Watching thousands of Fulmars suddenly drop from the cliffs Fair Isle Bird Obs, there was only going to be one culprit - a White-tailed Eagle, and a stunning adult at that!

The sixth consecutive year of appearance by this species on Fair Isle, though getting views this good is a rare treat

The last sunset of March from Fair Isle Bird Obs was a pretty special one (with obligatory Fulmar)

Wasn't expecting this today Fair Isle Bird Obs!

A flash of blue down at the bottom of a cliff revealed the isle's 28th record of Red-flanked Bluetail, though just the second ever in spring - magic!

There's nothing like contextual rarity to make you properly appreciate a species, and with roughly six times as many records of Lanceolated Warbler as there are of Blue Tit Fair Isle Bird Obs, the appearance of this intrepid individual was very exciting!

A returning Blue Fulmar Fair Isle Bird Obs today - ringed last year when it held a cliff ledge on the isle, but failed to attract a mate.

Good to see it back - hopefully it has better luck this time!

Forest Wagtail from our recent trip to Thailand, one of two in two days at Kaeng Krachan NP. The side to side wiggle is so good, what a brilliant bird!

Nice to find this Woodlark this afternoon after the rain stopped Fair Isle Bird Obs . Hopefully a good precursor for the rest of the season !

Shetland bound, on the way to kick off another season Fair Isle Bird Obs!

Joined this time by @LukeMarriner17 and ., what’s this year got in store for us…?

New study shows that in one single island in the Canary Islands, ca. 50,000 pet cats (i.e. not feral!) prey on over 1.5 million animals/year including an estimated 632,222 (593,790–670,426) (endemic) reptiles and 284,834 (267,519––302,046) birds:

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The annual massacre - heavy shooting at the flocks of Storks passing through coastal areas of northern Lebanon.

The situation urgently requires more patrols from قوى الامن الداخلي to disrupt the shooting taking place directly from the roadside.

Oriental Honey-buzzard was a species I hoped we'd bump into in Oman, and we eventually got lucky with this gorgeous adult male - what a bird!

An epic parting gift from Oman, with mind-bending views of Crab-plover on our final afternoon.

Couldn't ask for a better end to our trip to this fantastic country - full of incredible birds, friendly people and amazing landscapes. We'll be back!

A couple of days around the Saiq plateau of Oman on our way back northwards produced plenty of Hume's Wheatear, several Eastern Black Redstart, Rock Thrush and the aptly-named Plain Leaf-warbler

Hypocolius!

No trip to southern Oman would be complete without a visit to Mudday, in search of these desert Waxwings. After a couple of hours searching, we got lucky with a group feeding on fallen fruit below the palms

An excellent few days spent around the Salalah area of Oman - African Paradise Flycatcher, Bruce’s Green Pigeon and Golden-winged Grosbeak a few of many highlights!

Transiting south along Oman's coast over the last couple of days allowed us great views of some desert specialities along the way - Hoopoe Lark, Namaqua Dove and Asian Desert Warbler (tailing Desert Wheatear - a Collins illustration come to life!)

An epic day in the north of Oman - Scrub Warbler, Arabian Babbler, Pallas's Gull (😍) and an amazing 17 Sociable Lapwing. The stuff of dreams!

The start of some much-needed winter sun and warmth today in Oman, with our first day spent exploring Muscat. Arabian Green Bee-eater was one of many highlights around the city's parks, suburbs and beaches

A few pics of the gorgeous Little Gull from the other day at Deerness, from a very happy half hour spent in its company

Little Gulls have absolutely no business being this cute! This 2cy was toddling about, feasting on flies along the shore in Orkney today in the late afternoon sun