Back to the local patch on the Otter Estuary NR. Somewhat mundane compared to the east coast but 2 Spotted Redshank was a patch first. It’s the small things……😉 #DevonBirds
Chris Townend (Wise Birding)
@wisebirding.bsky.social
Tour Leader / Freelance Ornithologist. Love all wildlife, particularly birds, the challenge of rarity finding & searching for elusive cats, especially Lynx & Snow Leopard. Bird & Mammal Tours: www.wisebirding.co.uk Beaver Walks: www.devonbeavertours.co.uk
St Martin’s Raresville? 😂 Sadly, not this year, but always a great place to be, despite having to leave early ahead of the storm!😮 I’ll be back…. #Scilly
Bird”of the day 😉 a lunge feeding Fin Whale, SW of St Agnes. I think the sound captures the excitement! Video courtesy of the Mrs 😎 Massive thanks to @scillypelagics.bsky.social #mammals #ScillyPelagics
Great to be back on my favourite island, St Martin’s. The Bonelli’s warbler species remained silent this evening. #Scillybirds #UKBirding
Yet another rare American wader in the county! Today’s special is a juv Spotted Sandpiper found at Drift reservoir by Paul St. Pierre. This is the 17th record for Cornwall. The last was an adult with full breast spots in August 2020. That one was also at Drift and found by Dave Flumm.
Another exciting afternoon on the patch today with 9 Glossy Ibis (first seen at Dawlish) and then my first White-tailed Eagle on the Otter Estuary NR. #UKBirding #DevonBirding #DevonBirds
Hopefully it seems to be a good autumn for Ortolan Buntings. 🤞🏻 Pleased to find this beauty on the SW coast path this morning near E Devon Golf Course, Budleigh Salterton. #UKBirding #DevonBirding #Birds
Now home and relaxing after leading the @wisebirding.bsky.social Bolivia Mostly Mammals tour. About 30 species of mammal recorded, including Jaguar, Jaguarundi, Puma & Ocelot, plus 7 sp of monkey and plenty of bonus birds! But first here are the cats...
The Northern Bottle-nosed Whales off East Cliffs this morning: youtu.be/bw2dzcI1IUE?...
Northern Bottle-nosed Whales, Portland Bill, 2nd September 2026
YouTube video by Martin Cade
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Two more cool cats from our ongoing Mostly Mammals tour of Bolivia. Photo credit to tour participants Barry Stewart & Sandra Stewart 👍🏻 Jaguar and Jaguarundi. #Mammals #Bolivia #WiseBirding
A fabulous photo by Wise Birding leader @nomadbirder.bsky.social who is currently leading our Mostly Mammals tour in Bolivia. Incredible views of Puma in Kaa-Iya NP, for the 2nd year running. This really is a wild place, no hides, no lures, just pure wild Pumas! 🇧🇴 #mammals #Bolivia #WiseBirding
An exciting morning on the patch finding this Caspian Tern. Only on site for around 25 minutes and a 1st for the Otter Estuary NR. 7th for Devon I think….Unringed too, so different to bird on the Exe last month. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #Birds
One of 9 Wilson's Storm Petrels in the Celtic Deep off the Pembrokeshire coast today, a new Welsh day record. Magic! #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK
Fantastic to celebrate 20yrs of #Lundy being rat free last month. Manx Shearwater no's have increased 7500%, there are lots of fluffy chicks being monitored now. #Biosecurity is essential for continued success - e.g. checking #island supplies before loading & having rodenticide onboard MS Oldenburg
Incoming Hobby in the patch this evening. Always a treat when I see them and one of the best falcons! #Birds #DevonBirds
A nice surprise on the Otter Estuary NR tonight was this adult Wood Sandpiper. A scarce bird here and my first in June. #UKBirding #DevonBirds
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The 2nd calander year male Golden Oriole caught and ringed this morning in Millcombe. No sign of our second green/female type unfortunately. Photo by Maddie Kirby. @birdguides.bsky.social
Pied Wheatear at David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, 8/5/2026 on our @wisebirding.bsky.social tour. At least one definite Pied/Eastern Black-eared hybrid also present, but this one looked good and sang perfectly for Pied #birds #Georgia 🇬🇪
This afternoons Lesser Kestrel at Croft Pascoe. Just the 2nd accepted record for Cornwall, an excellent find by John Foster 👏 a stunning bird and the best views of one that I've ever had. #cornwallbirding
Another cracking day in Armenia with @wisebirding.bsky.social Over 80 species around the Armash Fish Ponds including White-tailed Lapwings, Menetries’s, Paddyfield & Moustached Warblers, Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters and White-headed Duck 📷 Ararat Mtns (Türkiye) from the fish ponds #Armenia 🇦🇲
📷 Crimson-winged Finches at the Caspian Snowcock site and White-throated Robin. Back into the mountains of Armenia again this morning, seeing Caspian Snowcock with bonus Crimson-winged Finches around our vantage point. #phonescoped #Armenia 🇦🇲 @wisebirding.bsky.social
Radde’s Accentor, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Red-tailed Wheatear. Another bird-filled day in Armenia with @wisebirding.bsky.social : Horned Larks, Mountain Chiffs, Eastern Orphean Warbler, Bluethroat, WwSnowfinches ending the day with 3 more Brown Bears #phonescoped #Armenia🇦🇲
Wise Birding Borneo, Sabah birding tour, it’s a wrap as they say! So many fabulous birds and mammals too. Now the long journey home. Public trip report out soon…… #Birds #Birding #Borneo #WiseBirding
