Rob Hill
@robhbirder.bsky.social
Freelance bird surveyor and copywriter. Yearns to live in Cornwall. Nature is a language, can’t you read?
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A good morning to be out and about in Bucks. Slavonian Grebe still at College Lake (first in the county since 2021). 43 Russian Whitefronts in the fields just outside Ivinghoe, and two Marsh Harriers at Gallows Bridge. There’s also a Smew in the Herts section of Marsworth Reservoir.
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
A good morning to be out and about in Bucks. Slavonian Grebe still at College Lake (first in the county since 2021). 43 Russian Whitefronts in the fields just outside Ivinghoe, and two Marsh Harriers at Gallows Bridge. There’s also a Smew in the Herts section of Marsworth Reservoir.
#ukbirding
#ukbirding
First time out since joining @patchbirding.bsky.social Above average no’s of wildfowl at Linford NR, esp Wigeon & Tufties. 2 Oycs were - if breeders - very early returnees. Herons nest-building. @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #PWC2026 #ukbirding
January 30, 2026 at 3:05 PM
First time out since joining @patchbirding.bsky.social Above average no’s of wildfowl at Linford NR, esp Wigeon & Tufties. 2 Oycs were - if breeders - very early returnees. Herons nest-building. @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #PWC2026 #ukbirding
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Brilliant write up in British Birds of his local Bucks patch by Bucks Bird Club member @harryswildlife.bsky.social .
It was also the venue for one of our January field trips, led of course by Harry !
It was also the venue for one of our January field trips, led of course by Harry !
Early mornings. Quiet trails. Amazing birds.
Since he caught the birding bug through wildlife photography in his early teens, Harry has recorded 145 species within about two miles of home.
Read more about Harry's local patch of Tattenhoe in the January journal
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
Since he caught the birding bug through wildlife photography in his early teens, Harry has recorded 145 species within about two miles of home.
Read more about Harry's local patch of Tattenhoe in the January journal
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Brilliant write up in British Birds of his local Bucks patch by Bucks Bird Club member @harryswildlife.bsky.social .
It was also the venue for one of our January field trips, led of course by Harry !
It was also the venue for one of our January field trips, led of course by Harry !
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The latest sightings reports for September through to November are now up on our website. Some great records, excellent analysis and cracking photos. Well worth a read .
www.bucksbirdclub.co.uk/club-news-an...
www.bucksbirdclub.co.uk/club-news-an...
January 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The latest sightings reports for September through to November are now up on our website. Some great records, excellent analysis and cracking photos. Well worth a read .
www.bucksbirdclub.co.uk/club-news-an...
www.bucksbirdclub.co.uk/club-news-an...
Year finishes with 132spp in my 10km circle. A decent total that took alot of hard yards. Sadly v poor for waders (no decent habitat) and the usual declining species hard to find.
Highlights inc this GND, Merlin, Kittiwake, Wood Sand, Whooper Swan, Bittern & White-fronts #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
Highlights inc this GND, Merlin, Kittiwake, Wood Sand, Whooper Swan, Bittern & White-fronts #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Year finishes with 132spp in my 10km circle. A decent total that took alot of hard yards. Sadly v poor for waders (no decent habitat) and the usual declining species hard to find.
Highlights inc this GND, Merlin, Kittiwake, Wood Sand, Whooper Swan, Bittern & White-fronts #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
Highlights inc this GND, Merlin, Kittiwake, Wood Sand, Whooper Swan, Bittern & White-fronts #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
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A quick reminder of our next event.
Dec 4, 2025 7:30 PM
Winter warmer social
St Anne's Hall, Wendover
Our chance to actually see each other face to face! Four speakers with a focus on Bucks birding, with half-time tea and refreshments. Non-members welcome!
Dec 4, 2025 7:30 PM
Winter warmer social
St Anne's Hall, Wendover
Our chance to actually see each other face to face! Four speakers with a focus on Bucks birding, with half-time tea and refreshments. Non-members welcome!
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A quick reminder of our next event.
Dec 4, 2025 7:30 PM
Winter warmer social
St Anne's Hall, Wendover
Our chance to actually see each other face to face! Four speakers with a focus on Bucks birding, with half-time tea and refreshments. Non-members welcome!
Dec 4, 2025 7:30 PM
Winter warmer social
St Anne's Hall, Wendover
Our chance to actually see each other face to face! Four speakers with a focus on Bucks birding, with half-time tea and refreshments. Non-members welcome!
Random delight, an article about one of my favourite ever TV shows. Criminally hard to find on dvd for years, absent from streaming…until now 🙌
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘It explored the spectrum of humanity’: the enduring pleasures of Northern Exposure
The quirky early 90s drama ran for 110 episodes, had fans in Joni Mitchell and Bon Iver, and showed one of TV’s first gay weddings. Now, having been forgotten for years, its warm-hearted charms are be...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Random delight, an article about one of my favourite ever TV shows. Criminally hard to find on dvd for years, absent from streaming…until now 🙌
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Still almost defies belief. An Alpine Accentor in Bucks. That was a good day…. #ukbirding
Oh yes, the annual report - consistently excellent!
Oh yes, the annual report - consistently excellent!
Our 2024 Annual Report is ready to be published!
If you are a BBC member, or wish to purchase one, they will be available at the much anticipated indoor meeting in Wendover on December 4th.
Distributions by post will begin w/c 8th.
A thumping good read to enjoy over Xmas !
If you are a BBC member, or wish to purchase one, they will be available at the much anticipated indoor meeting in Wendover on December 4th.
Distributions by post will begin w/c 8th.
A thumping good read to enjoy over Xmas !
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Still almost defies belief. An Alpine Accentor in Bucks. That was a good day…. #ukbirding
Oh yes, the annual report - consistently excellent!
Oh yes, the annual report - consistently excellent!
My home county bird club is now on Bluesky. Welcome Bucks Bird Club!
Please follow for news from our county where the rarities are few but birder’s commitment never wanes #ukbirding
bsky.app/profile/buck...
Please follow for news from our county where the rarities are few but birder’s commitment never wanes #ukbirding
bsky.app/profile/buck...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My home county bird club is now on Bluesky. Welcome Bucks Bird Club!
Please follow for news from our county where the rarities are few but birder’s commitment never wanes #ukbirding
bsky.app/profile/buck...
Please follow for news from our county where the rarities are few but birder’s commitment never wanes #ukbirding
bsky.app/profile/buck...
This Great Northern Diver at Foxcote today was perhaps overdue, but still an unexpected patch mega. Looked very sluggish when I was there, but was seen catching a fish earlier. So hopefully it’s in good health #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This Great Northern Diver at Foxcote today was perhaps overdue, but still an unexpected patch mega. Looked very sluggish when I was there, but was seen catching a fish earlier. So hopefully it’s in good health #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
Another super day at Titchwell. 2 1st-w Ring Ouzels in-off at Thornham Pt, Little Gull, Goldeneye & Red-b Merg on the sea, Merlin harassing Skylarks, showy Firecrest, and a big Starling roost to boot #ukbirding
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Another super day at Titchwell. 2 1st-w Ring Ouzels in-off at Thornham Pt, Little Gull, Goldeneye & Red-b Merg on the sea, Merlin harassing Skylarks, showy Firecrest, and a big Starling roost to boot #ukbirding
Spectacular Starling passage at Titchwell today, birds piling through at 9-10k/hr all day, right up til dusk. Awesome to see.
Not much other vis-mig - Snow Bunt in off, 100+ Chaffinch, handful of Redwing & Fieldfare. Merlin & Caspian Gull best of the rest #ukbirding
Not much other vis-mig - Snow Bunt in off, 100+ Chaffinch, handful of Redwing & Fieldfare. Merlin & Caspian Gull best of the rest #ukbirding
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Spectacular Starling passage at Titchwell today, birds piling through at 9-10k/hr all day, right up til dusk. Awesome to see.
Not much other vis-mig - Snow Bunt in off, 100+ Chaffinch, handful of Redwing & Fieldfare. Merlin & Caspian Gull best of the rest #ukbirding
Not much other vis-mig - Snow Bunt in off, 100+ Chaffinch, handful of Redwing & Fieldfare. Merlin & Caspian Gull best of the rest #ukbirding
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So much for "boosting growth".
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns
Exclusive: Proposed legislation removes EU-derived nature protections as government hopes to boost economic growth
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So much for "boosting growth".
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This Scaup at Foxcote is my best patch find for quite a while. Follows one yesterday near Tring. After being very rare in Bucks for about 10 years, we’ve had 7 since March 2023. Thanks to @paulgibbs.bsky.social for the pic #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This Scaup at Foxcote is my best patch find for quite a while. Follows one yesterday near Tring. After being very rare in Bucks for about 10 years, we’ve had 7 since March 2023. Thanks to @paulgibbs.bsky.social for the pic #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
Another superb 2wks in autumnal Cornwall. Excellent birding as always, with some modest finds - Pied Fly, Turtle Dove, Curlew Sand, plus Great & Sooty Shear from the Scillonian. Birds eclipsed by two longed-for insects- Monarch & Vagrant Emperor. Until next time, Kernow 🙌 #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
October 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Another superb 2wks in autumnal Cornwall. Excellent birding as always, with some modest finds - Pied Fly, Turtle Dove, Curlew Sand, plus Great & Sooty Shear from the Scillonian. Birds eclipsed by two longed-for insects- Monarch & Vagrant Emperor. Until next time, Kernow 🙌 #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
1st-w Turtle Dove, Spotted Fly & 3 Wheatear the best of the birds at a sunny Porthgwarra today. But best of all was a Monarch butterfly batting its way along the coast path, my first ever. Also Clouded Yellow & dozens of Red Admiral & Painted Lady. Glorious #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
September 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
1st-w Turtle Dove, Spotted Fly & 3 Wheatear the best of the birds at a sunny Porthgwarra today. But best of all was a Monarch butterfly batting its way along the coast path, my first ever. Also Clouded Yellow & dozens of Red Admiral & Painted Lady. Glorious #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
Curlew Sand the highlight amongst a nice group of waders on Marazion beach this evening. Beautiful evening to just sit, chill, and watch the sea #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
September 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Curlew Sand the highlight amongst a nice group of waders on Marazion beach this evening. Beautiful evening to just sit, chill, and watch the sea #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
Impressive hirundine passage at Marazion today. Birds streaming east in poor weather, about 60-70/min for 4hrs. Mostly House Martins & Swallows skimming over rooftops and skirting cliff edges. No let up until the sun came out #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
September 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Impressive hirundine passage at Marazion today. Birds streaming east in poor weather, about 60-70/min for 4hrs. Mostly House Martins & Swallows skimming over rooftops and skirting cliff edges. No let up until the sun came out #ukbirding #cornwallbirding
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This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The most influential UK politician of the 21st century.
Which is freaking depressing.
Which is freaking depressing.
A day of shame for the UK. A political party proposes mass deportations and the response from other political parties is not to condemn this as going further than even Mosley or the National Front.
No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.
August 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The most influential UK politician of the 21st century.
Which is freaking depressing.
Which is freaking depressing.
Juv Marsh Harrier at Foxcote this morning. No sign of yesterday’s Wood Sand. Pretty much a whole autumn’s excitement packed into two days! #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
August 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Juv Marsh Harrier at Foxcote this morning. No sign of yesterday’s Wood Sand. Pretty much a whole autumn’s excitement packed into two days! #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
Wood Sand at Foxcote this morning, also 3 Common Sands. Easterlies finally deliver 🙌 #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
August 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Wood Sand at Foxcote this morning, also 3 Common Sands. Easterlies finally deliver 🙌 #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
Been a slow autumn on patch, but two Redstarts today were worth the early start. Hedges bouncing with commoner warblers, plus a Yellow Wag over #bucksbirds #ukbirding
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Been a slow autumn on patch, but two Redstarts today were worth the early start. Hedges bouncing with commoner warblers, plus a Yellow Wag over #bucksbirds #ukbirding
Blistering ride from my favourite rider at the #TdF2025 today. Gutted that @nedboulting.bsky.social and Dave won’t be back next year. But thank you for years of peerless commentary, and what a way to sign off #itvcycling
July 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Blistering ride from my favourite rider at the #TdF2025 today. Gutted that @nedboulting.bsky.social and Dave won’t be back next year. But thank you for years of peerless commentary, and what a way to sign off #itvcycling
Passage waders are a rare sight in north Bucks, especially at my local reservoir. Nice to see this splendid adult Black-wit today, amongst a noisy throng of recently fledged Black-headed Gulls #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews
July 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Passage waders are a rare sight in north Bucks, especially at my local reservoir. Nice to see this splendid adult Black-wit today, amongst a noisy throng of recently fledged Black-headed Gulls #ukbirding #bucksbirdnews