Birdsong was a fabulous documentary on BBC 4 last night (now on iPlayer). Ornithologist Seán Ronayne’s mission to record the calls of Ireland’s 200 bird species. #FirstBirders #Birds
March 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Birdsong was a fabulous documentary on BBC 4 last night (now on iPlayer). Ornithologist Seán Ronayne’s mission to record the calls of Ireland’s 200 bird species. #FirstBirders #Birds
On a sunny Saturday morning, the Sparrow chorus is in fine voice 😺 Wishing you and all FirstBirders a wonderful day! #FirstBirdOfMyDay
April 11, 2026 at 6:49 AM
On a sunny Saturday morning, the Sparrow chorus is in fine voice 😺 Wishing you and all FirstBirders a wonderful day! #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Oh my goodness, ‘my’ Dunnock is SINGING! Best #FirstBirdOfMyDay and #FirstBirdOf2026 ! He’s there, where he always is, surrounded by sunrise-pink frost. He hopped over to grab some cheese and then flew to an ivy perch and sang. Happy New Year #FirstBirders. #WhatsYours
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Oh my goodness, ‘my’ Dunnock is SINGING! Best #FirstBirdOfMyDay and #FirstBirdOf2026 ! He’s there, where he always is, surrounded by sunrise-pink frost. He hopped over to grab some cheese and then flew to an ivy perch and sang. Happy New Year #FirstBirders. #WhatsYours
First bird of my day: Daddy blackbird perching on the apple tree before returning to his growing babes, dedicated to the #FirstBirders coming to the launch of my book, out today, Nature Needs You! #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
May 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
First bird of my day: Daddy blackbird perching on the apple tree before returning to his growing babes, dedicated to the #FirstBirders coming to the launch of my book, out today, Nature Needs You! #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours
Snap! A chirptastic Sparrow morning here too with glorious sunshine! Wishing all #FirstBirders a great Saturday! 😺 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Snap! A chirptastic Sparrow morning here too with glorious sunshine! Wishing all #FirstBirders a great Saturday! 😺 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Feral pigeons battling a mega headwind and winning were the #FirstBirdOfMyDay today 😺 Have a lovely Saturday, all #FirstBirders!
September 5, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Feral pigeons battling a mega headwind and winning were the #FirstBirdOfMyDay today 😺 Have a lovely Saturday, all #FirstBirders!
Nothing stops the FirstBirders - not even Christmas. Cheers to you all. 🥂🎄🤶 🦜🪶
December 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Nothing stops the FirstBirders - not even Christmas. Cheers to you all. 🥂🎄🤶 🦜🪶
Slate grey still day, very quiet except for Boss pigeon strolling around the back grass.
Seen from my bed.
Happy New Year FirstBirders.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
Seen from my bed.
Happy New Year FirstBirders.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
January 1, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Slate grey still day, very quiet except for Boss pigeon strolling around the back grass.
Seen from my bed.
Happy New Year FirstBirders.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
Seen from my bed.
Happy New Year FirstBirders.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
Morning, Hannah and all #FirstBirders! The #FirstBirdOfMyDay here in Warsaw was a Swift!!! Am enjoying the lovely weather - next week promises to be utter cr4p 😹
May 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Morning, Hannah and all #FirstBirders! The #FirstBirdOfMyDay here in Warsaw was a Swift!!! Am enjoying the lovely weather - next week promises to be utter cr4p 😹
First bird of my day: a jackdaw gliding directly towards me, chucking a good morning on this 3rd anniversary of #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours (that makes the jackdaw my 1,095th firstbird!! Thanks for playing with me #FirstBirders♥️ you are a delight to connect with each morning.)
December 3, 2024 at 8:27 AM
First bird of my day: a jackdaw gliding directly towards me, chucking a good morning on this 3rd anniversary of #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours (that makes the jackdaw my 1,095th firstbird!! Thanks for playing with me #FirstBirders♥️ you are a delight to connect with each morning.)
Morning, #FirstBirders! Our swifts are very quiet this morning again - weather not conducive to socialising, I think. Nothing stops Mr Blackbird, though - he’s proudly staking his claim to his patch from the top of a sycamore opposite 😺 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
June 15, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Morning, #FirstBirders! Our swifts are very quiet this morning again - weather not conducive to socialising, I think. Nothing stops Mr Blackbird, though - he’s proudly staking his claim to his patch from the top of a sycamore opposite 😺 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
#FirstBirdOfMyDay #Birds moving home today, no internet and cellular black hole until Feb ☹️☹️😱, so taking a rest; a Robin today in the Elder. Take care #FirstBirders xx
January 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay #Birds moving home today, no internet and cellular black hole until Feb ☹️☹️😱, so taking a rest; a Robin today in the Elder. Take care #FirstBirders xx
#FirstBirders see below
I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited
September 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#FirstBirders see below
Greetings to all FirstBirders from the UK, where the #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a Blackcap in the bush by my window. I never knew there were Blackcaps here! I’m going to spend the day seeing if there are any Swifts in the neighbourhood 😺
April 30, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Greetings to all FirstBirders from the UK, where the #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a Blackcap in the bush by my window. I never knew there were Blackcaps here! I’m going to spend the day seeing if there are any Swifts in the neighbourhood 😺
Aha, good morning, been looking out for you and all #FirstBirders 🐦⬛😁
Same old, same old here but delightfully so with eight bright, busy blackbirds as #FirstBirdOfMyDay
#WhatsYours
Same old, same old here but delightfully so with eight bright, busy blackbirds as #FirstBirdOfMyDay
#WhatsYours
February 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Aha, good morning, been looking out for you and all #FirstBirders 🐦⬛😁
Same old, same old here but delightfully so with eight bright, busy blackbirds as #FirstBirdOfMyDay
#WhatsYours
Same old, same old here but delightfully so with eight bright, busy blackbirds as #FirstBirdOfMyDay
#WhatsYours
I was very lucky this Christmas morning to see a Great Crested Grebe sailing past the window on a still-choppy Thames. Wishing all FirstBirders a lovely day today 😻 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I was very lucky this Christmas morning to see a Great Crested Grebe sailing past the window on a still-choppy Thames. Wishing all FirstBirders a lovely day today 😻 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Morning, Bluesky #FirstBirders 😺 Here in Poland the weather’s very dodgy so no swifts to report - #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a couple of Woodpigeons having a scrap in the sycamore opposite. But now one of the resident Swifts has just popped into its nestbox! (Didn’t see which one as I’m in the bedroom.)
June 16, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Morning, Bluesky #FirstBirders 😺 Here in Poland the weather’s very dodgy so no swifts to report - #FirstBirdOfMyDay was a couple of Woodpigeons having a scrap in the sycamore opposite. But now one of the resident Swifts has just popped into its nestbox! (Didn’t see which one as I’m in the bedroom.)
A small flock of Feral Pigeons wheeling around the park was the #FirstBirdOfMyDay. They match the sky this morning. Hope all #FirstBirders and their feathered friends in Ireland, N. Ireland & Scotland stay safe today.
January 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A small flock of Feral Pigeons wheeling around the park was the #FirstBirdOfMyDay. They match the sky this morning. Hope all #FirstBirders and their feathered friends in Ireland, N. Ireland & Scotland stay safe today.
Morning, #FirstBirders! Been at a conference & stuck inside, so very happy to finally be able to take note of all the birds flying free around my home 😺 Today’s #FirstBirdOfMyDay was the resident Feral Pigeons swirling around in another grey cloud above my head 😹
March 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Morning, #FirstBirders! Been at a conference & stuck inside, so very happy to finally be able to take note of all the birds flying free around my home 😺 Today’s #FirstBirdOfMyDay was the resident Feral Pigeons swirling around in another grey cloud above my head 😹
#FirstBirdOfMyDay more of my terrible early morning poetry; it was a pleasure listening to the birds waking on this quiet #BoxingDay #Birds #WhatsYours Have a peaceful day #FirstBirders
December 26, 2024 at 8:27 AM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay more of my terrible early morning poetry; it was a pleasure listening to the birds waking on this quiet #BoxingDay #Birds #WhatsYours Have a peaceful day #FirstBirders
Fascinating article for all #FirstBirders 👍😺 Thinking of all ‘our’ Swifts currently in Africa - while I’d love to see them year round, I can’t imagine there being enough insect life to ever sustain them over winter, even if the climate did warm considerably.
The changing behaviour of birds – from swallows attempting to overwinter to nightingales staying less time in Africa – is evidence of rapid climate change.
A clear warning, reports Jenny Rhodes ⤵️
A clear warning, reports Jenny Rhodes ⤵️
The truth about migratory birds and the climate emergency
Both the warming climate and wilder weather systems are disrupting birds’ natural migration patterns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Fascinating article for all #FirstBirders 👍😺 Thinking of all ‘our’ Swifts currently in Africa - while I’d love to see them year round, I can’t imagine there being enough insect life to ever sustain them over winter, even if the climate did warm considerably.
My first birds were a variety of gulls and waders - Herring Gull, BH Gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Turnstone, and Redshank , all making the best of some cold and windy conditions on the Northumberland coast. First passerine was a Stonechat, one of a pair.
#FirstBirders
#FirstBirders
January 1, 2026 at 10:04 AM
My first birds were a variety of gulls and waders - Herring Gull, BH Gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Turnstone, and Redshank , all making the best of some cold and windy conditions on the Northumberland coast. First passerine was a Stonechat, one of a pair.
#FirstBirders
#FirstBirders
#FirstBirdOfMyDay was Robin on the step having thrown some bits out, which was lovely to see.💕
Then three pigeons flew by, just having a look.
Happy New Year to the FirstBirders!
Then three pigeons flew by, just having a look.
Happy New Year to the FirstBirders!
January 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#FirstBirdOfMyDay was Robin on the step having thrown some bits out, which was lovely to see.💕
Then three pigeons flew by, just having a look.
Happy New Year to the FirstBirders!
Then three pigeons flew by, just having a look.
Happy New Year to the FirstBirders!
Greetings, BlueSky #FirstBirders! Am away visiting family & haven’t had much time for any kind of internetty things (how have I survived?! 😹). #FirstBirdOfMyDay was … drum roll … a Dunnock! Lurking around at the bottom of a hedge, it was. So nice to have some variety 😺
February 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Greetings, BlueSky #FirstBirders! Am away visiting family & haven’t had much time for any kind of internetty things (how have I survived?! 😹). #FirstBirdOfMyDay was … drum roll … a Dunnock! Lurking around at the bottom of a hedge, it was. So nice to have some variety 😺
Morning #FirstBirders
It’s been a lively start here, with two blackbirds exploring the lawn, a group of sparrows flitting around the bushes, and a chaffinch in the rowan.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
It’s been a lively start here, with two blackbirds exploring the lawn, a group of sparrows flitting around the bushes, and a chaffinch in the rowan.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
June 18, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Morning #FirstBirders
It’s been a lively start here, with two blackbirds exploring the lawn, a group of sparrows flitting around the bushes, and a chaffinch in the rowan.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay
It’s been a lively start here, with two blackbirds exploring the lawn, a group of sparrows flitting around the bushes, and a chaffinch in the rowan.
#FirstBirdOfMyDay