It's been a good Autumn for Redwing & Fieldfare passage & with a very good crop of berries & apples on offer a lot will stay on site hopefully joined soon by some Waxwing 🤞On other taxon this Doe Roe Deer spotted me long before I saw her by a favourite apple tree #BCPBirding #UKBirding #Patchbirding
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
It's been a good Autumn for Redwing & Fieldfare passage & with a very good crop of berries & apples on offer a lot will stay on site hopefully joined soon by some Waxwing 🤞On other taxon this Doe Roe Deer spotted me long before I saw her by a favourite apple tree #BCPBirding #UKBirding #Patchbirding
A #patchgold on todays #patchbirding
A female black redstart 😍 only my 3rd ever here
it was joined by a rock pipit and a few meadow pipits and 2 pied wags over the high tide and then disappeared into Garston docks .
#ukbirding
A female black redstart 😍 only my 3rd ever here
it was joined by a rock pipit and a few meadow pipits and 2 pied wags over the high tide and then disappeared into Garston docks .
#ukbirding
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A #patchgold on todays #patchbirding
A female black redstart 😍 only my 3rd ever here
it was joined by a rock pipit and a few meadow pipits and 2 pied wags over the high tide and then disappeared into Garston docks .
#ukbirding
A female black redstart 😍 only my 3rd ever here
it was joined by a rock pipit and a few meadow pipits and 2 pied wags over the high tide and then disappeared into Garston docks .
#ukbirding
Having dipped the Severnside patch penduline by literal minutes yesterday I was delighted to see it was still there this morning! Patch mega! #ukbirding #patchbirding
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Having dipped the Severnside patch penduline by literal minutes yesterday I was delighted to see it was still there this morning! Patch mega! #ukbirding #patchbirding
A blog about the Big Day in the 10k, my 90s nostalgia, knowing the place where you live, and pretending my legs are absolutely fine the day after a 16 mile hike. #ukbirding #birds #patchbirding
Big Day in the 10k - November in Manchester
In my youth, those dim and misty days of yore before the internet, mobile phones and the wide availability of GPS, I was lucky enough to be ...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A blog about the Big Day in the 10k, my 90s nostalgia, knowing the place where you live, and pretending my legs are absolutely fine the day after a 16 mile hike. #ukbirding #birds #patchbirding
#CAWOSbirding #birds Fabulous #patchbirding around Chelford 7 of us enjoying 3 Jack snipe, GWE, Pink footed geese (62), linnets 200+, finch flock, 70 Skylarks, 40+ mipits, Reed bunts (50) Siskins 20+, shoveler, Pochard & little grebes. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#CAWOSbirding #birds Fabulous #patchbirding around Chelford 7 of us enjoying 3 Jack snipe, GWE, Pink footed geese (62), linnets 200+, finch flock, 70 Skylarks, 40+ mipits, Reed bunts (50) Siskins 20+, shoveler, Pochard & little grebes. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
It's been a fantastic few days of November birding for finding late autumn scarce and rare birds with Yellow-browed, Pallas's and Dusky Warblers, Pallid Swifts and Olive-backed Pipits with rarer stuff too! What will you find on your #patchbirding over the next few days? #PWC2025
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's been a fantastic few days of November birding for finding late autumn scarce and rare birds with Yellow-browed, Pallas's and Dusky Warblers, Pallid Swifts and Olive-backed Pipits with rarer stuff too! What will you find on your #patchbirding over the next few days? #PWC2025
Female Hen Harrier (sorry for dodgy silhouette photo)flew over Nevison's Flash South @ 09.11 , a Firecrest called a few times but I was not able to locate it, 2GWE dropped into Nevison's were the highlights this morning @ #BCPBirding #Patchbirding #UKBirding #Birdguides.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Female Hen Harrier (sorry for dodgy silhouette photo)flew over Nevison's Flash South @ 09.11 , a Firecrest called a few times but I was not able to locate it, 2GWE dropped into Nevison's were the highlights this morning @ #BCPBirding #Patchbirding #UKBirding #Birdguides.bsky.social
50 bird species at Weald CP today, highlights: Drake Teal on the main lake, Shoveler, Gadwall, Kingfisher, Redwing, Fieldfare, Greenfinch, LBBG, Common Gull, GC Grebe, Red Kite, Buzzard, Grn & GS Woodpecker, Grey Wag, Siskin, Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit, Rook and Stock Dove.
#essexbirding #patchbirding
#essexbirding #patchbirding
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
50 bird species at Weald CP today, highlights: Drake Teal on the main lake, Shoveler, Gadwall, Kingfisher, Redwing, Fieldfare, Greenfinch, LBBG, Common Gull, GC Grebe, Red Kite, Buzzard, Grn & GS Woodpecker, Grey Wag, Siskin, Goldcrest, Meadow Pipit, Rook and Stock Dove.
#essexbirding #patchbirding
#essexbirding #patchbirding
New patch tick for #ElmdonPark, a very smart pair of male Pochard.
Excuse the awful phone-photo!
Takes patch numbers up to 63, not bad for a park on the outskirts of Birmingham.
#ukbirding #patchbirding
Excuse the awful phone-photo!
Takes patch numbers up to 63, not bad for a park on the outskirts of Birmingham.
#ukbirding #patchbirding
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New patch tick for #ElmdonPark, a very smart pair of male Pochard.
Excuse the awful phone-photo!
Takes patch numbers up to 63, not bad for a park on the outskirts of Birmingham.
#ukbirding #patchbirding
Excuse the awful phone-photo!
Takes patch numbers up to 63, not bad for a park on the outskirts of Birmingham.
#ukbirding #patchbirding
The Woodpigeon flood was in full flow at Marcle Ridge this morning with 58,700 SW a new site and county record, also another good movement of 1068 Starlings WSW, 4 Bramblings, 52 Chaffinches, 58 Redwings and 4 GWE (3,1) all WSW #patchbirding
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Woodpigeon flood was in full flow at Marcle Ridge this morning with 58,700 SW a new site and county record, also another good movement of 1068 Starlings WSW, 4 Bramblings, 52 Chaffinches, 58 Redwings and 4 GWE (3,1) all WSW #patchbirding
Beautiful November morning at the Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo. Good day for raptors with Kestrel Sparrowhawk, Griffon Vulture and a late Short Toed Eagle present. Nice to see a party of Corn Buntings also. 23 Species seen.
#Birdingriogordo
#Birdingmalaga
#Lowcarbonbirding
#patchbirding
#Birdingriogordo
#Birdingmalaga
#Lowcarbonbirding
#patchbirding
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Beautiful November morning at the Arroyo de las Zorreras in Riogordo. Good day for raptors with Kestrel Sparrowhawk, Griffon Vulture and a late Short Toed Eagle present. Nice to see a party of Corn Buntings also. 23 Species seen.
#Birdingriogordo
#Birdingmalaga
#Lowcarbonbirding
#patchbirding
#Birdingriogordo
#Birdingmalaga
#Lowcarbonbirding
#patchbirding
Lots to enjoy at the patch.
Scaup, Siskins, Caspian Gull, 8 Snipe, 2 Green Sand, showy Water Rail, Goldeneye displaying & calling.
At dusk Goosander numbers are increasing 45+ so far & a small murmuration of Starlings. Pied Wag roost building at the train station
#LowCarbonBirding
#PatchBirding 🪶
Scaup, Siskins, Caspian Gull, 8 Snipe, 2 Green Sand, showy Water Rail, Goldeneye displaying & calling.
At dusk Goosander numbers are increasing 45+ so far & a small murmuration of Starlings. Pied Wag roost building at the train station
#LowCarbonBirding
#PatchBirding 🪶
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Lots to enjoy at the patch.
Scaup, Siskins, Caspian Gull, 8 Snipe, 2 Green Sand, showy Water Rail, Goldeneye displaying & calling.
At dusk Goosander numbers are increasing 45+ so far & a small murmuration of Starlings. Pied Wag roost building at the train station
#LowCarbonBirding
#PatchBirding 🪶
Scaup, Siskins, Caspian Gull, 8 Snipe, 2 Green Sand, showy Water Rail, Goldeneye displaying & calling.
At dusk Goosander numbers are increasing 45+ so far & a small murmuration of Starlings. Pied Wag roost building at the train station
#LowCarbonBirding
#PatchBirding 🪶
Woodcock the best of this week's birding in the city, flushed from the allotments in the park. Tawny owl calling one evening.
Solid supporting cast - Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Jay, plus 4 species each of gulls, thrushes, tits and finch.
36 spp is a great total.
#patchbirding #Leeds
Solid supporting cast - Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Jay, plus 4 species each of gulls, thrushes, tits and finch.
36 spp is a great total.
#patchbirding #Leeds
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Woodcock the best of this week's birding in the city, flushed from the allotments in the park. Tawny owl calling one evening.
Solid supporting cast - Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Jay, plus 4 species each of gulls, thrushes, tits and finch.
36 spp is a great total.
#patchbirding #Leeds
Solid supporting cast - Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Jay, plus 4 species each of gulls, thrushes, tits and finch.
36 spp is a great total.
#patchbirding #Leeds
High tide on #patchbirding ..mostly teal ,redshank and curlew
Several Cetti’s and water rail heard
Highlight was great views of a Jack snipe as I waited patiently for it to show itself 😍
A peregrine was perched on the gantry for a while but chased off by the crows and gulls
Several Cetti’s and water rail heard
Highlight was great views of a Jack snipe as I waited patiently for it to show itself 😍
A peregrine was perched on the gantry for a while but chased off by the crows and gulls
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
High tide on #patchbirding ..mostly teal ,redshank and curlew
Several Cetti’s and water rail heard
Highlight was great views of a Jack snipe as I waited patiently for it to show itself 😍
A peregrine was perched on the gantry for a while but chased off by the crows and gulls
Several Cetti’s and water rail heard
Highlight was great views of a Jack snipe as I waited patiently for it to show itself 😍
A peregrine was perched on the gantry for a while but chased off by the crows and gulls
An immaculate juvenile Great Northern Diver in Aberdeen Harbour today.
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
An immaculate juvenile Great Northern Diver in Aberdeen Harbour today.
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
Heard a Dunlin over Morton Bagot this morning. Only the third there in the 2020's. #PWC25 #Patchbirding
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Heard a Dunlin over Morton Bagot this morning. Only the third there in the 2020's. #PWC25 #Patchbirding
Bringing the Birds of the Lye Valley to the people of Headington Quarry, Oxford, this evening. Great to share pictures and stories about local birds with so many interested people. I’m repeating this talk in January, watch this space!
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#patchbirding #headington #Oxford
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#patchbirding #headington #Oxford
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Bringing the Birds of the Lye Valley to the people of Headington Quarry, Oxford, this evening. Great to share pictures and stories about local birds with so many interested people. I’m repeating this talk in January, watch this space!
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#patchbirding #headington #Oxford
@friendlyevalley.bsky.social
#patchbirding #headington #Oxford
#CAWOSbirding #birds we are out #patchbirding around Chelford. The quarries, farmland & stubby fields should provide us with some interesting & rewarding birding, good company as usual, Sunday morning at 11 entrance to mere farm quarry SK103LG. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#CAWOSbirding #birds we are out #patchbirding around Chelford. The quarries, farmland & stubby fields should provide us with some interesting & rewarding birding, good company as usual, Sunday morning at 11 entrance to mere farm quarry SK103LG. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
The first #patchbirding walk of Nov-25. A new ‘from the garden ✅’ as I left the house… a Green Sandpiper flew north over Godinton Park. On route to the Hothfield Waterfall Lake, Mipits mobbing a Sparrowhawk, the flock of Goldfinches & Siskins, Redwings, Mistle Thrush & vocal Green Woodpeckers.
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The first #patchbirding walk of Nov-25. A new ‘from the garden ✅’ as I left the house… a Green Sandpiper flew north over Godinton Park. On route to the Hothfield Waterfall Lake, Mipits mobbing a Sparrowhawk, the flock of Goldfinches & Siskins, Redwings, Mistle Thrush & vocal Green Woodpeckers.
Cromwell Bottom #PatchBirding YTD to 72 with sighting of the resident Tawny Owl (that everyone else seems to have seen already!) 04/11/2025 #YorkshireBirds View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Cromwell Bottom #PatchBirding YTD to 72 with sighting of the resident Tawny Owl (that everyone else seems to have seen already!) 04/11/2025 #YorkshireBirds View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu...
Highlights from Weald CP today: Red Kite, Buzzard, Grn & GS Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Shoveler, Heron, Siskin, Goldcrest and a Little Egret.
#essexbirding #patchbirding
#essexbirding #patchbirding
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Highlights from Weald CP today: Red Kite, Buzzard, Grn & GS Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Shoveler, Heron, Siskin, Goldcrest and a Little Egret.
#essexbirding #patchbirding
#essexbirding #patchbirding
#CAWOSbirding #Birds lovely day to be out #patchbirding with 9 of us enjoying good company & cracking birding. Stonechat, c40 Skylarks, c100 linnet, c200 chaffinch, c50 meadow pipets, redwings, goosander, Gadwall, wigeon, shoveler & Pochard. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#CAWOSbirding #Birds lovely day to be out #patchbirding with 9 of us enjoying good company & cracking birding. Stonechat, c40 Skylarks, c100 linnet, c200 chaffinch, c50 meadow pipets, redwings, goosander, Gadwall, wigeon, shoveler & Pochard. Image courtesy of @stevesealimages
Proper #patchgold today in St Fittick's Park with this drake Gadwall on the main marsh. It's only my fourth ever record here and the first for five years.
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Proper #patchgold today in St Fittick's Park with this drake Gadwall on the main marsh. It's only my fourth ever record here and the first for five years.
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
#Birds #BirdingScotland #PatchBirding #UKWildlife
The arrival of Starlings to the east coast yesterday reached Marcle Ridge this morning with 1450 WSW in tight knit flocks low passed the watchpoint, one of the best migration spectacles! Also 17,700 Woodpigeons SW, 7 Brambling, 150 Chaffinches, Crossbills and 2 tardy Red Admirals SW #patchbirding
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The arrival of Starlings to the east coast yesterday reached Marcle Ridge this morning with 1450 WSW in tight knit flocks low passed the watchpoint, one of the best migration spectacles! Also 17,700 Woodpigeons SW, 7 Brambling, 150 Chaffinches, Crossbills and 2 tardy Red Admirals SW #patchbirding
Part of Y'day evenings Starling pre roost murmuration was attended by 2 Peregrine, also numerous Redwing also dropping in to roost. Informed by a local fisherman that on Wednesday morning a Bittern flew across the Flash!! @ #BCPBirding #Patchbirding #UKBirding
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Part of Y'day evenings Starling pre roost murmuration was attended by 2 Peregrine, also numerous Redwing also dropping in to roost. Informed by a local fisherman that on Wednesday morning a Bittern flew across the Flash!! @ #BCPBirding #Patchbirding #UKBirding