To enter your submissions, email them to us on patchworkchallenge@gmail.com. To have a look at last year's entries, then follow the link here: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
The prize for the top three submissions will be a Patchwork Challenge pin badge. Happy birding!!
The prize for the top three submissions will be a Patchwork Challenge pin badge. Happy birding!!
Best Find 2025
Hello from the Patchwork Challenge team! Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry for PWC2025's Best Find. There are some superb entries...
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
June 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
To enter your submissions, email them to us on patchworkchallenge@gmail.com. To have a look at last year's entries, then follow the link here: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
The prize for the top three submissions will be a Patchwork Challenge pin badge. Happy birding!!
The prize for the top three submissions will be a Patchwork Challenge pin badge. Happy birding!!
@patchbirding.bsky.social walk along Willingham Road/Clay Lane (Marton) this morning continued my good #PWC2026 run with a Marsh Harrier over. Score now 86/92.
Also, 75 Fieldfares, 30 Chaffinches, 12 Yellowhammers, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers @lincsbirding.bsky.social #patchworkchallenge
Also, 75 Fieldfares, 30 Chaffinches, 12 Yellowhammers, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers @lincsbirding.bsky.social #patchworkchallenge
February 21, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@patchbirding.bsky.social walk along Willingham Road/Clay Lane (Marton) this morning continued my good #PWC2026 run with a Marsh Harrier over. Score now 86/92.
Also, 75 Fieldfares, 30 Chaffinches, 12 Yellowhammers, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers @lincsbirding.bsky.social #patchworkchallenge
Also, 75 Fieldfares, 30 Chaffinches, 12 Yellowhammers, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers @lincsbirding.bsky.social #patchworkchallenge
It’s the same on Westmoor. Slowing up my #patchworkchallenge.
January 26, 2026 at 5:36 PM
It’s the same on Westmoor. Slowing up my #patchworkchallenge.
Soggy AM @patchbirding.bsky.social visit to a partially flooded Trent Port today. 41spp incl 3 new for #PWC2026 : Peregrine, Coot and Shoveler(4). Score now 69/70. Also, 60 Teal, Raven, 85 Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer, 21 Skylarks @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #PatchworkChallenge
January 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Soggy AM @patchbirding.bsky.social visit to a partially flooded Trent Port today. 41spp incl 3 new for #PWC2026 : Peregrine, Coot and Shoveler(4). Score now 69/70. Also, 60 Teal, Raven, 85 Linnet, 10 Yellowhammer, 21 Skylarks @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social #PatchworkChallenge
Remember, get your #PWC2025 Best Find submissions in by tomorrow night!
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to patchworkchallenge@gmail.com, and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to patchworkchallenge@gmail.com, and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Remember, get your #PWC2025 Best Find submissions in by tomorrow night!
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to patchworkchallenge@gmail.com, and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to patchworkchallenge@gmail.com, and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
There are a few Patchwork Challenge Champion pin badges up for grabs for best find over the #PWC2025 season. To be entered, please email a short account about the bird and circumstances to patchworkchallenge@gmail.com, and why finding that bird was special to you...
January 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
There are a few Patchwork Challenge Champion pin badges up for grabs for best find over the #PWC2025 season. To be entered, please email a short account about the bird and circumstances to patchworkchallenge@gmail.com, and why finding that bird was special to you...
Drop us an email with any images you think we might love: patchworkchallenge@gmail.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Drop us an email with any images you think we might love: patchworkchallenge@gmail.com
Nice views of the Greenshank on the patch in Cholsey this morning. #oxonbirding#UKbirding#Patchworkchallenge
April 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Nice views of the Greenshank on the patch in Cholsey this morning. #oxonbirding#UKbirding#Patchworkchallenge
A Black Redstart more than made up for an otherwise very quiet afternoon patch walk. #Patchworkchallenge#UKbirding
April 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A Black Redstart more than made up for an otherwise very quiet afternoon patch walk. #Patchworkchallenge#UKbirding
2 Black-necked Grebes on the patch this morning. Ignoring each other at opposite ends of the lake. #Orgreavebirds #Patchworkchallenge
March 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
2 Black-necked Grebes on the patch this morning. Ignoring each other at opposite ends of the lake. #Orgreavebirds #Patchworkchallenge
A Snow Bunting at Balinoe #Tiree today was unexpected, as they have been very thin on the ground here this winter
#BirdingScotland #PatchworkChallenge
#BirdingScotland #PatchworkChallenge
March 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A Snow Bunting at Balinoe #Tiree today was unexpected, as they have been very thin on the ground here this winter
#BirdingScotland #PatchworkChallenge
#BirdingScotland #PatchworkChallenge
Nice to find a Yellow-legged Gull amongst 32 LBBGs & 3 Herring Gulls this morning #middletonlakes - not a common gull on the patch. Also 23 Goldeneye Oyc 4 Pochard Peregrine 3 Shelduck 4 GWE #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding #patchworkchallenge
February 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Nice to find a Yellow-legged Gull amongst 32 LBBGs & 3 Herring Gulls this morning #middletonlakes - not a common gull on the patch. Also 23 Goldeneye Oyc 4 Pochard Peregrine 3 Shelduck 4 GWE #staffsbirdnews #ukbirding #patchworkchallenge
Joined #Patchworkchallenge today. I've entered my 10km circle centred on my house in Redditch. Added Woodcock from a visit to Chalcot Wood by the junction of the M40/M42.
February 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Joined #Patchworkchallenge today. I've entered my 10km circle centred on my house in Redditch. Added Woodcock from a visit to Chalcot Wood by the junction of the M40/M42.
Thought I'd have a nice walk to Saltend in the sun. Wasn't expecting the bitterly cold wind though.
Still, 3 new #patchworkchallenge ticks, including a singing Skylark that didn't care about the cold!
#yorkshirebirding
Still, 3 new #patchworkchallenge ticks, including a singing Skylark that didn't care about the cold!
#yorkshirebirding
February 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thought I'd have a nice walk to Saltend in the sun. Wasn't expecting the bitterly cold wind though.
Still, 3 new #patchworkchallenge ticks, including a singing Skylark that didn't care about the cold!
#yorkshirebirding
Still, 3 new #patchworkchallenge ticks, including a singing Skylark that didn't care about the cold!
#yorkshirebirding
Oystercatcher, first of the year on my patch. #birding#patchworkchallenge#ukbirding
February 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oystercatcher, first of the year on my patch. #birding#patchworkchallenge#ukbirding
A dreich morning brightened up by my first 'thermal' Jack Snipe, one of 5. A quick sweep of one of several building sites revealed 14 Golden Plover, blending in with the crushed hardcore. #Patchworkchallenge #Ukbirding
February 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A dreich morning brightened up by my first 'thermal' Jack Snipe, one of 5. A quick sweep of one of several building sites revealed 14 Golden Plover, blending in with the crushed hardcore. #Patchworkchallenge #Ukbirding
A quick tot-up of the year list so far shows I'm on 53 species; a slow start. Three White-fronted Geese arrived on Sunday, one of the few signs of movement so far this year, with Goldeneye, Red-throated Diver and a dead Little Auk amongst the the other less-expected species.
#patchworkchallenge
#patchworkchallenge
January 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A quick tot-up of the year list so far shows I'm on 53 species; a slow start. Three White-fronted Geese arrived on Sunday, one of the few signs of movement so far this year, with Goldeneye, Red-throated Diver and a dead Little Auk amongst the the other less-expected species.
#patchworkchallenge
#patchworkchallenge
A Little Owl at Day's Lock, Oxon. A highlight of a walk around the patch today
@thamespathnt.bsky.social #PWC2025 #UKBirding
@thamespathnt.bsky.social #PWC2025 #UKBirding
January 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We have now opened up a Bluesky feed for #patchworkchallenge to collate posts containing a related hashtag.
Why not give it a follow so you can keep up to date with your fellow patch birders: bsky.app/profile/did:...
#pwc2025, #patchbirding, #patchgold, #pwc, #patchworkchallenge
Why not give it a follow so you can keep up to date with your fellow patch birders: bsky.app/profile/did:...
#pwc2025, #patchbirding, #patchgold, #pwc, #patchworkchallenge
January 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We have now opened up a Bluesky feed for #patchworkchallenge to collate posts containing a related hashtag.
Why not give it a follow so you can keep up to date with your fellow patch birders: bsky.app/profile/did:...
#pwc2025, #patchbirding, #patchgold, #pwc, #patchworkchallenge
Why not give it a follow so you can keep up to date with your fellow patch birders: bsky.app/profile/did:...
#pwc2025, #patchbirding, #patchgold, #pwc, #patchworkchallenge
Ring-necked Duck still at Gouthwaite Reservoir associating with Tufties, nice end to the Patchwork challenge. @nybirdnews @RareBirdAlertUK @PatchBirding #PWC2024 #patchworkchallenge.
December 30, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Ring-necked Duck still at Gouthwaite Reservoir associating with Tufties, nice end to the Patchwork challenge. @nybirdnews @RareBirdAlertUK @PatchBirding #PWC2024 #patchworkchallenge.
Ain't no storm strong enough. Hardcore birding the local patch Gouthwaite Reservoir. #StormDarragh #PWC2024 #Patchworkchallenge
December 8, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Ain't no storm strong enough. Hardcore birding the local patch Gouthwaite Reservoir. #StormDarragh #PWC2024 #Patchworkchallenge