East Lancashire’s 4th and first twitchable Hoopoe still showing well at lower Foulridge Res early afternoon. Excellent reward for dedicated patch worker Ian Corbett. #ELOC #Lancs

Exciting conservation news 🎉 Thanks to funding from Biffa Award and Highways England the Brockholes Reserve Team are currently embarking on a new project. Over the coming weeks they will be undertaking work to enhance our reedbeds and make our islands great for wading birds.

Slavonian Grebe and a pair of Scaup on the Inland Sea today, Crossbill flew south. 10 Greenshank Alaw Est yesterday. #Anglesey

Hard going on Holy Island, #Anglesey today, just Jack Snipe & 2 Water Rail of any note on The Range in failed attempt targeting Lap Bunt. No luck YB Warbler Holyhead area. Good nos Wildfowl/Waders RSPB Cors Ddyga at dusk Inc 4 Ruff, c300 Goldies, 2 Blackwit. 169 Brents Penrhos.

A couple of recent colour ringed Brent Geese from Beddmanarch Bay, #Anglesey: ZCYG, 30th Sept: ringed as an adult male at Alftanes, West Iceland, 6th May 2023. 47NW, 15th Oct: ringed as adult fem at Penmon Pool, Anglesey, 9th Feb 2019, with further history in attached.

Humpback whale off North Wales today!! 🐋 Maybe the same individual that live stranded and was refloated in Dumfries the other day? Photos by Ste Garner Tim Birch North Wales Wildlife Trust Sarah Perry 🌊🐬

Details of a colour ringed Herring Gull from the River Wyre on 23rd Oct. Also 2 Great Egret, 3 unringed ad Med Gull & 2 Rock Pipit on this date. Skipool area. Fylde Bird Club

Slavonian Grebe on Parsonage Reservoir, Wilpshire late afternoon. Nice find by Glen Hodkinson. #EastLancs

6hr circuit of South Walney NR earlier today: Swallow, Fieldfare, 12 Redwing, 2 Merlin, 9 Greenshank best of 63 species BirdTracked. Yellowhammer and Short-eared Owl yesterday. #Cumbria

3 Caspian Gull (2x1CY & 2CY) roosted Fishmoor Res, Blackburn, this evening. #EastLancs

1CY Yellow-legged Gull, 1CY Caspian Gull & 2xAd Med Gull in the roost at Fishmoor Res, Blackburn this evening. #EastLancs

5 Caspian Gull (1x2CY, 4x1CY) roosted Fishmoor Res, Blackburn (JW/BA). #EastLancs

This last gasp 1CY Caspian Gull in rapidly failing light narrowly averted the first blank visit for the species in recent weeks. Four roosted last night (3x1CY and a 2CY) + ad Med Gull. #EastLancs

3x1CY Caspian Gull, 1CY Med Gull roosted Fishmoor Res, Blackburn. #EastLancs

2x1CY Caspian Gull roosted Fishmoor Res. #EastLancs

Taking a break from X in favour of Bluesky until the year end at least.