Patchwork Challenge
@patchbirding.bsky.social
A #patchbirding challenge across the UK and Ireland where the aim is to see and find as many birds as possible on your patch. For more info, go to our blog: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Join our Bluesky buzz by tagging us in your posts #PWC2026
Join our Bluesky buzz by tagging us in your posts #PWC2026
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PWC 2026 scores.xls
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Happy New Year and good luck to everyone who is out #birding, making a start to their #PWC2026 totals this morning!
If you have not yet signed up then use this link to do so! - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Remember to keep us updated on your finds by using the #Patchbirding and #PWC2026 tags!
If you have not yet signed up then use this link to do so! - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Remember to keep us updated on your finds by using the #Patchbirding and #PWC2026 tags!
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Grackle still in same field at Speke hall this morning 👌
a mystery bird from tonights #patchbirding
Only managed this photo ,the bird looked all black and I couldn’t make out any features as it was dusk . I’ve attached video of the call it was making (like a clack sound) it was associating with the magpies
Anyone any ideas ? Thanks
#ukbirding
Only managed this photo ,the bird looked all black and I couldn’t make out any features as it was dusk . I’ve attached video of the call it was making (like a clack sound) it was associating with the magpies
Anyone any ideas ? Thanks
#ukbirding
January 23, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Grackle still in same field at Speke hall this morning 👌
We are still getting new sign ups for the #PWC2026 competition which is superb to see, and hopefully it will continue!
If you haven't already seen, we are doing a voluntary 'Pin Your Patch' which you can do by clicking this link: maps.app.goo.gl/3wfgbWvS353n... and then add your Patch and Name!
If you haven't already seen, we are doing a voluntary 'Pin Your Patch' which you can do by clicking this link: maps.app.goo.gl/3wfgbWvS353n... and then add your Patch and Name!
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We are still getting new sign ups for the #PWC2026 competition which is superb to see, and hopefully it will continue!
If you haven't already seen, we are doing a voluntary 'Pin Your Patch' which you can do by clicking this link: maps.app.goo.gl/3wfgbWvS353n... and then add your Patch and Name!
If you haven't already seen, we are doing a voluntary 'Pin Your Patch' which you can do by clicking this link: maps.app.goo.gl/3wfgbWvS353n... and then add your Patch and Name!
Excellent effort both, patch birding with its finest treats!
64 species on our 25 km cycle around NE Cairthness yesterday, with Great-spotted Woodpecker and Tree Sparrow good additions to the 10 km #PWC2026 list.
The only photo I took was @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social admiring his cake!
#CaithnessBirds
The only photo I took was @rob-hughes-birder.bsky.social admiring his cake!
#CaithnessBirds
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Excellent effort both, patch birding with its finest treats!
Are you interested in #UKBirding and #PatchBirding? Have you checked out the blog lately? Some exciting blog posts recently with the Best Find competition and the #PWC2025 wrap up!
Head over to have a look: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
and remember it isn't too late to sign up to #PWC2026!
Head over to have a look: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
and remember it isn't too late to sign up to #PWC2026!
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Are you interested in #UKBirding and #PatchBirding? Have you checked out the blog lately? Some exciting blog posts recently with the Best Find competition and the #PWC2025 wrap up!
Head over to have a look: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
and remember it isn't too late to sign up to #PWC2026!
Head over to have a look: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
and remember it isn't too late to sign up to #PWC2026!
The results are in on the #PWC2025 Best Find comp! Congratulations to @seanoh58.bsky.social for his Black Scoter which came in first then second place goes to @williamlambourne.bsky.social with his Black Redstart and third to @andysims49.bsky.social for his Pectoral Sandpiper. Well done you three!
January 17, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The results are in on the #PWC2025 Best Find comp! Congratulations to @seanoh58.bsky.social for his Black Scoter which came in first then second place goes to @williamlambourne.bsky.social with his Black Redstart and third to @andysims49.bsky.social for his Pectoral Sandpiper. Well done you three!
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A potter around the patch this afternoon #birdingbybike.
Highlights - 9x Grey Partridge, 2x Stonechat, 2x Raven, 30+ Skylark, 3x Meadow Pipit, 7x Little Egret, 2 GWE, Bullfinch #PWC2026 #patchbirding #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Highlights - 9x Grey Partridge, 2x Stonechat, 2x Raven, 30+ Skylark, 3x Meadow Pipit, 7x Little Egret, 2 GWE, Bullfinch #PWC2026 #patchbirding #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
A potter around the patch this afternoon #birdingbybike.
Highlights - 9x Grey Partridge, 2x Stonechat, 2x Raven, 30+ Skylark, 3x Meadow Pipit, 7x Little Egret, 2 GWE, Bullfinch #PWC2026 #patchbirding #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Highlights - 9x Grey Partridge, 2x Stonechat, 2x Raven, 30+ Skylark, 3x Meadow Pipit, 7x Little Egret, 2 GWE, Bullfinch #PWC2026 #patchbirding #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
We are now half way through the first month of #PWC2026! Are you going to be out on your patch this weekend? Remember to keep us updated with pictures and sightings with the hashtags, good luck!
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
We are now half way through the first month of #PWC2026! Are you going to be out on your patch this weekend? Remember to keep us updated with pictures and sightings with the hashtags, good luck!
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you haven't signed up yet then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Have you taken a look at our #PWC2025 Best Find competition yet? The voting closes in a few days so why not head over to the blog to read the submissions then vote! To do so, click this link: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
The three highest ranked finds will receive a pin badge.
The three highest ranked finds will receive a pin badge.
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Have you taken a look at our #PWC2025 Best Find competition yet? The voting closes in a few days so why not head over to the blog to read the submissions then vote! To do so, click this link: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
The three highest ranked finds will receive a pin badge.
The three highest ranked finds will receive a pin badge.
We have already had a brilliant response to the #PWC2025 Best Find comp, remember to head over to the blog to look and vote!
If you don't want to miss out on important Patchwork Challenge announcements, join this WhatsApp Community we have set up!
chat.whatsapp.com/GuwyC0cO4rD2...
If you don't want to miss out on important Patchwork Challenge announcements, join this WhatsApp Community we have set up!
chat.whatsapp.com/GuwyC0cO4rD2...
January 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
We have already had a brilliant response to the #PWC2025 Best Find comp, remember to head over to the blog to look and vote!
If you don't want to miss out on important Patchwork Challenge announcements, join this WhatsApp Community we have set up!
chat.whatsapp.com/GuwyC0cO4rD2...
If you don't want to miss out on important Patchwork Challenge announcements, join this WhatsApp Community we have set up!
chat.whatsapp.com/GuwyC0cO4rD2...
We have now made the #PWC2025 Best Find competition live on the blog! Go to the blog to read through the entries, and then at the bottom there is a link to vote on your favourite three. Voting closes on the 17th January. Thank you!
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
Best Find 2025
Hello from the Patchwork Challenge team! Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry for PWC2025's Best Find. There are some superb entries...
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
We have now made the #PWC2025 Best Find competition live on the blog! Go to the blog to read through the entries, and then at the bottom there is a link to vote on your favourite three. Voting closes on the 17th January. Thank you!
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/01/best...
THE PATCHWORK CHALLENGE 2025 ROUND-UP IS NOW LIVE ON THE BLOG!
Go head over and see where you finished #PWC2025 and sign up for #PWC2026!
The link for the blog is: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Go head over and see where you finished #PWC2025 and sign up for #PWC2026!
The link for the blog is: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Patchwork Challenge
patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
THE PATCHWORK CHALLENGE 2025 ROUND-UP IS NOW LIVE ON THE BLOG!
Go head over and see where you finished #PWC2025 and sign up for #PWC2026!
The link for the blog is: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Go head over and see where you finished #PWC2025 and sign up for #PWC2026!
The link for the blog is: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
Remember, get your #PWC2025 Best Find submissions in by tomorrow night!
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to [email protected], and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to [email protected], and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Remember, get your #PWC2025 Best Find submissions in by tomorrow night!
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to [email protected], and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
All you have to do to enter is email a short account about the bird and circumstances to [email protected], and why finding that bird was special to you. It doesn't need to be a nationally rare bird for it be...
Don't forget to join our Patchwork Challenge Bluesky feed, which is where we collate all the posts from ourselves and participants relating to the competition. Just post either #PWC2026, #Patchbirding or #PatchGold and it will get added to the feed. To join, click the link: bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Don't forget to join our Patchwork Challenge Bluesky feed, which is where we collate all the posts from ourselves and participants relating to the competition. Just post either #PWC2026, #Patchbirding or #PatchGold and it will get added to the feed. To join, click the link: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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A visit to Llanishen reservoir yesterday to get Great Northern Diver on the @patchbirding.bsky.social 10km patch year list. Jammed in on it being quite close to the shore in some lovely light #birdingWales #ukbirding #birds
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM
A visit to Llanishen reservoir yesterday to get Great Northern Diver on the @patchbirding.bsky.social 10km patch year list. Jammed in on it being quite close to the shore in some lovely light #birdingWales #ukbirding #birds
Nice start to #PWC2026 for Liam and great to get more participants in the West Coast England mini-league!
Belatedly added my St Ives patch to @patchbirding.bsky.social and added Dunlin and a Chiffchaff on a morning wander. My current total stands at 56 points from 46 species however a breaching Atlantic Bluefin Tuna off the island this evening is probably my best record so far! #UKbirding
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Nice start to #PWC2026 for Liam and great to get more participants in the West Coast England mini-league!
We have just received the Patchwork Challenge prize pin badges! Take a look at how to win one in the quoted tweet below! We will also be sending them out to #PWC2025 winners soon too.
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
We have just received the Patchwork Challenge prize pin badges! Take a look at how to win one in the quoted tweet below! We will also be sending them out to #PWC2025 winners soon too.
Remember to take part in our Best Find of #PWC2025 competition, with all the details on how to take part listed in the below post! Good luck!
There are a few Patchwork Challenge Champion pin badges up for grabs for best find over the #PWC2025 season. To be entered, please email a short account about the bird and circumstances to [email protected], and why finding that bird was special to you...
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Remember to take part in our Best Find of #PWC2025 competition, with all the details on how to take part listed in the below post! Good luck!
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Looking for a new birding challenge for 2026? Why not take up patch birding and participate in Patchwork Challenge?
Find out more about this fun birding competition in our guest blog from @patchbirding.bsky.social: www.the-soc.org.uk/blogs/blog/p...
#PatchBirding #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding
Find out more about this fun birding competition in our guest blog from @patchbirding.bsky.social: www.the-soc.org.uk/blogs/blog/p...
#PatchBirding #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding
Patchwork Challenge
Ever wondered about taking up patch birding or even Patchwork Challenge? Patchwork Challenge is a fun birding competition, focused on engaging and understanding your local birding patch, to see how ma...
www.the-soc.org.uk
January 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Looking for a new birding challenge for 2026? Why not take up patch birding and participate in Patchwork Challenge?
Find out more about this fun birding competition in our guest blog from @patchbirding.bsky.social: www.the-soc.org.uk/blogs/blog/p...
#PatchBirding #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding
Find out more about this fun birding competition in our guest blog from @patchbirding.bsky.social: www.the-soc.org.uk/blogs/blog/p...
#PatchBirding #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding
We have created a video to help those signing up to #PWC2026, this years Patchwork Challenge competition. If you haven't signed up yet then take a look to get started!
Here is the link to sign up: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here is the link to sign up: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
We have created a video to help those signing up to #PWC2026, this years Patchwork Challenge competition. If you haven't signed up yet then take a look to get started!
Here is the link to sign up: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here is the link to sign up: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
We are just one patch sign up away from 100 patches taking part in #PWC2026! Hopefully patchers have enjoyed an interesting start to the year with cold weather shifting a few bits about.
If you have yet to sign up, you can do by following this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you have yet to sign up, you can do by following this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
PWC 2026 scores.xls
docs.google.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
We are just one patch sign up away from 100 patches taking part in #PWC2026! Hopefully patchers have enjoyed an interesting start to the year with cold weather shifting a few bits about.
If you have yet to sign up, you can do by following this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
If you have yet to sign up, you can do by following this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
There are a few Patchwork Challenge Champion pin badges up for grabs for best find over the #PWC2025 season. To be entered, please email a short account about the bird and circumstances to [email protected], and why finding that bird was special to you...
January 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
There are a few Patchwork Challenge Champion pin badges up for grabs for best find over the #PWC2025 season. To be entered, please email a short account about the bird and circumstances to [email protected], and why finding that bird was special to you...
Updated Link:
If you haven't seen, we are doing 'Pin Your Patch'. It is just a google maps where people can pin their patches to. It is non-compulsory (just a fun idea), and don't pin to your home! Simply join the list and add a place anywhere within your patch!
maps.app.goo.gl/XqN5zvyxLkHY...
If you haven't seen, we are doing 'Pin Your Patch'. It is just a google maps where people can pin their patches to. It is non-compulsory (just a fun idea), and don't pin to your home! Simply join the list and add a place anywhere within your patch!
maps.app.goo.gl/XqN5zvyxLkHY...
Pin Your Patch
maps.app.goo.gl
January 2, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Updated Link:
If you haven't seen, we are doing 'Pin Your Patch'. It is just a google maps where people can pin their patches to. It is non-compulsory (just a fun idea), and don't pin to your home! Simply join the list and add a place anywhere within your patch!
maps.app.goo.gl/XqN5zvyxLkHY...
If you haven't seen, we are doing 'Pin Your Patch'. It is just a google maps where people can pin their patches to. It is non-compulsory (just a fun idea), and don't pin to your home! Simply join the list and add a place anywhere within your patch!
maps.app.goo.gl/XqN5zvyxLkHY...
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I'm 100% patch focused anyway, albeit a large one at on a 18 sq mile isle! But Patchwork Challenge is so much fun. You can see it as a competition with other patchers, or like me see it as a competition within yourself year on year. Join in #PWV2026!
#birdingWales #birdingScotland
#birdingWales #birdingScotland
Happy New Year and good luck to everyone who is out #birding, making a start to their #PWC2026 totals this morning!
If you have not yet signed up then use this link to do so! - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Remember to keep us updated on your finds by using the #Patchbirding and #PWC2026 tags!
If you have not yet signed up then use this link to do so! - docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Remember to keep us updated on your finds by using the #Patchbirding and #PWC2026 tags!
PWC 2026 scores.xls
docs.google.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I'm 100% patch focused anyway, albeit a large one at on a 18 sq mile isle! But Patchwork Challenge is so much fun. You can see it as a competition with other patchers, or like me see it as a competition within yourself year on year. Join in #PWV2026!
#birdingWales #birdingScotland
#birdingWales #birdingScotland