Rob S
@rbstrng.bsky.social
Birding, music, Walsall FC.
Birding since 2014. Ultra-local Midlands twitching only, usually to see birds found by Stuart Hares. UK 'life' list 245.
https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs project
Birding since 2014. Ultra-local Midlands twitching only, usually to see birds found by Stuart Hares. UK 'life' list 245.
https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs project
Clifton Pits - Barnacle Goose and as-yet-unidentified white goose with the enormous Greylag flock. Can't see anything more interesting sadly.
Weedy fields to the south are full of finches, including several nice Brambling wheezes.
7 Fieldfare
#worcsbirds
Weedy fields to the south are full of finches, including several nice Brambling wheezes.
7 Fieldfare
#worcsbirds
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Clifton Pits - Barnacle Goose and as-yet-unidentified white goose with the enormous Greylag flock. Can't see anything more interesting sadly.
Weedy fields to the south are full of finches, including several nice Brambling wheezes.
7 Fieldfare
#worcsbirds
Weedy fields to the south are full of finches, including several nice Brambling wheezes.
7 Fieldfare
#worcsbirds
Egyptian Vulture on the clifftop (it's there if you look, honest) - Barranc d'Algendar, Menorca this morning.
18 in flight together at 10.20am was a spectacular sight, alongside 6+ Booted Eagle and several Red Kites.
18 in flight together at 10.20am was a spectacular sight, alongside 6+ Booted Eagle and several Red Kites.
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Egyptian Vulture on the clifftop (it's there if you look, honest) - Barranc d'Algendar, Menorca this morning.
18 in flight together at 10.20am was a spectacular sight, alongside 6+ Booted Eagle and several Red Kites.
18 in flight together at 10.20am was a spectacular sight, alongside 6+ Booted Eagle and several Red Kites.
Reduction in birds visiting our garden. Not sure why.
October 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reduction in birds visiting our garden. Not sure why.
Recommend this if you've never read it
September 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Recommend this if you've never read it
First play. Looking forward to this @prolapseband.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
First play. Looking forward to this @prolapseband.bsky.social
Parc de la Bovaque, Abbeville - short walk from Abbeville centre. Series of pools fed by crystal-clear chalk streams.
Spotted Flycatcher - 20+ along 100m stretch of one stream. Video doesn't really do it justice.
Black Redstart on Saint-Vulfran church. House Martins feeding nests all over town.
Spotted Flycatcher - 20+ along 100m stretch of one stream. Video doesn't really do it justice.
Black Redstart on Saint-Vulfran church. House Martins feeding nests all over town.
August 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Parc de la Bovaque, Abbeville - short walk from Abbeville centre. Series of pools fed by crystal-clear chalk streams.
Spotted Flycatcher - 20+ along 100m stretch of one stream. Video doesn't really do it justice.
Black Redstart on Saint-Vulfran church. House Martins feeding nests all over town.
Spotted Flycatcher - 20+ along 100m stretch of one stream. Video doesn't really do it justice.
Black Redstart on Saint-Vulfran church. House Martins feeding nests all over town.
WWT Slimbridge - Spoonbill feeding in front of Rushy Hide, one of two seen. 2 Wood Sand, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Avocet, 7 Green Sandpiper, RP, Dunlin, Curlew, Whimbrel, Bk-T Godwit, Snipe, Garganey, Cattle Egret, 2 GWE, Marsh Harrier. 75 species.
August 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WWT Slimbridge - Spoonbill feeding in front of Rushy Hide, one of two seen. 2 Wood Sand, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Avocet, 7 Green Sandpiper, RP, Dunlin, Curlew, Whimbrel, Bk-T Godwit, Snipe, Garganey, Cattle Egret, 2 GWE, Marsh Harrier. 75 species.
Have they been hiding under the water?
July 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Have they been hiding under the water?
Got them now. Thanks @onesharper.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Got them now. Thanks @onesharper.bsky.social
If anyone still thinks BBC News is capable of balanced political coverage, here's another nail in that coffin.
July 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If anyone still thinks BBC News is capable of balanced political coverage, here's another nail in that coffin.
BBC News front page right now
June 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
BBC News front page right now
Glossy Ibis showing well from Bittern Hide @ladywalknr.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Glossy Ibis showing well from Bittern Hide @ladywalknr.bsky.social
Nothing says "couldn't get out much at the start of the year" better than this graph. Followed by my highest monthly total ever in April. Let's hope 2025 carries on that way. @birdtrack.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Nothing says "couldn't get out much at the start of the year" better than this graph. Followed by my highest monthly total ever in April. Let's hope 2025 carries on that way. @birdtrack.bsky.social
World's worst photo of the Greenshank
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
World's worst photo of the Greenshank
Bredon Hill - 2 Ring Ouzel (1M 1F) with 25+ Fieldfare, west of the tower.
Redstart singing, Tree Pipit display flight, Whitethroat, 4 Red Kite.
Redstart singing, Tree Pipit display flight, Whitethroat, 4 Red Kite.
April 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Bredon Hill - 2 Ring Ouzel (1M 1F) with 25+ Fieldfare, west of the tower.
Redstart singing, Tree Pipit display flight, Whitethroat, 4 Red Kite.
Redstart singing, Tree Pipit display flight, Whitethroat, 4 Red Kite.
Photo taken by a non-birding colleague who is not in the UK. ID confirmation welcome. I'm spending too much time looking at the bill tip.
February 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Photo taken by a non-birding colleague who is not in the UK. ID confirmation welcome. I'm spending too much time looking at the bill tip.
2024 - 10th birding - very much a year of two halves. 182 species between 1st Jan and 1st June, but only 6 added after that.
Three new UK species, all on 13th Feb - Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting, Velvet Scoter.
@btobirds.bsky.social 20 most widespread species I didn't see in 2024, inc 4 UK lifers
Three new UK species, all on 13th Feb - Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting, Velvet Scoter.
@btobirds.bsky.social 20 most widespread species I didn't see in 2024, inc 4 UK lifers
December 31, 2024 at 11:44 AM
2024 - 10th birding - very much a year of two halves. 182 species between 1st Jan and 1st June, but only 6 added after that.
Three new UK species, all on 13th Feb - Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting, Velvet Scoter.
@btobirds.bsky.social 20 most widespread species I didn't see in 2024, inc 4 UK lifers
Three new UK species, all on 13th Feb - Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting, Velvet Scoter.
@btobirds.bsky.social 20 most widespread species I didn't see in 2024, inc 4 UK lifers
Any moth-ers know what this is? It's on our patio door.
October 10, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Any moth-ers know what this is? It's on our patio door.
Bartley today. Constant drizzle, low cloud. Little did we realise that Stewart's Reed Bunting was going to be the highlight. Effort mostly concentrated this morning. Kate braved the rain late afternoon but nothing new. 52 species, 5 observers. Not even a Great Crested Grebe. #westmidsalldayer
September 7, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Bartley today. Constant drizzle, low cloud. Little did we realise that Stewart's Reed Bunting was going to be the highlight. Effort mostly concentrated this morning. Kate braved the rain late afternoon but nothing new. 52 species, 5 observers. Not even a Great Crested Grebe. #westmidsalldayer
Stanklyn Lane - min 3 Whinchat in set-aside field opposite Heath Lane junction.
Thanks to those who've reported these birds over the last few days.
#worcsbirds
Thanks to those who've reported these birds over the last few days.
#worcsbirds
August 29, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Stanklyn Lane - min 3 Whinchat in set-aside field opposite Heath Lane junction.
Thanks to those who've reported these birds over the last few days.
#worcsbirds
Thanks to those who've reported these birds over the last few days.
#worcsbirds
Understandable from a safety perspective, but the recently-installed hand rails across the middle of Frankley Reservoir will surely reduce the numbers of loafing gulls over the winter. Not much chance of finding Glaucous Gull this year. #WestMidsBirding
August 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Understandable from a safety perspective, but the recently-installed hand rails across the middle of Frankley Reservoir will surely reduce the numbers of loafing gulls over the winter. Not much chance of finding Glaucous Gull this year. #WestMidsBirding