Baird's Sandpiper at Ross Back Sands yesterday. Typically for species, shunned the company of nearby flocks of waders, and fed alone on dry land at the top of the shoreline
Ross Ahmed
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birder, BOURC member, author North American landbirds in WP https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/north-american-landbirds-in-the-western-palearctic-9781399419130/
Downloadable PDF of @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social Migfest talk at weekend www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) North American Landbirds: Spurn and beyond
PDF | Presentation on North American landbirds in the Western Palearctic, Yorkshire and Spurn for Spurn Migfest 2026. Initially looks at the occurrence... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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Arrived with a thud this morning. Sterling work by Chris Knox. Will be referring to this regularly. To order send a direct message to @budlebirder.bsky.social #NEbirding #BirdsofBudle #UKbirding
226-pages with colour photos maps graphs & info from one of Northumbs most impt birding areas. 💷 Special price for NTBC/NNBC members: £15 + £3 postage 📩 Non-member price avail on enquiry. PLS REPOST To order send a Direct message to @budlebirder.bsky.social #NEbirding #BirdingScotland #UKbirding
4 Temminck's Stint on the beach at Goswick yesterday! Most I managed in same shot was 3
Bee-eater NW over Budle Point yesterday! Knew this species was on the cards, but had to work for it. Now 20% (5 of 25) Northumberland records have been on wider Budle peninsula and all between 22nd May and 6th June.
The *Birds of Budle Bay* is now with the digital printer! Purchase and collection details coming soon. Please repost 🐦 @ntbirdclub.bsky.social @durhambirdclub.bsky.social @teesmouthbirdclub.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social #BirdsofBudle #NEbirding
Totally inappropriate conditions for what's usually our rain bird: Wood Warbler trapped at the Obs under a crystal-clear blue sky
Pallid Harrier added to the house list, thanks to @ninaohanlon.bsky.social Hot on the heels of Purple Heron last week #PWC2026 #CaithnessBirds
New paper on the pattern, process and implications of trans-Atlantic vagrancy for ecology and evolutionary biology, written with @pauldufour80.bsky.social and Andrew Farnsworth read free at: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mzPI3QW8S... #Ornithology #Ecology #UKBirding 🪶🦋🌱🌎🌍🧪
Not much of a day to do anything outside so a good chance to finish these. Destined for @northronbirdobs.bsky.social #BirdArt #BirdingScotland
The BBRC has announced that Bonaparte's Gull is no longer to be considered a national rarity:
Bonaparte's Gull no longer a British rarity
Following an upturn in records, the BBRC has made the decision to downgrade the rarity status of the North American larid in Britain as of the start of 2026.
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Marsh Sandpiper at Boldon Flats second earliest ever. Previous April arrival dates: 6 April 10 April 17 April 19 April 20 April 22 April 23 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 28 April 28 April 29 April 30 April
A fine male Redstart at Boulby this morning along with my first Ring Ouzel, Redpolls and Willow Warbler of the year @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Female Scaup at Farmoor this evening. Have been testing the Swarovski AT Balance last few days - pretty amazed by the quality. This video shot on phone, through hand-held 'scope, standing exposed on the causeway at Farmoor in a F5-6 wind
Came across this mixed-singing Willow Warbler in Northumberland last year. Put out a recorder and in 81 hours of recording it sang c.19,000 Willow Warbler songs and c.6,000 Chiffchaff songs.
Another good day of Meadow Pipit passage at Boulby with over 4000 through this morning @teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @trektellen.bsky.social www.trektellen.org/count/view/3...
British Columbia’s first-ever Taiga Bean Geese (middendorffii) gave fabalis views in Port Renfrew yesterday. Hot on the heels of Canada’s first Taiga Flycatcher, they continue this winter’s run of Taiga vagrants in the province. #CanadianBirding
Bank Island female Common Scoter 1 Otter Wheldrake Ings 9 White-fronted Geese 576 Black-tailed Godwit 236 Pink-footed Geese 7 Lesser Canada x Barnacle Geese hybrids 2 Great Egret 1 Peregrine 1 Sand Martin 2 Great Crested Grebe 2 Goosander 91 Pintail @ldvnnr.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
Review of the Week: 9-15 March 2026 A Tengmalm's Owl caused a stir in Shetland, while an Oriental Turtle Dove was discovered in Northern Ireland. Miles Cluff reports:
Review of the Week: 9-15 March 2026
A Tengmalm's Owl caused a stir in Shetland, while an Oriental Turtle Dove was discovered in Northern Ireland. Miles Cluff reports.
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The magnitude of the sighting only hits home with full context – the species involved was European Robin – the first record for Canada. It is one of just a handful of records for the whole of North America. 📸 Louis Lemay.
Robin in Canada | British Birds
On 7 January 2026 Sabrina Jacob saw a Robin. Without any further context, readers of British Birds would wonder why this sighting is worthy of a section in 'Latest news'. Well, the location at which…
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Fantastic @egioxford.bsky.social seminar from @pauldufour80.bsky.social on the latest work on avian vagrancy
There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! WJO author Kevin Bennett describes the work that went into definitively identifying an "Uncommon Mourningthroat," a Mourning Warbler x Common Yellowthroat hybrid. #ornithology
Guest Post: Sequencing the “Uncommon Mourningthroat”
A fun challenge for birders, once we’ve become familiar with common bird species, is recognizing hybrids.
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This month's Free Access Editorial Team Choice: Canada Warbler in Pembrokeshire! Magnolia Warbler at St Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire, found by Toby Phelps was then added to with the discovery of Britain’s first Canada Warbler. Read more: 📸 Canada Warbler by Graham Jepson
Canada Warbler in Pembrokeshire: new to Britain
September 2023 saw an unprecedented influx of Nearctic landbirds to Britain and Ireland, with an exceptional breadth of American species recorded during a...
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After almost two decades of decline, Europe's only regular wintering flock of Ring-billed Gull has shown a welcome recovery in numbers this winter:
Europe's only regular Ring-billed Gull flock shows signs of recovery
After years of decline, numbers have increased considerably on Terceira, Azores, this winter.
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Apparently patch birding does all come good in the end. 1w Ring-billed Gull this evening and glad some people managed to connect after my rather garbled attempt at putting news out. Blog post to follow #ukbirding
No UK eBird records of Rough-legged Buzzard from 2026 yet (below); this species will likely be rarer nationally than Black-winged Kite in future. Both very visible signs of climate (and land-use) driven range shifts #UKBirding #Ornithology
@garywright62.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe Hickling Black- winged Kite was pretty reliable over the Brograve Levels throughout most of January. I managed to catch up with it on a rare sunny day in January
