3+ Arctic Skuas Magilligan Point (2 dark phase/1 pale phase) early afternoon (Bob Watts). 3 Ruff at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve and single Arctic Tern at Kinnegar Shore (Ivan Maggini).…

Uttoxeter Quarry 10x Ringed Plover, 3x Dunlin, 2x Ruff, Redshank, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Snipe, 2x Peregrine, 7x Great Egret, 20x Little Egret, juv Shelduck,…

After the high excitement of earlier in the week I made an effort to get up to Strumble for a couple of hours before work. It would be a tough…

Bittern 1 Kingfisher 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Hobby 1 Great White Egret 3 Cattle Egret 23 Lesser Whitethroat 1  

Today’s Challenge All are invited to leave a comment by putting the three images in order of their preference; put the image you judge to be the strongest first, your…

With the strong north westerly winds, it has been a good day for seawatching. Sightings are below and a number will involve some duplication: Rathlin Island this morning had 9…

Belvide Resv Lesser Scaup, 2x Garganey, 3x Great Egret,  Middleton Lakes 3x Dunlin, 5x Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 6x Snipe, RB Goose again, (SPA) Trentham Gardens 10x Little Egret, 4x…

 Maybe not the best news in the world but a Ring necked Parakeet was present at Llanychaer this morning 

70 Cattle Egret: Watched at the roost. 200 Yellow Wagtail: Approximately 200 in and around the reedbed. 4 Hobby 4 Marsh Harrier 6 Great White Egret Glossy Ibis: In to…

1 Marsh Harrier, with yellow wing tags both with “AB” in black letters. I found this webpage https://www.nwnrg.co.uk/research/marsh_harrier/MH_Project_Recoveries.htm that indicates this was tagged as a female nestling near Manea, Cambridgeshire on…