Juvenile Cirl Bunting on Summerhouse Hill, Yeovil this morning. Not what I expected during a quick check for migrants! Buntings of any kind are unusual at this site so who knows where it's come from #ukbirding #somersetbirding
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW Isle of May showing well. Just found (1st island record). Sorry for rubbish photos, just put phone against binoculars
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
Delighted to catch up with the Sooty Tern at Coquet Island yesterday evening, happy days! #NEbirding
Cracking Stone Curlew on Black Hole Marsh this evening, courtesy of @timnobby. First one on patch since 2012!
A productive morning around Yeovil: Pied Flycatcher, 11 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Redstart, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warblers and 1 Willow Warbler at Aldon, Green Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Willow Warblers and 2 Reed Warblers at Lufton #ukbirding #somersetbirding
Another female Rueppell's Globetail in the garden this afternoon, this one showed much better
‘Yelkouan Shearwater’ (Puffinus Yelkouan Yelkouan) phenotype, we saw 2.5nm off Dartmouth last Sunday 19/07/26 on a #SuperSeabirdSunday : in moult no white saddle bags', dark diagonal bar broad at base on underwing, flank line, foot projection, attenuated look, undertail good 👍 Photo by Tom Wallis.
Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma pedissequum) - a common and widespread species but only my third for the garden
Caspian Tern just flown over the Swannery grounds, quite purposefully north @swannerysteve.bsky.social
A Brown Booby at RSPB Bempton today’s highlight with bonxie and Quail also 2 more singing Quail on the outer head with q Hobby. Seawatching drew 32 Manx Shearwater, Arctic Skua and 1503 Puffins. Full details here flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/14...
14th July 2026 - Flamborough Bird Observatory
A blustery northerly wind, relatively cloudy skies and a high of 17 degrees C. The undoubted highlight was the discovery of an immature Brown Booby at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Photographed off Breil Nook ...
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Ruddy Darter at Lufton today, surprisingly a full Yeovil tick, though the 8th patch odonata species I've exclusively seen on this pond. 2 Lesser Emperor, 1 Golden-ringed Dragonfly, 4 Brown Hawker, 1 Four-spotted Chaser, 2 Red-eyed Damselfly, 342 Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Clouded Yellow and Hobby.
Orkneys first Blue cheeked Bee eater, first found by Paul and Jakey around Clestrain whilst out on the quadbike. A nervous wait, but relieved to find it again around around Hundland where still present this evening #BirdingOrkney #RareBirdsUK
Caspian Tern (red ringed) River Clyst from viewing platform 8.49pm - only the 6th record for Devon
My first juv Yellow-legged Gull for the year at Lodmoor this afternoon, plus 2 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail and Bittern all in flight in the northwest corner. At least 16 Norfolk Hawker & Clouded Yellow #ukbirding #dorsetbirds
Another long-anticipated garden tick: Rueppell's Globetail. Pretty sure I had a male last year but it shot through too quick for a photo, only just managed one of today's female.
Adult male Long-tailed Shrike reported in a garden near Crail, Fife earlier today. Currently being looked for. Not sure who took this pic? #ukbirding
Purple Heron, Decoy Lake, Shapwick, Somerset levels this morning.
Perhaps 23 male Scarlet Darters at Silverlakes this afternoon. Also at least 1 Red-veined Darter and 3 Lesser Emperors
An unexpected lifer in Ninesprings this afternoon: this Bank Vole came tumbling down this slope towards me then we sat staring at each other for a few minutes!
Hudsonian Godwit showing well on Minsmere south scrape - a mega find by Mike Cartwright!
Pair of Eumerus funeralis/strigatus this morning. A frequent-ish garden visitor but they rarely show this well.
Clear highlights of the past week have been a TRUMPETER FINCH mobile around the Kiln o’Skroo and a Serin first located in Chapel Plantation but since trapped in Plantation. Read more at www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight... 📸 L Marriner
and a wee bit of video of the Woodcock with chicks in tow! #highlandbirds 🪶