Bill Stuart
@bill-stuart.bsky.social
Sussex birdwatcher
2025 British year list 205
(latest: Lesser Scaup)
2025 British year list 205
(latest: Lesser Scaup)
Staines Reservoirs not as cold as I was expecting. Lesser Scaup with the Pochard close in NE corner of South basin then flew far SW corner. No signs of cold weather movement. #LondonBirds #ukbirding #birds
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Staines Reservoirs not as cold as I was expecting. Lesser Scaup with the Pochard close in NE corner of South basin then flew far SW corner. No signs of cold weather movement. #LondonBirds #ukbirding #birds
Quick visit to Unstead nature reserve yielded 2 Little Egrets, 2 Buzzards, a Raven, some Shoveler, Teal and (as with everywhere I go at moment) lots of Goldcrest #surreybirding #ukbirding #birds
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Quick visit to Unstead nature reserve yielded 2 Little Egrets, 2 Buzzards, a Raven, some Shoveler, Teal and (as with everywhere I go at moment) lots of Goldcrest #surreybirding #ukbirding #birds
Excellent week on North Norfolk coast. Highlight having breakfast outside each morning with 000’s Pink Footed Geese overhead on their morning commute. Supporting cast incl Shorelark, Snow Bunting, Waxwing, 3 diver sp, AGP, YBW #norfolkbirding #ukbirding #birds
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Excellent week on North Norfolk coast. Highlight having breakfast outside each morning with 000’s Pink Footed Geese overhead on their morning commute. Supporting cast incl Shorelark, Snow Bunting, Waxwing, 3 diver sp, AGP, YBW #norfolkbirding #ukbirding #birds
Holkham at last light: 2 Whooper Swans with the geese from Lady Anne’s Drive and a Hawfinch in the Pines (which are teeming with Goldcrest) #norfolkbirding #birds #ukbirding
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Holkham at last light: 2 Whooper Swans with the geese from Lady Anne’s Drive and a Hawfinch in the Pines (which are teeming with Goldcrest) #norfolkbirding #birds #ukbirding
Cley marshes and coastguard: birdwatching highlights today were watching hundreds of Starlings in-off the sea and super views of Water Pipits. Also 2 Jack Snipe; Razorbill & RT Diver os #norfolkbirding #birds #ukbirding
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cley marshes and coastguard: birdwatching highlights today were watching hundreds of Starlings in-off the sea and super views of Water Pipits. Also 2 Jack Snipe; Razorbill & RT Diver os #norfolkbirding #birds #ukbirding
Ridiculously profitable 20 minutes from platform at Thurrock Services Costa coffee overlooking the lake with Kingfisher, Goldeneye on lake, Peregrine over #ukbirding #birds #EssexBirding 🦆 ☕️ 👌
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Ridiculously profitable 20 minutes from platform at Thurrock Services Costa coffee overlooking the lake with Kingfisher, Goldeneye on lake, Peregrine over #ukbirding #birds #EssexBirding 🦆 ☕️ 👌
Beautiful autumn colours at Otmoor this afternoon. Dunlin & Great White Egret from first screen + Marsh Harrier were #birds highlights. A lot of berries awaiting arrival of winter thrushes @rspbotmoor.bsky.social #ukbirding #OxonBirding
October 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Beautiful autumn colours at Otmoor this afternoon. Dunlin & Great White Egret from first screen + Marsh Harrier were #birds highlights. A lot of berries awaiting arrival of winter thrushes @rspbotmoor.bsky.social #ukbirding #OxonBirding
This year #WorldMigratoryBird day in my sheltered bit of inland #SussexBirding is about Meadow Pipit vismig, Goldcrest dispersal & a few Chiffchaff which these ( #climatechange) days are probably arriving rather than leaving #birds
October 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This year #WorldMigratoryBird day in my sheltered bit of inland #SussexBirding is about Meadow Pipit vismig, Goldcrest dispersal & a few Chiffchaff which these ( #climatechange) days are probably arriving rather than leaving #birds
Beautiful late morning Church Norton on rising tide 9 Spoonbills, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (others reported many more), the 100s of swallows attracted a Hobby, Yellow Wagtail over, lots of Meadow Pipits in #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding @selseybirder.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Beautiful late morning Church Norton on rising tide 9 Spoonbills, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (others reported many more), the 100s of swallows attracted a Hobby, Yellow Wagtail over, lots of Meadow Pipits in #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding @selseybirder.bsky.social
Spotted Crake still at Sandwich New Downs pool ✅ also Green Sandpiper #kentbirding #ukbirding #birds 👇my view and the Crake’s view 😉
September 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Spotted Crake still at Sandwich New Downs pool ✅ also Green Sandpiper #kentbirding #ukbirding #birds 👇my view and the Crake’s view 😉
Reculver this pm walked constantly surrounded by Swallows (c2000?). On land: 2 Wheatear under the towers also Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler. Over sea: 1 Guillemot east #kentbirding #ukbirding #birds
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reculver this pm walked constantly surrounded by Swallows (c2000?). On land: 2 Wheatear under the towers also Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler. Over sea: 1 Guillemot east #kentbirding #ukbirding #birds
Oare Marshes this pm, close view of Bonaparte’s Gull east of the slipway & distant view of Curlew Sandpiper west of the slipway #birds #ukbirding #kentbirding
September 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Oare Marshes this pm, close view of Bonaparte’s Gull east of the slipway & distant view of Curlew Sandpiper west of the slipway #birds #ukbirding #kentbirding
Excellent few days in Seine valley Normandie 🇫🇷 #LowCarbonBirding via Eurostar SNCF-Nomad & local buses 🚇🚊🚌 #birds highlights Short toed Treecreepers and Pied Flycatchers
August 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Excellent few days in Seine valley Normandie 🇫🇷 #LowCarbonBirding via Eurostar SNCF-Nomad & local buses 🚇🚊🚌 #birds highlights Short toed Treecreepers and Pied Flycatchers
Pulborough RSPB - Green Sandpiper from Jupps best of the #birds. Thank you to @rspb.bsky.social volunteers for helping this complete beginner with butterflies 🦋 I think this is a Gatekeeper👇 (don’t laugh) @savebutterflies.bsky.social #ukbirding #sussexbirding
August 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Pulborough RSPB - Green Sandpiper from Jupps best of the #birds. Thank you to @rspb.bsky.social volunteers for helping this complete beginner with butterflies 🦋 I think this is a Gatekeeper👇 (don’t laugh) @savebutterflies.bsky.social #ukbirding #sussexbirding
Weirwood Reservoir: 2 Common Sandpipers on the dam, GBB Gull pair and their now brute of a juvenile. No raptors for me this pm #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
August 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Weirwood Reservoir: 2 Common Sandpipers on the dam, GBB Gull pair and their now brute of a juvenile. No raptors for me this pm #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
Nightjar 9:25 Pulborough RSPB one flew right in front of the bench another churring below. Always good to get a photo 👇😉
@rspb.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
@rspb.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
July 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nightjar 9:25 Pulborough RSPB one flew right in front of the bench another churring below. Always good to get a photo 👇😉
@rspb.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
@rspb.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
Felt like a good afternoon for a seawatch … Splash Point, Seaford 💨↗️ force 5 gusting 7/8 … I was wrong 🤦🏻 Still the smell of salt and flight of Kittiwakes can’t be bad 😊 #ukbirding #birds
July 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Felt like a good afternoon for a seawatch … Splash Point, Seaford 💨↗️ force 5 gusting 7/8 … I was wrong 🤦🏻 Still the smell of salt and flight of Kittiwakes can’t be bad 😊 #ukbirding #birds
White Storks
#birds on #wine labels 🍷 occasional series
2 unringed storks so can’t be @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwilding.bsky.social birds ✅ 😉
#birds on #wine labels 🍷 occasional series
2 unringed storks so can’t be @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwilding.bsky.social birds ✅ 😉
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
White Storks
#birds on #wine labels 🍷 occasional series
2 unringed storks so can’t be @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwilding.bsky.social birds ✅ 😉
#birds on #wine labels 🍷 occasional series
2 unringed storks so can’t be @whitestorkproject.bsky.social @kneppwilding.bsky.social birds ✅ 😉
Fabulous hour Weirwood Reservoir: Common Terns and Kingfishers fishing, Spotted Flycatcher & Treecreepers in little wood behind hide, GBB Gull west end. #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
July 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Fabulous hour Weirwood Reservoir: Common Terns and Kingfishers fishing, Spotted Flycatcher & Treecreepers in little wood behind hide, GBB Gull west end. #birds #ukbirding #sussexbirding
My new #birds seen at Test Match #cricket list at Lord’s today: Woodpigeon, Pied Wagtail, Herring Gull so 3 not out 🤷♂️ Joe Root’s 99no a different level from anyone else 🏏 #ENGvIND #ukbirding
July 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My new #birds seen at Test Match #cricket list at Lord’s today: Woodpigeon, Pied Wagtail, Herring Gull so 3 not out 🤷♂️ Joe Root’s 99no a different level from anyone else 🏏 #ENGvIND #ukbirding
Last day’s #ukbirding before the next heatwave. Beddington Farmlands: no waders visible from public paths; Meadow Pipit over calling felt unseasonal #surreybirding #londonbirds #birds
July 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Last day’s #ukbirding before the next heatwave. Beddington Farmlands: no waders visible from public paths; Meadow Pipit over calling felt unseasonal #surreybirding #londonbirds #birds
Slightly surreal at Otmoor this afternoon. From first screen there’s Glossy Ibis, Egret roost that had 31 Cattle 29 Little 1 Great when I left ( #climatechange ) and the army dropping parachutists behind enemy lines 🪂 #birds #ukbirding @rspbotmoor.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Slightly surreal at Otmoor this afternoon. From first screen there’s Glossy Ibis, Egret roost that had 31 Cattle 29 Little 1 Great when I left ( #climatechange ) and the army dropping parachutists behind enemy lines 🪂 #birds #ukbirding @rspbotmoor.bsky.social