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My trip to see the Netherlands once in a lifetime Spectacled Eider on Texel. Full story at blackaudibirding.blogspot.com. Pic by Richard Tyler

Nice to finally catch up with the adult Iceland Gull at Big Waters this afternoon Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club

Yesterday's resplendent drake Smew duo at Ravensthorpe Res. Unfortunately no sign of them today. BirdGuides #Northantsbirds

This Black Redstart was a superb find by Mike Weedon this afternoon at Hampton Vale, P’boro, Cambs. Still showing well at 14:50hrs in the vicinity of Tilgate Road BirdGuides RareBirdAlertUK Cambs Bird Club

The week in black and white … in the #Northantsbirds Newsround, 25th to 31st January 2025 northantsbirds.com/2025/02/01/new…

Fine drake Ring-necked Duck found at Titchmarsh NR on Monday by Nick Parker went AWOL on Tuesday but was back there yesterday and today #Northantsbirds

Punk duck makes the grade … in the #Northantsbirds Newsround, 8th to 14th February 2025 northantsbirds.com/2025/02/16/new…

A true taste of summer … in the #Northantsbirds Newsround, 1st to 7th March 2025 northantsbirds.com/2025/03/08/new… (image: Tyler Atkinson)

Northern Treecreeper discovered in Northamptonshire - a first county record northantsbirds.com/2025/03/28/nor… #Northantsbirds (images: Julie Roe)

More summer visitors and a run of Avocets … in the #Northantsbirds Newsround, 22nd to 28th March 2025 northantsbirds.com/2025/03/29/new…

Review: Fujifilm Fujinon Techno-Stabi 12x28 WP binocular Compact and bijou, Fujifilm's latest image-stabilised binoculars offer a neat alternative in a growing niche market, says Mike Alibone: bit.ly/4iRheeP

A day trip to Gwynver Beach in Cornwall for this beautiful Alpine Accentor which at times was highly mobile feeding on the rocks above the coastal path.

What an unexpected and unseasonal stunner! Red-flanked Bluetail at Grutness, south mainland Shetland today, found by Roger Riddington this morning. #Shetland #rarebirds #springbirds #redflankedbluetail

Lots of Redfooted Falcons in the UK at the moment, sadly none in Dorset so far, so here's one from Cothelstone Hill in the Quantocks june 2020.

Great visit yesterday (Fri 16 May) to Titchfield Haven NNR following the discovery of this Hudsonian Godwit by Mark Francis -thanks Mark for finding this first for Hampshire! Titchfield Haven NNR- Hampshire County Council Hampshire Ornithological Society Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

PALLAS’S REED BUNTING Fair Isle Bird Observatory!!!

Pleased to catch up with the Thornwick Bay Song Sparrow yesterday, prior to its apparent departure today.

This stunning Black-winged Pratincole has graced Setter, Spiggie, Shetland for the last couple of days. Only the third record for Shetland following singles in 1927 and 2021.

AUDENSHAW RES, Gtr Manchester - MEGA!! SURF SCOTER found by Rob Adderley this morning! first for GM apparently BirdGuides RareBirdAlertUK

German Precision Optics Passion ED 8x42 Binocular Not widely known in birding circles, GPO's Passion ED binocular range comes under the spotlight. Mike Alibone put its competitively priced 8x42 model to the test: bit.ly/3ZUGXvZ