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!
I wish I could be more reliable about that kind of thing but I have odd work patterns and sometimes (like today!) I’m only coming online in the afternoon, which isn’t much use for FBOMD, especially for the Antipodean FirstBirders! Oh well. Thanks @tonyskerl.bsky.social for stepping up 😺
June 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I wish I could be more reliable about that kind of thing but I have odd work patterns and sometimes (like today!) I’m only coming online in the afternoon, which isn’t much use for FBOMD, especially for the Antipodean FirstBirders! Oh well. Thanks @tonyskerl.bsky.social for stepping up 😺
Morning, #FirstBirders! Here the swifts are very lively but the heat hasn’t properly kicked in. At least the balcony boxes are out of direct sunlight & are made of wood so the little ones should be OK. After 2 pm the sun’s gone so we can get more air on the balcony too 😺 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
June 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Morning, #FirstBirders! Here the swifts are very lively but the heat hasn’t properly kicked in. At least the balcony boxes are out of direct sunlight & are made of wood so the little ones should be OK. After 2 pm the sun’s gone so we can get more air on the balcony too 😺 #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Good day Sarah. #FirstBirders #FirstBirdOfMyDay is an American Crow flying over our house in Orono Maine.
June 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Good day Sarah. #FirstBirders #FirstBirdOfMyDay is an American Crow flying over our house in Orono Maine.
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
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.)
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
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 😺
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
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
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
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
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
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. 🥂🎄🤶 🦜🪶
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
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.
#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
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Morning #FirstBirders 😺 Been with family for a week but am now back home and the ONLY bird I can hear, never mind see, is a Swift, calling softly from one of the next boxes. It’s so eerie. The sky is empty. (Mind you, so is the street - everyone’s on holiday, it would seem). #FirstBirdOfMyDay
August 13, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Morning #FirstBirders 😺 Been with family for a week but am now back home and the ONLY bird I can hear, never mind see, is a Swift, calling softly from one of the next boxes. It’s so eerie. The sky is empty. (Mind you, so is the street - everyone’s on holiday, it would seem). #FirstBirdOfMyDay
Funnel Web Spider captures Teasel in dawn raid on the field! Have a good weekend everyone. #firstbirders
June 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Funnel Web Spider captures Teasel in dawn raid on the field! Have a good weekend everyone. #firstbirders
Happy Summer Solstice all #firstbirders Eric and Erica came to see me, but not #firstbirdofmyday, which was a Blackbird swinging on the fatball feeder. A lovely walk followed, a Yellow Spell (x2) in the Field Maple 🍁 plus two, few days old foals in the field - magic.
June 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Happy Summer Solstice all #firstbirders Eric and Erica came to see me, but not #firstbirdofmyday, which was a Blackbird swinging on the fatball feeder. A lovely walk followed, a Yellow Spell (x2) in the Field Maple 🍁 plus two, few days old foals in the field - magic.
Eric on the fence, the Greenfinch on the roof, at 0500 it’s still very warm, early walk but wonderful choral music from the copse and hedges, to numerous to list but a delightful start to #firstbirdofmyday Galls, beetles & moths too; have a good one #firstbirders well everyone really 👍❤️🐾🐾🌳🐦⬛🦅🦉🦆
June 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Eric on the fence, the Greenfinch on the roof, at 0500 it’s still very warm, early walk but wonderful choral music from the copse and hedges, to numerous to list but a delightful start to #firstbirdofmyday Galls, beetles & moths too; have a good one #firstbirders well everyone really 👍❤️🐾🐾🌳🐦⬛🦅🦉🦆
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: 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
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
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 😹