✅️💥Spotted Sandpiper💥✅️ Cameron Reservoir, Fife. Another new UK lifer, what a great start to a week birding. Off to Shetland tonight. Hopefully, there will be plenty more to go for. Life ✅️ 408 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Desert Wheatear💥✅️ Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire. Two lifers today!!! A fabulous bird to turn up whilst in the area. Now en-route to Aberdeen ferry terminal. Life ✅️ 409 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Lanceolated Warbler💥✅️ ✅️💥Paddyfield Warbler💥✅️ Amazing first day on Shetland. Brilliant views of both birds. I can't wait to see what tomorrow may bring for us. I absolutely love Shetland, what a place! Life ✅️ 410 & 411 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler💥✅️ Never in a million years did think i would come to Shetland and see PG Tips and Lanceolated on my first trip. Unbelievably overwhelmed with joy at the minute. Tomorrow's a new day 🤞 Life ✅️ 412 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

One of the most stressful twitches but a big highlight of the Shetland trip. It has to be that of the European Common Nighthawkjar. Here's a little clip to remember it by 😊. Steve Wilkinson AR Mike Howard Paul Coombes 📷 #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Black-faced Bunting💥✅️ Wow!!! What a huge stroke of luck, I was staying 30mins away when the news broke last night, I made sure I was on site for first light. Massive thanks to Owen Beaumont for his efforts. Life ✅️ 413 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Black-faced Bunting💥✅️ Wow!!! What a huge stroke of luck, I was staying 30mins away when the news broke last night, I made sure I was on site for first light. Massive thanks to Owen Beaumont for his efforts. Life ✅️ 413 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Scarlet Tanager💥✅️ This has to be the biggest twitch of the year. After news broke last night, I managed to extract all the details of the birds whereabouts from the finders daughter. I even managed to see it 🙂. Life ✅️ 414 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥American Coot💥✅️ My first ever twitch to Shetland has proved successful. A bird i fully appreciated along with some great company cliff smith Life ✅️ 415 #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥American Yellow Warbler💥✅️ A Boxing Day mega twitch to New Hythe GPs in Kent. I was very confident it would stick. I also continue with my 100% connect rate in Kent (for now). Nice to catch up with some friends as well. Life ✅️ 416 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥EURASIAN SCOPS OWL💥✅️ My 100% Kent record continues after seeing the Yellow Warbler yesterday and then driving back home. I never thought I'd be driving back today! navigating 4 accidents and a 7hr drive. What a bird!! Life ✅️ 417 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

I never get tired of seeing Ptarmigan in the Scottish Highlands. In my opinion, it is the hardest UK resident bird to twitch! Glenshee Ski Centre BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥BOOTED EAGLE💥✅️ My 100% Cornish twitching record continues. I dipped the dark morph Chiltern bird, but had a good feeling about this Marazion pale morph bird, sometimes you just have to buy a ticket to win the raffle Life ✅️ 418 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥LEAST SANDPIPER💥✅️ A one tick day turned into a two tick day with the very confiding Least Sandpiper at Steart Marshes. Another bird I missed by a matter of minutes at Kilnsea in 2024. It always comes good in the end! Life ✅️ 419 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Eastern Yellow Wagtail💥✅️ It's nice to finally catch up with one of these, and even better that it was only an hour away at Winteringham in Lincolnshire. I spent a full day waiting for one in Devon during Jan 2023. Life ✅️ 420 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Corncrake 💥✅️ A bird I have saved for a quiet while, but i never expected to get such crippling views!! Absolutely blown away with my first visit to Iona and second visit to Mull!!! Life ✅️ 421 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥SONG SPARROW💥✅️ What an absolute turn up for the books this bird was. Yorkshire never failing to impress. It's been a while since I bumped into some familiar faces, so that made for good company as well. Life ✅️ 422 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Ortolan Bunting💥✅️ What a belting bird to finally catch up with, after dipping the Hornsea Mere bird twice and the Spurn bird last year, I wasn't feeling too confident, but eventually they do fall at some point. Life ✅️423 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Zitting Cisticola💥✅️ A great grip back from the Kent bird last month. Unfortunately any digiscope footage would have been horrendous with the conditions of heat haze and the distance. The enjoyment came from seeing it. Life ✅️424 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland

✅️💥Marsh Sandpiper💥✅️ A weekend away to Devon with the purpose of seeing the Marsh Sandpiper at Seaton Marshes, luckily i managed to connect before it departed on Saturday. Life ✅️425 BirdGuides #TwitchingTheUKandIreland