Marcbuzzard
@marcbuzzard.bsky.social
Cymro. Birder. Great Orme, Conwy RSPB and Spurn ☺️👍
A few hours pre-rain at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire this morning. Adult Yellow-legged Gull (with 50+ LBBG and 25 HGs), 12+ Great White Egrets, 15 Little Egret, 9 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 130 Lapwing, 44 Wigeon and 2 Goosander being the highlights. #Birdingwales #UKbirding
February 16, 2026 at 10:05 AM
A few hours pre-rain at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire this morning. Adult Yellow-legged Gull (with 50+ LBBG and 25 HGs), 12+ Great White Egrets, 15 Little Egret, 9 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 130 Lapwing, 44 Wigeon and 2 Goosander being the highlights. #Birdingwales #UKbirding
A walk at Gronant, Flintshire - Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 2arsh Harrier and 4000+ Common Gulls. A Norwegian ringed and UK ringed Common Gull amongst the throngs. Gulls were arriving all the time so an evening visit in calm conditions is on the cards! #ukbirding #birdingwales #cr-biring #euring
February 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
A walk at Gronant, Flintshire - Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 2arsh Harrier and 4000+ Common Gulls. A Norwegian ringed and UK ringed Common Gull amongst the throngs. Gulls were arriving all the time so an evening visit in calm conditions is on the cards! #ukbirding #birdingwales #cr-biring #euring
Distant + pouring with rain, but I think there’s just enough to i.d this as Anglesey’s second Caspian Gull. Dark tertials, long gangly legs (especially tibia), thin black bill + white rounded head, size. It also showed a nice black tail band + white auxiliaries when it flew #birdingwales #ukbirding
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Distant + pouring with rain, but I think there’s just enough to i.d this as Anglesey’s second Caspian Gull. Dark tertials, long gangly legs (especially tibia), thin black bill + white rounded head, size. It also showed a nice black tail band + white auxiliaries when it flew #birdingwales #ukbirding
Great day out on Ynys Mon (Anglesey) and North Wales coast with Paul Leafe yesterday. bufflehead, 3 Great N Diver, 3 Slavonian Grebe, Caspian Gull, Med Gulls, Yellow-b Warbler, Green winged Teal and this superb Peregrine chasing 1000s of waders! #ukbirding #birdingwales
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Great day out on Ynys Mon (Anglesey) and North Wales coast with Paul Leafe yesterday. bufflehead, 3 Great N Diver, 3 Slavonian Grebe, Caspian Gull, Med Gulls, Yellow-b Warbler, Green winged Teal and this superb Peregrine chasing 1000s of waders! #ukbirding #birdingwales
Finally caught up with the Morfa Madryn LNR Green-winged Teal today. The Yellow-browed Warbler showing well in its usual spot with 2 Chiff-chaff. All birds vocal today with YBW calling regularly and Chiff-chaff in full song. #ukbirding #birdingwales
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Finally caught up with the Morfa Madryn LNR Green-winged Teal today. The Yellow-browed Warbler showing well in its usual spot with 2 Chiff-chaff. All birds vocal today with YBW calling regularly and Chiff-chaff in full song. #ukbirding #birdingwales
Nice to Year tick the Welsh Bufflehead this afternoon. An Anglesey tick to boot. Good to catch up with the Anglesey birders who were celebrating a good bird on their patch. ☺️👍 #birdingwales #ukbirding
February 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Nice to Year tick the Welsh Bufflehead this afternoon. An Anglesey tick to boot. Good to catch up with the Anglesey birders who were celebrating a good bird on their patch. ☺️👍 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Catching up with a few local year ticks after being out of the country. The Yellow-browed Warbler was at Morfa Madryn NR along with a showy Firecrest. 11 Greenshank and 5 Pale-bellied Brent Geese on the saltmarsh too. #birdingwales #ukbirding
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Catching up with a few local year ticks after being out of the country. The Yellow-browed Warbler was at Morfa Madryn NR along with a showy Firecrest. 11 Greenshank and 5 Pale-bellied Brent Geese on the saltmarsh too. #birdingwales #ukbirding
This card in my Brooke Bond tea card collection as a boy has always excited me. Today I finally saw my first species of Archer Fish, and even saw it squirt water! Also Needle Fish! Awesome Thailand! With @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 AM
This card in my Brooke Bond tea card collection as a boy has always excited me. Today I finally saw my first species of Archer Fish, and even saw it squirt water! Also Needle Fish! Awesome Thailand! With @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social
The last few days have been awesome! Too many highlights to mention. Pics here of Collared Scops Owl, Orange Headed Trogon, Crimson Sunbird + Great Hornbill, of which we saw 24 in one tree! 282 species in the first 6 days😜. Off up north now with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 6:24 AM
The last few days have been awesome! Too many highlights to mention. Pics here of Collared Scops Owl, Orange Headed Trogon, Crimson Sunbird + Great Hornbill, of which we saw 24 in one tree! 282 species in the first 6 days😜. Off up north now with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social
Bingo! A Spoon-full of Thailand with Birdwatching Trips is a success! With @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social with ace Thai birder @jay-shrike.bsky.social Walk away views. Now to enjoy a fortnight of Thai birds ☺️👍 #thailandbirds #birding
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Bingo! A Spoon-full of Thailand with Birdwatching Trips is a success! With @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social with ace Thai birder @jay-shrike.bsky.social Walk away views. Now to enjoy a fortnight of Thai birds ☺️👍 #thailandbirds #birding
A few of today’s Birdwatching Trips tour highlights from around our hotel in Bangkok. Orange-headed Thrush, Black Baza, Grey-headed and Red-wattled Lapwing. Without really trying we amassed 84 species on our ‘rest day’! ☺️👍🇹🇭#birdingthailand @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:21 PM
A few of today’s Birdwatching Trips tour highlights from around our hotel in Bangkok. Orange-headed Thrush, Black Baza, Grey-headed and Red-wattled Lapwing. Without really trying we amassed 84 species on our ‘rest day’! ☺️👍🇹🇭#birdingthailand @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social @philwoollen.bsky.social
Great start to a two week birding trip with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social in Thailand. Orange-headed Thrush, Chestnut-sided Starling, Pink-necked Pigeons + Eastern Yellow Wagtail amongst the 44 sp. seen around our Bangkok hotel this p.m. I think this is going to be good ☺️👍 #birding #birdingthailand
January 19, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Great start to a two week birding trip with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social in Thailand. Orange-headed Thrush, Chestnut-sided Starling, Pink-necked Pigeons + Eastern Yellow Wagtail amongst the 44 sp. seen around our Bangkok hotel this p.m. I think this is going to be good ☺️👍 #birding #birdingthailand
A brief early visit to Anglesey with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social came up trumps with great views of the Bewick’s Swan. Initially at Cors Ddyga it flew to Pont Marquis with 20 Whooper Swans. 3 Egyptian Geese + Cattle Egret too. 6 Great N Diver + 5 Slav Grebe near Holyhead #birdingwales #ukbiring
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A brief early visit to Anglesey with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social came up trumps with great views of the Bewick’s Swan. Initially at Cors Ddyga it flew to Pont Marquis with 20 Whooper Swans. 3 Egyptian Geese + Cattle Egret too. 6 Great N Diver + 5 Slav Grebe near Holyhead #birdingwales #ukbiring
70 species seen at @rspbburtonmere.bsky.social Burton Mere RSPB today. I wasn’t expecting Willow Tit here, calling and showing on the track to Bridge screen. 3 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Little Owl, 4 Ruff, 15+ Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 12 Fieldfare the highlights. #ukbirding #birdingwales
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
70 species seen at @rspbburtonmere.bsky.social Burton Mere RSPB today. I wasn’t expecting Willow Tit here, calling and showing on the track to Bridge screen. 3 Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Little Owl, 4 Ruff, 15+ Marsh Harrier, 2 Water Rail, 12 Fieldfare the highlights. #ukbirding #birdingwales
The day started with the Lesser Yellowlegs showing continuously for an hour on the River Clwyd. 2 Kingfisher, 5 Goosander, 5 Pink-footed Goose + good numbers of waders + ducks. This evening 25+ Marsh Harriers came into Neston Reedbed to roost along with at least one Bittern #ukbirding #birdingwales
January 11, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The day started with the Lesser Yellowlegs showing continuously for an hour on the River Clwyd. 2 Kingfisher, 5 Goosander, 5 Pink-footed Goose + good numbers of waders + ducks. This evening 25+ Marsh Harriers came into Neston Reedbed to roost along with at least one Bittern #ukbirding #birdingwales
2 Snow Bunting at Gronant still. Very showy male and female. Seem as though there are very few about this winter. A bonus Water Pipit here too. Mixed Sanderling, Knot, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Turnstone was cool and fun looking through the gulls #ukbirding #birdingwales
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
2 Snow Bunting at Gronant still. Very showy male and female. Seem as though there are very few about this winter. A bonus Water Pipit here too. Mixed Sanderling, Knot, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Turnstone was cool and fun looking through the gulls #ukbirding #birdingwales
A great day guiding along North Wales coast today with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social - Shorelark, 10 Chough, Whooper Swans, 3 Slavonian Grebes, lots of Ducks and waders, great views of Red Squirrels and 3 very showy Water Rail at @rspbcymru.bsky.social Conwy. Great weather and stunning scenery too ☺️👍
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
A great day guiding along North Wales coast today with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social - Shorelark, 10 Chough, Whooper Swans, 3 Slavonian Grebes, lots of Ducks and waders, great views of Red Squirrels and 3 very showy Water Rail at @rspbcymru.bsky.social Conwy. Great weather and stunning scenery too ☺️👍
The long-staying Shorelark on the Great Orme showed well this afternoon. Finally got it on the year list on my fourth visit of 2026! Where on earth does it disappear to? Great bird and with patience shows well ☺️👍 #ukbirding #birdingwales
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The long-staying Shorelark on the Great Orme showed well this afternoon. Finally got it on the year list on my fourth visit of 2026! Where on earth does it disappear to? Great bird and with patience shows well ☺️👍 #ukbirding #birdingwales
My father in-law is 80 years old, on his own + can’t get out. We put up some bird feeders outside the window he sits at day in day out. It brings him so much joy, he’s even singed up to the @rspb.bsky.social Big Garden Birdwatch. Today he couldn’t stop talking about today’s visitors (in the vid!) ☺️👍
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
My father in-law is 80 years old, on his own + can’t get out. We put up some bird feeders outside the window he sits at day in day out. It brings him so much joy, he’s even singed up to the @rspb.bsky.social Big Garden Birdwatch. Today he couldn’t stop talking about today’s visitors (in the vid!) ☺️👍
Bonkers weather and road chaos scuppered a proper shot at a New Year bird race however great fun with Tony Kearney + Owen Parsons. A close Slav Grebe at the Spinnies NR was the highlight until @alexhj.bsky.social found a superb Lesser Yellowlegs on the Clwyd! cracking bird ☺️ #ukbiring #birdingwales
January 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Bonkers weather and road chaos scuppered a proper shot at a New Year bird race however great fun with Tony Kearney + Owen Parsons. A close Slav Grebe at the Spinnies NR was the highlight until @alexhj.bsky.social found a superb Lesser Yellowlegs on the Clwyd! cracking bird ☺️ #ukbiring #birdingwales
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, Happy New Year. 62 species at Conwy RSPB 7.30-10am. 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail, 2 Knot, Cetti’s Warbler, 14 Dunlin, Stock Dove, 154 Lapwing and these fine Red-breasted Mergansers. 13 of them displaying on the lagoon ☺️👍 good start to local birding 2026. #ukbirding #birdingwales
January 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, Happy New Year. 62 species at Conwy RSPB 7.30-10am. 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Pintail, 2 Knot, Cetti’s Warbler, 14 Dunlin, Stock Dove, 154 Lapwing and these fine Red-breasted Mergansers. 13 of them displaying on the lagoon ☺️👍 good start to local birding 2026. #ukbirding #birdingwales
Only six species seen all day on an 8 mile epic from Penmaenmawr to the summit of Drum and back. At least 12 Red Grouse seen, a species I could only dream of seeing up there as a young lad. Red Kite, Raven, Stonechat, Kestrel and a Carrion Crow made up the rest of the list! #ukbiring #birdingwales
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Only six species seen all day on an 8 mile epic from Penmaenmawr to the summit of Drum and back. At least 12 Red Grouse seen, a species I could only dream of seeing up there as a young lad. Red Kite, Raven, Stonechat, Kestrel and a Carrion Crow made up the rest of the list! #ukbiring #birdingwales
Hard to come by this winter, two Snow Buntings on Talacre Beach were a welcome surprise this afternoon. 600+ Pink-footed Geese flying west, a Water Pipit and a Jack Snipe were the highlights of a walk from Prestatyn to Gronant and back. #ukbirding #birdingwales
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hard to come by this winter, two Snow Buntings on Talacre Beach were a welcome surprise this afternoon. 600+ Pink-footed Geese flying west, a Water Pipit and a Jack Snipe were the highlights of a walk from Prestatyn to Gronant and back. #ukbirding #birdingwales
An unseasonal Common Sandpiper on the River Clwyd near Rhuddlan this afternoon on enjoyable walk with @angnatur.bsky.social 55 Pink footed Geese, 47 Black-tailed Godwits and many many Wigeon, Teal and Dunlin to search through. #ukbirding #birdingwales
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
An unseasonal Common Sandpiper on the River Clwyd near Rhuddlan this afternoon on enjoyable walk with @angnatur.bsky.social 55 Pink footed Geese, 47 Black-tailed Godwits and many many Wigeon, Teal and Dunlin to search through. #ukbirding #birdingwales
A fine Great Northern Diver off Colwyn Bay today. No sign of any Surf Scoters, despite the perfect light. 3 Purple Sandpiper at Rhos Point in the wader flock. #birdingwales #ukbirding
December 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A fine Great Northern Diver off Colwyn Bay today. No sign of any Surf Scoters, despite the perfect light. 3 Purple Sandpiper at Rhos Point in the wader flock. #birdingwales #ukbirding