@dawnbirder.bsky.socialMacular hole in right eye, surgery needed in both, an unexpected diagnosis today.
Stumbling out of the opticians, pupils fully dilated from testing, I decided to stick with the planned #PatchBirding & to train my left as my scope eye.
Caspian Gull, Jack Snipe, Otter & Weasel 🪶
#LowCarbonBirding
@nucifraga.bsky.social2026 green patch yearlist thread, 12 October; #127 a superb Jack Snipe at Gossy Park. My best, closest, most prolonged views ever 😃
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialA late afternoon visit to the patch today and clearly an arrival of thrushes, with lots of rustling leaf litter and a carpet of Blackbirds and Redwings at Newton Pool.
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialThere was a dribble of birds arriving in off the sea at Low Newton this morning, 16 Redwings + a handful of Blackbirds, 2 Reed Buntings, 4 Chaffinch and 5 Dunnocks !
Barnacle Geese were still moving north in reasonable numbers + 3 groups of Whooper Swans south.
@amythebirder.eurosky.socialThat time again - Port Solent (top of Portsmouth Harbour) WeBS by bus! The gulls were joined by singles of Mute Swan, Little Egret, and Great Crested Grebe.
@webs-gsmp.bsky.social #LowCarbonBirding
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialThis late Cuckoo has been at Low Newton for the last few days. A fearless juvenile, more concerned with finding caterpillars than the people stood nearby watching it. At one point it landed right at my feet to pluck a caterpillar out of the grass, amazing !
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialThousands of Barnacle Geese pouring north past Low Newton this afternoon. In amongst them a leucistic bird and a Ruddy Shelduck !
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialDespite the blue skies and westerlies a few birds were arriving this morning, 2 Brambling, 2 Chaffinch and 4 Siskin in off the sea + 6 Wheatears between Football Hole and Low Newton. Whooper Swans were on the move, 40+ south, 1 north + the Cuckoo was still at Low Newton
@tg42birder.bsky.socialChinstrap Penguins have declined markedly & rapidly as climate change warms the oceans & disrupts their food supply.
Yet RSPB, BirdLife, British Birds etc, still support & promote a Birdfair that sells ultra high carbon tours to Antarctica.
The time for change has long passed.
#lowcarbonbirding
@haselnusstafel.bsky.socialFor today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #BlueSkies; any bird against a blue sky.
Here are a Bee-Eater, a kestrel and a buzzard.
#LowCarbonBirding
#ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #BlueskyMonday
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.socialPS fun Kent factoid. Beeching one of the two most famous people born on the Isle of Sheppey (right up there alongside Rod Hull).
Hobbies? Not a rail enthusiast, didn't like sport. But really enjoyed the countryside.
(Ah, if only he'd tried #lowcarbonbirding the n Kent marshes by train 😉)
@amythebirder.eurosky.socialReturned to Titchfield Haven after a couple of weeks break. Trickles of Meadow Pipits, Skylarks and hirundines overhead - the latter swirling over the river! View from the new VC is pretty good, and turned out nice once fog cleared #LowCarbonBirding #PWC2026
@alphington-birder1.bsky.socialA train trip to and cycle back from Dawlish W today. Highlight was fishing Osprey off the Warren. 25+ R Plover, 4 Grey Plover, 2 Sand T, Med Gull, 5+ Sanderling & 3 Swallow. Marsh Garrier, Kingfisher and 13 Cattle Egret #LowCarbonBirding . More on Devon birds www.devonbirds.org/bird-sightin...
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialHad a walk around the patch yesterday, still loads of continental Song Thrushes about. At the bird crops, no sign of the Little Bunting but some lovely views of Reed Bunting. 3 Yellow-browed Warblers and a Brambling at the Tin Church.
@haselnusstafel.bsky.socialThanks to @helenbennett.bsky.social for #BirdOfTheDay #BestBeaks
With a beak, one can tap, call out, sing, catch things, and look good like these five guys.
@gary-woodburn.bsky.socialUnexpected bird of the day - JAY in off the sea ! I nearly missed it too, it was flying behind me, managed to grab a pic of its arse as it flew off inland. Only my third ever patch Jay, regular a few miles inland but rarer than Pallas's Warbler here !
@haselnusstafel.bsky.socialEin singendes Rotkehlchen für euch.
A singing Robin for you.
#LowCarbonBirding
#birds #birdphotography
#Vögel #Vogelfotografie
@lowcarbonkev.bsky.socialDid find one the nastiest lengths of cycle path I've seen. There are hidden tribes down some of those ruts.
If I see a library, I go in and support.
Spotted a bit on #LowCarbonBirding by #train up on station notice board 👍
Even an old map of the SECR up of the auto doors of the Int'l station☺️
@bill-stuart.bsky.socialWho needs a Siberian thrush when you can have (inland) garden ✅ Great Black Backed Gull 😊 #sussexbirding #lowcarbonbirding roll on October!
@simongillings.bsky.socialNice finish to the afternoon listening to a Yellow-browed Warbler, found earlier by James Hutchison at Milton CP. My third in Cambs, all by bike. Hope it stays and I can see it next time! #LowCarbonBirding