Superb trip to Isle of Gigha 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in April to see dad post surgery.

70 species - 2 Golden Eagles, GN Divers, Grasshopper Warbler, Redpoll, Whimbrel, Whitethroat, Rock Pipit, Sandwich Tern, 15+ Stonechats, 22+ Wheatears & Osprey etc.

Next up - Gigha festival in 2 weeks!

#ukbirding #BirdingScotland

Hand luggage only trip to #Fuerteventura in late March – rocky & peaceful. 50 species inc. C.c.Courser, tagged E.Vulture, Spec.Warbler, B. Partridge, Houbara Bustard, F.Stonechat, B.b.Sandgrouse, L.S.Lark, Berthelot’s Pipit, S.G.Shrike, Trump.Finch, Turtle Dove. Cracking! #birdwatching

Nice few days birding a new local patch (Dinton Pastures & Lea Farm etc.). GW Egret, Gropper, Sedge, Reed, Cetti’s, Garden Warblers & Lesser Whitethroat. Common Tern, Redshank, Cuckoo calling, Sand Martins & Swallows etc. And two Ashy-Headed Geese escapes – made me look twice! #ukbirding #berksbirds

Off on a 10-day work trip to Malawi and Ethiopia this week - great to be back in both countries, even if only for a short time!

Starting in Lilongwe, with a flight stop in Lubumbashi, DRC.

Hoping to fit in a bit of birding along the way! #Malawi #Ethiopia #Birding #Ornithology #Lilongwe

For a year, I’ve used a homemade BirdNET-Pi in our garden (24/7) with 761,343 detections of 100+ species!

Not perfect ID, but great tech for passive bird monitoring - i.e seasonal/migration trends

3 plots: weekly detection of Top 30 species

#BirdNET #UKBirding #bioacoustics #berksbirds #birds

🌄 Final day with @mbargache1.bsky.social in foothills of Atlas Mountains & afternoon #seawatching – great end to the trip!
Tristram’s Warbler, Western Orphean Warbler, Red Crossbill, Razorbill, Common Scoters, Manx Shearwater & many more birds!
#Birding #Morocco #Birds #Birdwatching #MoroccoBirding

Day 2 in the desert south of Guelmim, Morocco 🐪 – up to 94 species after a hot & memorable day!
Saharan Scrub Warbler, Barbary Falcon, Hoopoe-, Thick-billed-, & Temminck’s Lark + 4 wheatear species and much more!
Superb local guide - @mbargache1.bsky.social #Birds #Birding #Morocco #DesertBirding

Superb 1st day at Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco 🇲🇦 – 78 species on a relaxed start!
Northern Bald Ibis, Blue-winged Teal, Black-crowned Tchagra, Red-necked Nightjar, Shearwaters & many more!
Huge thanks to Mohamed Bargache for fantastic start to our trip! #Birding #Morocco #MoroccoBirding

Fantastic to see Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) this morning at Cley Beach, Norfolk – flying west while doing some seawatching. Wonderful being back home and finding one of these Arctic visitors along the coast!

#NorfolkBirding #UKBirding #Birds