Dawn at Wembury with @devine1974.bsky.social - Wryneck (///middle.revisits.pass), 2 Sanderling, 3 White Wags, Cetti's, 8 Med Gulls, 7 Cirls, Swallow, Dunlin, 9 Turnstone. First Wigeon of the autumn & Firecrest in the Crownhill Down area. #10kmpatch #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

5 Whooper Swans flew over the lane this morning, at 10:37.

Male Stonechat perched on a hedge, not always seen on the lane.

At least 5 Meadow Pipits hanging around as well.

#UkBirding #PatchBirding

As well as butterflies still lingering.

Wasnt expecting a flamingo on my Severnside patch visit yesterday. Green ring, so presumed to be the one from Birdland in Bourton, that’s spent plenty time in the upper estuary. #birding #patchbirding

The run of good luck continues… out #patchbirding this evening… a juvenile MARSH HARRIER headed NE over the Hothfield Flood Storage Reservoir (towards Eastwell Lake). Species #101 for 2026. Stonechats, Yellowhammers, Herons, Buzzards & the Barn Owl hunting again at Godinton - 4th sighting this month

A lovely Evening #patchbirding
The Mersey was like a mill pond so flat and calm with a beautiful sky above
Usual waders on shore ..curlew,redshank,oystercatchers,a few little and a gw egret.
2 stonechat, 2 raven,kestrel,buzzard and lovely to see one of the barn owls out early .

"Been a good year for Jackdaw", probably no-one ever said. Patch record counts of Jackdaw (graph) and Rook in the park in recent weeks though. Lots of crows plus Magpie and Jay to collect the set of corvids this week.

Dipper and Grey wagtail along the Beck for more attractive birding.
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Eclipse drake wigeon on Tynemouth Boating Lake this morning. A great bird for the boating lake but disappointing, given it's mid-September, that wigeon is the best bird of the day. Will this run of westerlies ever end...? #nebirding #patchbirding

The wind ran through Girdle Ness today and birds were seeking respite. A Whimbrel hunkered with Curlews on the rocks. A Ruff, my first of the year, and a Bar-tailed Godwit found the golf course meadow facsimile appealing.
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Another #PatchBirding Owl session this evening on rural #Godinton Park. Barn Owl & Little Owl out hunting in the fields and a calling Tawny Owl once again from the copses. Kingfisher at #SingletonLake, Green Sandpiper near Great Chart, Kestrel, Grey Heron, Treecreeper & Chiffchaffs.

In a similar set-up to 15th, seabirds heading W out of Bristol Channel at Bull Point this a.m. after first-light frontal clearance.
Totals 07.00-08.30:
13 Common Scoter (11m,2f), 144 auk sp. (Razorbill & Guillemot), 22 Kittiwake, 6 Arctic Tern, 2 Manx Shearwater. #UKbirding #Devonbirds #patchbirding

#Patchbirding… the Barn Owl was out hunting on rural Godinton Park again this evening plus calling Tawny Owl, 4 Grey Herons, 1 Little Egret at the Flood Gap, Mistle Thrushes & Stonechats. At least 1 House Martin nest still active on the estate colony.

Recorded the 600th Hooded Crow on the patch.

And not much else.

#PatchBirding.

Long-eared owl spotted with thermal imager and distant Arctic Skua both year ticks at Kilmory #patchbirding

Another 2 juv Little Stint at the Add Estuary today along with a Turnstone, the first of the Autumn. Also 3 Hen Harriers on the cycle there...
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Distant Bonxie (pic!), 23 Common Scoter, 8 Sandwich Tern, 2 Manx Shearwater, 2 Turnstone – all W out of the Bristol Channel at Bull Point, after clearance of a cold front first thing this a.m. A burst of Swallow, House Martin & Meadow Pipit passage too. #UKbirding #DevonBirds #patchbirding

#Patchbirding this evening: out on rural Godinton Park, there were Swallows & House Martins feeding in every direction that I looked. 4 Mistle Thrushes & 1 Rook were notable (neither are regular here) plus Reed Bunting & Grey Wagtail. A Whitethroat is the first I have seen here for several weeks.

Managed to spot the female Garganey at Corkagh Park this morning. That's it in the photo, you'll have to take my word for it! #walkininclondalkin #patchbirding

The stars've aligned & led to a return to #PatchBirding
Start of the week best were Otter, a brief 2w Med Gull & first patch Wigeon whistles of the winter.
We're doing alright for Whinchats this year, clip is from today.
A lovely Willow Warbler, YLG & juvenile Common Gulls too
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶

I was pleased to see this male Stonechat on the wall of St Fittick's Church today, my first in the area for a while. Seasonal shifts were demonstrated by a few skeins of Pink-footed Geese overhead, while a late Swift flew south.
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… #patchbirding … and then a Juvenile/Immature PEREGRINE FALCON appeared over the Hothfield Waterfall Lake & Flood Gap. The Corvids & Pigeons were taking a strong dislike to it. That is 100 species for the patch so far this year !!! ✅😁 … now where is that Mute Swan ??? 🤣🤣🤣