Early afternoon #patchbirding c150 mixed flock of Dunlin and ringed plover,2common sandpiper,19 redshank ,3 clouded yellow butterfly on shore and a weasel ? Checking me out A kestrel was mobbed by the young sparrow hawks when it flew into the woods with prey

A magical encounter with a young barn owl that I’ll never forget , it just took my breath away , it’s so beautiful 😍 I hope with all my heart that it lives a long and healthy new life out in the big wide world 🤞

Pre High tide watch on #patchbirding c150 mixed flock of Dunlin and ringed plover , 10 redshank,8 curlew . A few family parties of Reed warblers along the shore , lots of house martins and a few swallows .

4 whimbrel, 8 curlew and mixed flock of c100 Dunlin and ringed plover over the high tide on #patchbirding

Evening #patchbirding Highlights … great -tailed grackle and a close encounter with a barn owl . Lots of swallows ,house martins and a couple of swift on the meadows , good to see a few hedgehog at dusk .

Made up to see the great tailed grackle just now on the meadow on #patchbirding , I last saw him on 3rd July 🙌🏼

Not many but still good to see a few waders back on the shore on #patchbirding over high tide 4 Dunlin,8 sanderling ,1 whimbrel ,4 curlew. Lots of young birds around the woods nuthatch,goldcrest,song thrush ( pics) there were also robins,mistle thrush,woodpecker ,jays blackcaps.

Not a great photo so no worries if not , but can anyone ID this dragonfly , thanks

Afternoon #patchbirding at Oglet 2 yellow wag ,lots of swallows and house martins and a shed load of starlings , linnets , house sparrows 2 whimbrel flew down river calling ,lapwings, bh gulls , curlew and oystercatchers on the shore My 1st wall brown butterfly of year

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me and well done to everyone else , I really enjoyed reading all your best finds 👌

Patchwork Challenge@patchbirding.bsky.social · 2w ago

The winners are in for the #PWC2026 Spring Best Find Competition! Head over to the blog to see which were the top three voted submissions and who are the winners of a Patchwork Challenge Champion pin badge: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com

Warning ‼️ video contains the eating of dead birds , so look away if squeamish Female sparrow hawk of her favourite plucking post on #patchbirding

Afternoon at Oglet chasing butterflies 😂 along the cliffs 3 clouded yellow the highlights , plenty of painted lady,red admiral,peacock ,meadow brown ,large whites Quiet for birds on the Mersey over the high tide with just a few black headed gulls .

We have now compiled the best find submissions for January to June #PWC2026, so please do head over to the blog to check them out and to cast your vote! There are three Patchwork Challenge pin badges up for grabs! patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/07/best...

Morning #patchbirding with @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social Lovely to see the Female sparrow hawk again😍 All the usual woodland birds and lots of speckled wood butterflies.

Morning #patchbirding around the woodlands with @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social Chiffchaff and blackcaps still singing away. coal tits , woodpeckers ,nuthatch , blackbirds ,robins , buzzard . Highlight tho was this female sparrow hawk

The meadows around Speke hall & coastal reserve are alive with hundreds of ‘singing ‘ Roesel's bush-cricket Impressive looking things !if you like that sort of thing 😂) So many butterflies meadow brown,common blue,gatekeeper,comma,small &large skipper,red admiral,small copper

Evening #patchbirding Highlights … Great -tailed grackle was on the meadow and a close flyby from the Barney

#patchgold common scoter on #patchbirding

Jack@birderjack.bsky.social · last mo.

Awful photos but could this be a common scoter ? Heavily cropped and un cropped pic. It was distant at Oglet and I only have bins 🙄 #ukbirding

Awful photos but could this be a common scoter ? Heavily cropped and un cropped pic. It was distant at Oglet and I only have bins 🙄 #ukbirding

Late Morning/afternoon #patchbirding at Oglet Highlights … 2 yellow wagtail, 2 grey partridge,loads of swift and swallows , lots of fledgling house sparrows and 2 clouded yellow butterfly

A great morning around ditton brook hale bank and hale with @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social Highlights … hobby v kestrel ,yellow wags,yellowhammers, tree sparrows and young grey partridge 😍

It’s been lovely watching a jay family visiting my garden last few days .. 2 adult and 2 young , they’re so entertaining!

Wow a 1st for me , just had a scarlet tiger moth in my garden 🤩🙌🏻

I was made up to see 2 banded demoiselle 🥳a new species for me on my patch at the ponds on the estuary business park today There were emperor,Broad-bodied , black-tailed skimmer dragonflies and azure and blue-tailed damselflies

Great -tailed grackle on the meadow at Speke hall just now , he’s alarm calling as there is a fox below the tree ( and I don’t mean me 😂)

A young fox came out of the bushes with this attached and it made me smile and laugh as it tried to get it off 😂🦊

So many butterflies on the meadows and reserve today, the toadlets have emerged from the pond and were all over the paths Lots of meadow brown,ringlets,small skippers (pictured) Large skippers,painted lady,common blue , full of wild flowers and this beautiful pyramidal orchid

Evening #patchbirding Highlights ..Lots of swallows and house martins over the meadows , Barney was on the post for a while listening and looking for voles which paid off, 2 Cetti’s young seen again who were busy catching bugs Quiet on shore just the shelducks and ducklings

A little bit of cuteness on this afternoons #patchbirding with 12 little humbugs 🥰 Only other waders were 9 curlew and 2 oystercatcher.

@johnwalterswildife.bsky.social Hi John , I was wondering if you could tell me what’s going on here ? Many thanks