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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 16h

Our group refound the East Yorkshire White-throated Needletail at Bempton Cliffs this afternoon. Unbelievable moment when it shot through as we were watching a Barn Owl! Raced down to cliffs to relocate and initially no sign, but it then reappeared and we had it flying over our heads 🤯🤯

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 6d

Siberian Thrush for both of our Shetland groups today! 👇

Jonathan Farooqi @jonathanfarooqi.bsky.social · 6d

Stuff of dreams on Shetland today with great views of the Siberian Thrush at Asta. What a bird for our @oriolebirding.bsky.social group to catch up with. Check out that undertail! #UKBirding #ShetlandBirding

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 8d

It was a good day for our Shetland tour on Yell and Unst. Highlights included Common Rosefinch, Hawfinch, 4 Glossy Ibis and, perhaps best of all, this confiding Short-toed Lark.

📸 by @jonathanfarooqi.bsky.social

#UKBirding #ShetlandBirding

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Jonathan Farooqi @jonathanfarooqi.bsky.social · 14d

It’s been a good start to our @oriolebirding.bsky.social Shetland tour as a stop at Musselburgh on the way up to Aberdeen produced the long-staying Marsh Sandpiper, White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoter and plenty more! #UKBirding

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 15d

We spent the rest of our final morning on Shetland y’day checking spots up the west side of Mainland, including the burn of Geosetter. Just a Blackcap seen on the way up, but coming back down this stunning Wood Warbler popped out!

Pic by @chrisddarby.bsky.social

#UKbirding

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 16d

The Blue-winged Teal at Hillwell y’day kicked off the final day of our 1st group to Shetland of the season. We were lucky as it flew in from the south with a group of Teal just as we arrived. Certainly a lot easier to pick out in flight than on the deck!

#UKbirding

Pic by @chrisddarby.bsky.social

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 19d

Taxonomy didn’t ruin the excitement for our Shetland group this morning when we stumbled on this absolutely stunning Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll up at North Roe with the Isbister sparrow flock! Hopefully a sign that more will be on the way!
#UKbirds #UKbirding

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 20d

Marsh Warbler at Hillswick this afternoon was a just reward for our Shetland group after sticking out some pretty grim weather for most of the day! Very elusive but eventually showed ok - a really buttery one which at times looked more like a Garden or pale Icterine!
#UKbirding #UKbirds

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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · 22d

A few pics from @oriolebirding.bsky.social tour to Andalucia last week. Amazing day 3 as 17000 Honey Buzzards passed, we personally enjoyed around 8k in an awesome morning mixed with Marsh & Montagu’s Harriers, Booted & Short-toed Eagle, White & Black Storks & hundreds of Bee-eaters! #birding

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 27d

Norfolk for @oriolebirding.bsky.social 11 Sept 25
My day started in the Broads where the Black-winged Kite performed before meeting up with the clients at Titchwell for an intense but very rewarding three hours out on the reserve before dinner. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/norf... #Birds

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 26d

It is fair to say the @oriolebirding.bsky.social trip to Wexford is going well. Sabine’s on the crossing, loads of waders including Buff-breasted, Pectoral, White-rumped Sands and Grey Phals. Glossy Ibises galore and a pair of fishing Ospreys at the mighty Tacumshin.

Pics by @cianbirder.bsky.social

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · 28d

Our 2025 Panama tour running 29 Nov-15 Dec is just ONE BOOKING away from guaranteed departure. If you fancy seeing some iconic Central American birds, including a visit to a Harpy Eagle nest then press the link below for more information!

www.oriolebirding.com/tour/panama-...

Photo: Alan Harrison

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Chris Mills @norfolkbirding.bsky.social · Sep 7

What a truly amazing days birding in the Straits of Gibraltar on @oriolebirding.bsky.social tour - c9000 Honey Buzzards, hundreds of Booted, Short-toed Eagles, 1000+ Bee-eaters, 25 Montagu’s Harriers, Black Storks & over 1000 White Storks, the latter performing this mesmerising sight overhead!!

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · Sep 5

A new blog post now on the Birding Diary from an epic couple of days in County Kerry last week

Monster seawatching, dramatic scenery and American shorebirds - put your name down now for a new tour dropping soon for 2026!

www.oriolebirding.com/county-kerry...

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · May 30

It’s been quiet on @NRonBirdObs for our three-day stay but we managed to score in injury time with this Common Rosefinch which flew past us while we were driving back from the lighthouse to the Obs this evening, just before we caught the plane!
#UKbirding #BirdingScotland

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · May 29

Birding Diary now online from an enjoyable first couple of days birding @northronbirdobs.bsky.social

www.oriolebirding.com/birding-diar...

Pics by Sonja Herz

#BirdingScotland #UKbirding

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · May 26

Birding Diary now online from our first couple of days here in Orkney. Todays highlight was fantastic views of Red-throated Divers close inshore off Evie pier, Orkney Mainland

www.oriolebirding.com/birding-diar...

#UKbirding #BirdingScotland

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · May 25

On our way up to Orkney, and having enjoyed some great Ospreys and White-tailed Eagles along the North-east coast on the way up, we had just enough time before the ferry to stop at Loch Watten where this smart drake Ring-necked Duck was a nice bonus among the Tufties!
#BirdingScotland #UKbirding

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · May 18

A splash of Mediterranean colour on the Western Isles for our group yesterday when they found this European Bee-eater on the Isle of Barra at Brevig, later moving down to Nasg

📷 by @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social

#HebridesBirds
#BirdingScotland

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · Mar 10

Our Colombia tour has just completed with a whopping 460 species recorded but there is no doubt about the highlight - it was a case of right place, right time for us to see one of the rarest and most endangered birds in South America, the mythical Santa Marta Sabrewing!

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · Feb 1

One of the highlights of this weeks tour was the Lesser White-fronted Goose flock over at Ken Hill on Wednesday. We were lucky to see them close before a microlight flushed them and they flew straight at us.

📸 by tour participant David Carlsson

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · Jan 24

Time for another trip plug
Mallorca & Cabrera - Balearic Birding in the Autumn with @oriolebirding.bsky.social
16th - 23rd September 2025
www.oriolebirding.com/tour/mallorc...
A September visit to a traditional spring venue to coincide with raptor & passerine passage as well as some cool locals.

Mallorca & Cabrera - Balearic Birding in Autumn - Oriole Birding

Mallorca & Cabrera birding tour. Autumn migration on the Balearic islands with Eleonora's Falcons, wetland birds & passage migrants

www.oriolebirding.com

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · Jan 17

A Common Swift takes a drink on its wintering grounds in Namibia, taken on our recent tour by leader Phil Palmer

Tour report now online here:

oriolebirding.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2024-Namibia.pdf

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Oriole Birding @oriolebirding.bsky.social · Dec 18

Read our new blog post via the link below following an epic fact-finding trip to Peru.

Look out for a new itinerary coming soon for late 2025 but you can pre-register your interest now by emailing us

www.oriolebirding.com/birding-diar...

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Andrew Kinghorn @andrewmkinghorn.bsky.social · Dec 3

Got back from guiding in South Africa last week with an @oriolebirding.bsky.social group. Some fantastic birds seen over the two weeks, here are two species that emit a very different feel to anything we have here in Europe; Acadia Pied Barbet and Cape Sugarbird.

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