Great walk around Old Hall Marshes RSPB reserve this morning. Bumped into @olicwildlife and were chatting when 3 juvenile BLACK TERNS dropped in, fed and flew NW. Also 10 SPOONBILL, 2 HOBBY and family of BEARDED REEDLING! #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #essex Float_photographies |Stand Up for Science|

It was a very productive morning at Salcott and RSPB Old Hall Marshes. 76 species with the highlights including 10 Spoonies, 5 Spotted Redshank, Hobbies, lots of Waders, and these 3 young Black Tern! Nice to bump into Swallow Birding & Wildlife too. EBwS Bird News #Birding

I take my dog for walks from home every day around our edge of Colchester and always take binos (or a scope 👀) just in case. The last month has been really good here with Wood Sand, Ruff, Greenshank, 13 Green Sand, Whinchat, Wheatear, Ravens, & Spot Fly! EBwS Bird News

Whinchats on the edge of Colchester yesterday! EBwS Bird News #Birding #UKBirding #EssexBirding #WildlifePhotography

Some photos of the beautiful scenery on our way up Scafell Pike a couple of days ago! #ScafellPike #Hiking #LakeDistrict

Productive sea-watch at Frinton this morning with Ed. Pair of Arctic Skua, Gannet, Shag, 6 Common Scoter, c30 Sandwich Tern, Kestrel in-off, and awesome views of 2 Fulmar! EBwS Bird News #EssexBirding #UKBirding

Brilliant Abberton record! Arctic Warbler. EBwS Bird News #Birding #UKBirding #EssexBirding

The Wader Spectacle at RSPB Snettisham yesterday morning! Swallow Birding & Wildlife #Birds #Birding #Snettisham #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

There was lots of good birds in North Norfolk, on top of the Wader Spectacle. These included RN Phalarope, 3 Glossy Ibis, Wood, Curlew, & Pectoral Sandpipers, Little Stints, Gannets, 3 Turtle Dove, and 60+ Spoonbill! Swallow Birding & Wildlife #Birds #Birding #UKBirding

Hoopoe in Suffolk yesterday morning! #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding

Back on the Essex Birdwatching Society Field Trips! Dungeness was great fun with lots of good birds, including 2 Glossy Ibis, Great & Arctic Skuas, Manx Shearwaters, Black Redstarts, 9 Cattle Egret, and lots of Whinchat. Thank you to everyone involved! #Birding #UKBirding

Some highlights from a couple of days on Portland Bill last weekend! Lots of sea watching with Balearic Shearwater, 20 Arctic Skua, and both Glossy Ibis & SEO in-off. Also Wryneck, Merlin, and Crossbill elsewhere on the island! #Birds #Birding #UKWildlife

Spent last Sunday morning exploring RSPB Radipole Lakes where the highlight was an unexpected White Stork high over the reserve! Seems to have a metal ring. Also Curlew Sandpiper, Bearded Tits, and Kingfisher among others. #Birds #Birding #UKWildlife

I visited RSPB Arne last week, for the first time. A stunning reserve with great wildlife too! I managed distant views of White-tailed Eagle, as well as Sand Lizard, Sika Deer, Dartford Warblers, Curlew Sandpipers, Spoonbills, Hobby, and Firecrests! #Birding #WildlifePhotography

Tragic. Preventable. Final. The Slender-billed Curlew is officially extinct, declared today by the IUCN. On our watch. We are technically brilliant and carelessly blind. Sit with the silence. Then fight for what remains. #Extinction #BiodiversityCrisis #Curlews David Gray

Great day yesterday at Bradwell helping lead the EBwS Bird News field trip. Thanks to Swallow Birding & Wildlife Paul Everett OliCWildlife and Ed Bateman for getting so many people onto the birds, a real team effort! Pics of Eider, GS Woodpecker, Peregrine and 5 Whooper Swans on way home!

First day at Abberton in a while! Highlights were a surprise Slav Grebe, Scaup, Goosanders, Spot Reds, 16 Ruff, Med Gulls, Great Egrets, Kingfisher, and c400 Pintail. EBwS Bird News Essex Wildlife Trust #Birding #UKBirding

Gannet, Minke Whale, and Kittiwake from the Naturetrek Lyme Bay boat trip a couple of weeks ago! It was also good to see Balearic & Manx Shearwaters, 100s of Common Dolphins, and a single Puffin among other things. #Birding #Birds #UKWildlife

It was a beautiful day in North Essex yesterday! It was made even better by some birds though, which included Scaup, Red-crested Pochards, Goosanders, Greenshanks, Avocets, Great Egrets, Kingfishers, and Redpolls! EBwS Bird News #Birding #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

Some phone-scoped footage of the juvenile Brown Shrike at Hollesley yesterday! #Birds #Birding #UKBirding