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Great new book well worth checking out. *Habitats of Europe: Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists and Ecologists*. Congratulations to authors Dale Forbes, Iain Campbell and Pete Morris facebook.com/10000050379220…


Useful composite for anyone interested in looking through Cory's for Scopoli's. Thks for posting @dhitchcox

We looked closely for Scopoli’s Shearwaters on the Cashes Ledge (Maine) trip on Saturday, but couldn’t find any. Here’s a fun composite of a Cory’s banking, showing how dark (or light) p10 can look as the sun hits it.

dhitchcox's tweet image. We looked closely for Scopoli’s Shearwaters on the Cashes Ledge (Maine) trip on Saturday, but couldn’t find any. Here’s a fun composite of a Cory’s banking, showing how dark (or light) p10 can look as the sun hits it.


Gorgeous shot, stunning bird. Looks like it was on a millpond @OreillyReilly2 !

An adult Sabine's Gull from a Scilly Pelagic yesterday.

OreillyReilly2's tweet image. An adult Sabine's Gull from a Scilly Pelagic yesterday.


Long anticipated!

Zitting Cisticola Breeds in Britain for the First Time Family party in Suffolk confirms long-anticipated arrival of a new breeding species on the British mainland rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Zit…



Now that would be more than a 'bit popular' in the UK. Tad envious @yoavperlman and btw, great photos!

What. A. Bird.

yoavperlman's tweet image. What. A. Bird.
yoavperlman's tweet image. What. A. Bird.
yoavperlman's tweet image. What. A. Bird.
yoavperlman's tweet image. What. A. Bird.


RIP Tony. You touched many lives, did great things, brought many smiles (and a few groans with your jokes too 🤗) Miss you. Great memories

Tony Marr 1939 - 2025 Richard Porter looks back at the life of his dear friend of over 67 years rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Ton…



Well done team on the brilliant new app! Fantastic result @RareBirdAlertUK

Our totally updated birdnews app has maps, giving you locations of birds but also where to park and where to view from, and one-tap driving directions too! See more this spring - Try it now completely FREE FOR 30 DAYS. Sign up takes a few seconds. rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/bird_…

RareBirdAlertUK's tweet image. Our totally updated birdnews app has maps, giving you locations of birds but also where to park and where to view from, and one-tap driving directions too! 

See more this spring - Try it now completely FREE FOR 30 DAYS.

Sign up takes a few seconds. rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/bird_…
RareBirdAlertUK's tweet image. Our totally updated birdnews app has maps, giving you locations of birds but also where to park and where to view from, and one-tap driving directions too! 

See more this spring - Try it now completely FREE FOR 30 DAYS.

Sign up takes a few seconds. rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/bird_…


Great piece by @dunnjons in the @TheScotsman ! Well worth a read

Delighted to have my first piece in @TheScotsman today, honouring the Marlene Dietrich of the seabird world. This the latest in a new series about Scotland’s wildlife - written by some wonderful people. Feeling honoured to be included. scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…



Stunning painting @JohnGale8 We are so impressed. You deserve good early sales with your special discount on the 1st few. Sorely tempted!

My 'Blue Bird of Paradise' prints are available next week & I'm putting discount on the 1st few sold. The original is painted from field observations & study, I've found out the large leaved plant on the left is likely new to science! Follow link: johngaleart.co.uk/product/blue-b…

JohnGale8's tweet image. My 'Blue Bird of Paradise' prints are available next week & I'm putting discount on the 1st few sold. The original is painted from field observations & study, I've found out the large leaved plant on the left is likely new to science! 

Follow link:

johngaleart.co.uk/product/blue-b…


Great photo of a super bird, and only ever so slightly gripped it was at Winterton! Congrats @EdgecombeM

A dash to see another Warbler. This time an Asian Desert Warbler. A rare visitor from the deserts of central and eastern Asia. Fortunately in Norfolk too.

EdgecombeM's tweet image. A dash to see another Warbler. This time an Asian Desert Warbler. A rare visitor from the deserts of central and eastern Asia. Fortunately in Norfolk too.


That's a cracker of a 'Pech' @puffinpassion Great photo, and whilst not as rare as they used to be.. always a thrilling bird

Wonderful views of the rare Pechora Pipit at Quendale Mill, mainland Shetland this afternoon. #Shetland

puffinpassion's tweet image. Wonderful views of the rare Pechora Pipit at Quendale Mill, mainland Shetland this afternoon. #Shetland


Autumn has arrived!

Weekly Birding Roundup 10-16 Sept As the first east coast fall of the autumn faded quickly into the year’s rear view mirrors this week, westerlies cracked open the door for some vagrant birds from another point of the compass altogether. Read it here rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Wee…

RareBirdAlertUK's tweet image. Weekly Birding Roundup 10-16 Sept

As the first east coast fall of the autumn faded quickly into the year’s rear view mirrors this week, westerlies cracked open the door for some vagrant birds from another point of the compass altogether. 

Read it here rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Wee…
RareBirdAlertUK's tweet image. Weekly Birding Roundup 10-16 Sept

As the first east coast fall of the autumn faded quickly into the year’s rear view mirrors this week, westerlies cracked open the door for some vagrant birds from another point of the compass altogether. 

Read it here rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Wee…
RareBirdAlertUK's tweet image. Weekly Birding Roundup 10-16 Sept

As the first east coast fall of the autumn faded quickly into the year’s rear view mirrors this week, westerlies cracked open the door for some vagrant birds from another point of the compass altogether. 

Read it here rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Wee…
RareBirdAlertUK's tweet image. Weekly Birding Roundup 10-16 Sept

As the first east coast fall of the autumn faded quickly into the year’s rear view mirrors this week, westerlies cracked open the door for some vagrant birds from another point of the compass altogether. 

Read it here rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Wee…


The times are a changing. Will Blyth's Reed Warblers become a frequent breeder within the next decade? You'd be brave to against it

The first successful breeding record of Blyth's Reed Warbler in Britain is the headline from a bumper year for rare breeding birds in the Scottish Highlands. rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/Fir…



Dick Filby 💙 reposted

Our South Polar ID article available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/38…

Scillypelagics's tweet image. Our South Polar ID article available on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/38…

Great shot, super bird @BLI_Jim. Can't beat a good Casp!

This moulting juvenile Caspian Gull was the knockout bird in a bunch of five I photographed at Cromer Beach yesterday afternoon.

BLI_Jim's tweet image. This moulting juvenile Caspian Gull was the knockout bird in a bunch of five I photographed at Cromer Beach yesterday afternoon.


Fantastic adventure. Hope you score big and that someone can grab that late availability place

Due to a late cancellation I have a space available on our British seabird expedition to the continental shelf edge 8th-17th September from Falmouth. £1600. A pioneering expedition with huge potential for rare seabirds & cetaceans. [email protected] for more info!

stmarys_patch's tweet image. Due to a late cancellation I have a space available on our British seabird expedition to the continental shelf edge 8th-17th September from Falmouth. £1600. 

A pioneering expedition with huge potential for rare seabirds & cetaceans. 

scottreid.scilly@gmail.com for more info!
stmarys_patch's tweet image. Due to a late cancellation I have a space available on our British seabird expedition to the continental shelf edge 8th-17th September from Falmouth. £1600. 

A pioneering expedition with huge potential for rare seabirds & cetaceans. 

scottreid.scilly@gmail.com for more info!
stmarys_patch's tweet image. Due to a late cancellation I have a space available on our British seabird expedition to the continental shelf edge 8th-17th September from Falmouth. £1600. 

A pioneering expedition with huge potential for rare seabirds & cetaceans. 

scottreid.scilly@gmail.com for more info!
stmarys_patch's tweet image. Due to a late cancellation I have a space available on our British seabird expedition to the continental shelf edge 8th-17th September from Falmouth. £1600. 

A pioneering expedition with huge potential for rare seabirds & cetaceans. 

scottreid.scilly@gmail.com for more info!


Astounding numbers of Wilson's Petrels!!! Great photos Joe 👍🏻, and by the looks of it, idyllic conditions too. No doubt the times they are a changin' ExcitingFrightening sums it up. Whatever next??

A conservative count of 105++ Wilson’s Storm-petrels off Scilly on today’s Birder Special Pelagics!!! Photos Joe Pender

Scillypelagics's tweet image. A conservative count of 105++ Wilson’s Storm-petrels off Scilly on today’s Birder Special Pelagics!!! Photos Joe Pender


Dick Filby 💙 reposted

Article in Dutch Birding this August. Includes 3 superb full-page plates, over 40 photos, easy to use ID tools, moult timing charts, 10 clues to look out for when trying to find a South Polar from a seawatch, moult interpretation of low quality photos, range maps.

Scillypelagics's tweet image. Article in Dutch Birding this August. Includes 3 superb full-page plates, over 40 photos, easy to use ID tools, moult timing charts, 10 clues to look out for when trying to find a South Polar from a seawatch, moult interpretation of low quality photos, range maps.

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