A reminder that the autumn edition of the West Midlands All-Day Birdwatch will be on the traditional date of the first Saturday in September (6th). Here's hoping for a good day and lots of sites (new and old) to be participating #westmidsalldayer

A beautiful morning to see in my 10,000th visit to Belvide, done over 41 years. Or exactly 15,149 days.Hopefully many more to come. Never tire of the old girl.❤️

2 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper giving excellent views at Middleton Lakes on West Scrape from the path. Also 2 Ruff, 4 Blackwits, 2 Green Sand, 6+ Snipe, 14 LRP, 2 Garganey (West Scrape), GW Egret, 4 Swift, Hobby Staffs Bird News Mercian Birding RSPB Middleton Lakes

leucistic Arctic Tern on the Beach at Hill Head this morning. What a Beauty 😍RareBirdAlertUK BirdGuides

Phalarope sp at the west end reported to me. Can someone check it out as I'm at work.

Wasn't expecting much moth action on a cold and clear night so pleased with a NFG (Rusty Dot Pearl) & a NFY (Epinotia nisella). Also Ypsolopha sequella, Centre-barred Sallow, Angle Shades, Brimstone & Garden Rose Tortrix. B74 VC38 SK10 Ruth Newby BC Warwickshire EcoRecord

Fantastic news! A Nightjar was ringed at Marsh Lane Nature Reserve last night, just a stone’s throw from Birmingham Airport ✈️. That makes 6 in 4 years, all juveniles, highlighting a clear migration route for these elusive birds 🌙🪶. #Nightjar #BirdMigration

Remembering the 'great fall' of 1965 Sixty years to the day of one of the most sensational falls of migrants ever to have been documented in Britain, Moss Taylor looks back at this once-in-a-lifetime event: bit.ly/3K0d4VF

The current forecast for Saturday's #WestMidsAllDayer- could be better but could be worse; just a shame its clear overnight with no rain during the day. Sunday still looking good for some inland movement with overnight southeasterlies then rain during the day #AllWeekender

A post work local twitch to Shustoke Reservoir for the juvenile Spotted Redshank - still present at the eastern end of the north shore at 7:40pm. No terns but Common Sandpiper and Little Egret.

Ahead of tomorrow's #WestMidsAllDayer I remembered I hadn't posted the final final final scores from the 23 sites which participated in the Spring event on the 3rd May.

AMAZING! Just got details from BTO The Lesser Whitethroat I caught recently at Clopton, South Cambs (24 August 25) with a Serbian ring - had been originally ringed exactly a year before as a juvenile at a Serbian nature reserve at Slano Kopovo 1646km away! Cambs Bird Club

Don't forget it's the West Mids all dayer tomorrow!! A chance to see how many bird species can be spotted at different sites in one day, across the region. Use #WestMidsAllDayer and tag Phil Andrews to share updates from your local patch tomorrow! 🐦

Morning from Blithfield - good luck to all sites participating in today's #WestMidsAllDayer

8am update from Team Blithfield - out of the blocks faster than Usain Bolt! 83 species including Marsh Harrier, Osprey, Hobby, Greenshank, Ruff, GW Egret, Blackwit, Caspian Gull, 3 species of Owl with plenty of holes still left. #WestMidsAllDayer

10am update from Team Blithfield - now on 91 species with latest additions of Tree Pipit and Crossbill #westmidsalldayer

Calling it quits for now after 6+ hours in Tad Bay; hopefully back later for more. Unable to add wildebeest or zebra to day list on the sweeping savannahs. Team Blithfield now on 96 (level with Belvide) - latest additions incl Spot Fly, Wheatear + Whitethroat #WestMidsAllDayer

Many thanks to the 20 sites who participated in yesterday's #westmidsalldayer - 4 sites managed to break the 100 mark with Blithfield narrowly pipping Belvide to the post. I'll pull together a list of all the species seen across the sites (usually c140 species). Well done all 👏

Fantastic last hour of light at Blithfield in Blithe Bay - 13 Curlew Sand, 15 Common Sand, 4 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, c25 Dunlin, 10 LRP, 2 Snipe, upwards of 100 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, female Pintail, GWE, 12 Goosander, GBBG, 5 Wheatear, Tawny Owl Staffs Bird News

HUGE Flock of Glossy Ibis still at Chew Valley Lake this morning. In Herons Geen Bay (10:15/11:15) I counted 57 in flight from a video still, plus another 13 (11 +2) on the ground, a total of 70 birds. All but 2 flew off towards Herriots, where I saw most of them later.