November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
After a month of research in #Porcupinebank on board #VizcondedeEza in the wild waters west of #Ireland, we're finally at home! The most amazing #seabird sighting was a South Polar skua! @rspb.bsky.social @irishbirds.bsky.social @ieo-cadiz.bsky.social Ireland waters are always a box of surprises!
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Superb photo!
Just a comment on your caption re ageing it: vermiculations and pale bill base can be shown by winter adults; it's a 1w because of retained juv GC - duller and brownish with ragged pale tips, see the new black inner GC.
Great to be able to see such detail!
Just a comment on your caption re ageing it: vermiculations and pale bill base can be shown by winter adults; it's a 1w because of retained juv GC - duller and brownish with ragged pale tips, see the new black inner GC.
Great to be able to see such detail!
It's tricky enough to see a Great Grey Shrike these days, let alone take an image as superb as Lee Fuller's, which makes him a worthy winner of a very strong Photo of the Week selection on Monday:
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Divers still at Covenham Reservoir this morning
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November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Galveston, upper Texas coast this am. What appears to be a Vega Gull, the recently split Siberian counterpart of the Herring Gull complex. We had a good gull day.
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I completed the Swainson's and Grey-cheeked Thrush illustration over the weekend. It was really enjoyable to work on these 2 subtle American vagrants that I was lucky to see earlier this Autumn close to home. #donegalbirding
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
And here it is! This glorious flight shot was taken by Mike Edgecombe @mikee100.bsky.social as the Pallid Swift whizzed below the two of us along the undercliff at West Runton this afternoon. A gorgeous subtle bird & so instructive too.
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#BirdID
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November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And here it is! This glorious flight shot was taken by Mike Edgecombe @mikee100.bsky.social as the Pallid Swift whizzed below the two of us along the undercliff at West Runton this afternoon. A gorgeous subtle bird & so instructive too.
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#NorfolkBirding
#RareBirdsUK
#BirdID
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#NorfolkBirding
#RareBirdsUK
#BirdID
...and that bird of the day was...
Baltic Gull ~ an outrageously black-backed adult with minimal mirrors, an almost cachinnans-vibe around the head, a colour tone like nothing else on the scrapes, a brown wash on the tertials, bright bare parts...
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Baltic Gull ~ an outrageously black-backed adult with minimal mirrors, an almost cachinnans-vibe around the head, a colour tone like nothing else on the scrapes, a brown wash on the tertials, bright bare parts...
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#NorfolkBirding
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November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Boom! All the 'red-tailed shrikes' done in Suffolk this year with Isabelline Shrike at N Warren this afternoon. Made sweeter as it is a grip back for me too, having missed the previous birds. No matter what anyone says to me, I can't see such pale birds not being isabellinus
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A comparison of three species of juvenile tern at Minsmere today: Arctic, Common and Sandwich #ukbirding #suffolkbirding
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#BirdID
Much is sometimes made of not being able to accurately judge size and structure when it comes to Goshawk and Sparrowhawk.
This is the reality.
Much is sometimes made of not being able to accurately judge size and structure when it comes to Goshawk and Sparrowhawk.
This is the reality.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
#BirdID
Much is sometimes made of not being able to accurately judge size and structure when it comes to Goshawk and Sparrowhawk.
This is the reality.
Much is sometimes made of not being able to accurately judge size and structure when it comes to Goshawk and Sparrowhawk.
This is the reality.
Baltic Gull from last night's roost out on Pat's Pool. Such a striking bird & great to see it in (at first) OK light before the gloomy dusk descended. As my friend Chris Gibbins said in a text last night, this one is as good as it gets.
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#cleybirds
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November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I think bluesky needs a #BirdID feed. So I built one.
To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification.
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...
To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification.
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...
Finnish Focus On...Taiga And Tundra Bean Geese
Have been meaning to write a post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification for a while now. Wildfowl are my guilty pleasure. I've alway...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I think bluesky needs a #BirdID feed. So I built one.
To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification.
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...
To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification.
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...
If you're into Bird Identification, check out the new #BirdID feed.
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
If you're into Bird Identification, check out the new #BirdID feed.
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID.
Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification.
Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
South Polar Skua at Pendeen Watch on 11th Sept ‘25.
Video shown below courtesy of Mike McKee.
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Video shown below courtesy of Mike McKee.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Lesser Scaups at Helston, Cornwall 5th Nov ‘25. Montage showing key primary and secondary bar colouration. Both male and female shown. Underwing shot also shows the white axillaries.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
LESSER KESTREL on #StKilda! Retrospectively identified from Will Miles' excellent images on 16th Sept. We'd recorded a Kestrel from 12th, possibly the same bird, but sadly not relocated today.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So I did not list this guy today. It screams adult female shoveler to me with that long bill. Merlin and iNaturalist disagreed with me. Anyone care to comment? #birdID #birding #birdphotography
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
So I did not list this guy today. It screams adult female shoveler to me with that long bill. Merlin and iNaturalist disagreed with me. Anyone care to comment? #birdID #birding #birdphotography
Spotted last night, I think a sharp shinned hawk? In the pacific northwest.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Spotted last night, I think a sharp shinned hawk? In the pacific northwest.
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🪶 #birds #birdsofprey #raptor #birdid
September 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is the same film. I just posted, but I’m trying to add the quality by trying a different format. Blue Sky is not letting me upload quality videos lately. I think probably there’s just too much on the server now.
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Is this better quality and is this a brown creeper ?
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Is this better quality and is this a brown creeper ?
September 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM