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
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
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
The Bornean Bristlehead is a real must see endemic bird when visiting Sabah, Borneo. Although never easy to see! We had seen it earlier in the tour, but distantly, so today’s views were outstanding at Tabin Forest. #Birds #Borneo #WorldBirding #WiseBirding
Absolute belter of a first day in the field for the Georgia & Armenia tour with @wisebirding.bsky.social led by @westcoastbirds.bsky.social with 20+ Guldenstadt’s Redstarts and 6 Great Rosefinches near our hotel in Stepantsminda the highlight #wisebirding #phonescoped
Amazing to watch one of two Peregrine Falcons catching bats at Gomantong Caves, Borneo yesterday. Such incredibly dark birds of presumed “ernesti” subsp. #Birds #WorldBirding #Borneo #WiseBirding
Another day, another fabulous Pitta. The endemic Black-crowned Pitta at Sepilok today on our continuing birding tour of Sabah, Borneo. #Birds #WorldBirding #Borneo #WiseBirding
Another unforgettable morning in Sabah, Borneo today as we watched this stunning male Bornean Peacock-Pheasant from a forest hide. #Birds #WorldBirding #Borneo #WiseBirding
More from our ongoing Sabah, Borneo Birding tour with some fabulous quality birds at Mount Kinabalu NP with the giant of all Broadbills, Whitehead’s Broadbill and the stunning Whitehead’s Trogon. #Birds #WorldBirding #WiseBirding #Borneo
The first day of our Borneo Birding tour started with a bang today with this Bobby dazzler!😎 The endemic, Bornean Banded Pitta. What a start to the tour!😮 #Birds #WorldBirding #Borneo #WiseBirding
Another couple of highlights from the Kinabatangan River, Sabah on our Mostly Mammals tour were a group of Bornean Elephants feeding by the river and a nice Oriental Bay Owl distraction. Now time for the start of our birding tour……… #Mammals #Birds #WiseBirding
Not the target mammal we were looking for along the Kinabatangan River in Sabah, Borneo last night, but what a fantastic surprise, Banded Linsang! A really tough mammal to connect with anywhere. Thanks to tour participant John B for sharing his photo.😮 #Mammals #Borneo #WiseBirding
Great to be backing Borneo! Our Mostly Mammals tour has started very well with some great sightings in Sepilok including a daytime Sunda Colugo, Red Giant Flying Squirrel & Western Tarsier. Plus quality birds like Banded Kingfisher. #Mammals #WiseBirding
Interesting to see if this is the Budleigh bird relocating north? Be good to see flight shots to compare….. #DevonBirds #UKBirding
Sean Davies@glastobirder.bsky.social · 5mo ago2cy Bonaparte’s Gull at Cheddar Reservoir this morning from Axbridge entrance. Also 1w Little Gull.
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Bonaparte’s Gull again on the Otter Estuary NR again, this evening but literally for seconds only, on its flight path to roost on the sea. #UKBirding #DevonBirds
Chuffed to find a Bonaparte’s Gull on the patch last thing this evening. I’ve been looking hard the last few weeks, so finally paid off. 😊 #OtterEstuaryNR #UKBirding #DevonBirds
Despite monsoon rain and very strong wind in Sierra de Andujar, our perseverance finally paid off and we had some special views of two Lynx together late this afternoon. A well deserved result for a great team! #Mammals #IberianLynx #WiseBirding
