Pec Sand to my Washes list yesterday at Witcham Gravel but heartened to discover a juv Turnstone had arrived today. A Washes tick but also a find tick for me in Cambs 😊 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Shades of buff today, with two juv Curlew Sand the highlight, and 12 species of wader seen. Photo representative of distance! 😅 Crane flock up to 92 on the Ouse Washes now @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
September 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Shades of buff today, with two juv Curlew Sand the highlight, and 12 species of wader seen. Photo representative of distance! 😅 Crane flock up to 92 on the Ouse Washes now @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
A few nice birds on the Ouse Washes today including Spotshank, 2 Glossy Ibis and the Crane flock, but the most eye-catching was a leucistic Swallow! Hard to capture on my bridge camera. Video below too @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @laziobirder.bsky.social
September 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A few nice birds on the Ouse Washes today including Spotshank, 2 Glossy Ibis and the Crane flock, but the most eye-catching was a leucistic Swallow! Hard to capture on my bridge camera. Video below too @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @laziobirder.bsky.social
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Juv Osprey back at the Cambridge Research Park this morning, which the local Red Kites were not pleased about @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
September 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Juv Osprey back at the Cambridge Research Park this morning, which the local Red Kites were not pleased about @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
A crisp juv Pec Sand on Moore Lake, Fen Drayton Lakes this evening. Mint!👌 Another great find by @brickert.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
September 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
A crisp juv Pec Sand on Moore Lake, Fen Drayton Lakes this evening. Mint!👌 Another great find by @brickert.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
Nice to be back at the Ouse Washes today. A few Ruff, Snipe and Crane at Cadbury hide but really enjoyed the visitor centre garden with 26 species just from the bench! Spotted Flycatcher didn't seem to mind me for company as it snapped up flies @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
August 23, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Nice to be back at the Ouse Washes today. A few Ruff, Snipe and Crane at Cadbury hide but really enjoyed the visitor centre garden with 26 species just from the bench! Spotted Flycatcher didn't seem to mind me for company as it snapped up flies @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
A start to my autumn passerine migrants: Whinchat at Longstanton Lagoons yesterday, shimmering in the heat haze. Wheatear present too. My annual attempt to find a Redstart has begun. That and Aquatic Warbler 😂 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
August 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM
A start to my autumn passerine migrants: Whinchat at Longstanton Lagoons yesterday, shimmering in the heat haze. Wheatear present too. My annual attempt to find a Redstart has begun. That and Aquatic Warbler 😂 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Another mega! 😁 Spent the afternoon with the Long-tailed Shrike. Well beyond my range so a big thank you to @laziobirder.bsky.social for driving and giving me the chance to enjoy such a fine bird. Glorious 😊 #ukbirding
July 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Another mega! 😁 Spent the afternoon with the Long-tailed Shrike. Well beyond my range so a big thank you to @laziobirder.bsky.social for driving and giving me the chance to enjoy such a fine bird. Glorious 😊 #ukbirding
Delighted to find this juv Med Gull at Longstanton Lagoons tonight. Patch tick! 😁 Tricky one for me to separate from Common Gull. Seemed to have a bit of a mix of features @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
July 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Delighted to find this juv Med Gull at Longstanton Lagoons tonight. Patch tick! 😁 Tricky one for me to separate from Common Gull. Seemed to have a bit of a mix of features @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
That was good! Had to work for it - search, scan, wait, hope! But as the tide went out, the Godwits returned to the Stour shoreline and then suddenly it was there in my scope: mega Hudsonian Godwit! 🤩 Two short flights showed that luscious dark underwing too. Fabulous. Video below #lifer #ukbirding
July 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
That was good! Had to work for it - search, scan, wait, hope! But as the tide went out, the Godwits returned to the Stour shoreline and then suddenly it was there in my scope: mega Hudsonian Godwit! 🤩 Two short flights showed that luscious dark underwing too. Fabulous. Video below #lifer #ukbirding
Lovely evening for a twitch! Purple Heron along the River Great Ouse near Earith 💜 Just 10 mins from home. Many thanks to Richard Bradbury and @Jeremylindsell.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
June 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Lovely evening for a twitch! Purple Heron along the River Great Ouse near Earith 💜 Just 10 mins from home. Many thanks to Richard Bradbury and @Jeremylindsell.bsky.social @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
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@birdergirl.bsky.social your Wheatear Anxiety inspired my recent @vervalleysoc.bsky.social Bird Notes 🙏😃
June 5, 2026 at 9:44 AM
@birdergirl.bsky.social your Wheatear Anxiety inspired my recent @vervalleysoc.bsky.social Bird Notes 🙏😃
Home from @naturetrek.bsky.social Spring Birding in Bulgaria. Wonderful trip taking in snowy mountains, lush green valleys, Black Sea coast, steppe and reedbed. 37 lifers, over 200 bird species seen! A few pics I haven't shared previously...
May 13, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Home from @naturetrek.bsky.social Spring Birding in Bulgaria. Wonderful trip taking in snowy mountains, lush green valleys, Black Sea coast, steppe and reedbed. 37 lifers, over 200 bird species seen! A few pics I haven't shared previously...
Excited to get a new Wheater today! Pied Wheatear at Kaliakra Cape, Bulgaria. Also an Eagle Owl on our 5th and final attempt! 😅
May 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Excited to get a new Wheater today! Pied Wheatear at Kaliakra Cape, Bulgaria. Also an Eagle Owl on our 5th and final attempt! 😅
More great birds in Bulgaria. Calandra Lark, Long-legged Buzzard and Whiskered Tern were today's lifers, with Middle Spotted Woodpecker and Short-toed Treecreeper yesterday. This spanking Red-breasted Fly maybe bird of the day though. So good seeing everything in breeding plumage! 😍
May 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
More great birds in Bulgaria. Calandra Lark, Long-legged Buzzard and Whiskered Tern were today's lifers, with Middle Spotted Woodpecker and Short-toed Treecreeper yesterday. This spanking Red-breasted Fly maybe bird of the day though. So good seeing everything in breeding plumage! 😍
Pygmy Cormorant and Booted Eagle were today's lifers, the latter around with 4 Lesser Spotted Eagle, a WTE and 4 Honey Buzzard! But the Collared Pratincoles stole the show, with 64 gathering on some rocks 😮 Point blank Purple Heron was superb too
May 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Pygmy Cormorant and Booted Eagle were today's lifers, the latter around with 4 Lesser Spotted Eagle, a WTE and 4 Honey Buzzard! But the Collared Pratincoles stole the show, with 64 gathering on some rocks 😮 Point blank Purple Heron was superb too
One of my most wanted birds today: Blue Rock Thrush 💙😊 with Rock Buntings alongside and 2 Black Vultures over. Around 20 Lesser Kestrel in the afternoon made for another 4-lifer day in Bulgaria
May 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
One of my most wanted birds today: Blue Rock Thrush 💙😊 with Rock Buntings alongside and 2 Black Vultures over. Around 20 Lesser Kestrel in the afternoon made for another 4-lifer day in Bulgaria
Magnificent day of birding in Bulgaria. Beautiful scenery, weather & birds including 11 lifers! 🤯 Ls Grey Shrike, Ls Spotted Eagle, Olive-tree Warbler, Cirl Bunting, Sombre Tit, E Orphean Warbler, Syrian Woodpecker, Griffon & Egyptian Vultures, E Olivacious Warbler and Chuka!! 🤩
May 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Magnificent day of birding in Bulgaria. Beautiful scenery, weather & birds including 11 lifers! 🤯 Ls Grey Shrike, Ls Spotted Eagle, Olive-tree Warbler, Cirl Bunting, Sombre Tit, E Orphean Warbler, Syrian Woodpecker, Griffon & Egyptian Vultures, E Olivacious Warbler and Chuka!! 🤩
Photos not really happening but some great birds today and 4 lifers: Willow Tit, Wallcreeper, Crag Martin, Pallid Swift! 😁 Total lifers for trip so far: 8
Lifers seen at toilet service stops: 4 😂 #Bulgaria
Lifers seen at toilet service stops: 4 😂 #Bulgaria
May 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Photos not really happening but some great birds today and 4 lifers: Willow Tit, Wallcreeper, Crag Martin, Pallid Swift! 😁 Total lifers for trip so far: 8
Lifers seen at toilet service stops: 4 😂 #Bulgaria
Lifers seen at toilet service stops: 4 😂 #Bulgaria