Yellow Wagtail courtship

As numbers crash in Scotland's high places, is it curtains for the Dotterel as a British breeding species? thewryneck.blogspot.com

Jim Wright Jim Wright Single feather from 'extinct' ivory-billed woodpecker sells for more than double pre-sale estimate at Yorkshire auction. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

RSPB sounds alarm bell on 2024 breeding flop for three much-cherished upland species - Ring Ouzel, Slavonian Grebe and Dotterel. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Where the heck's it flown to? Gloucestershire's 'pioneer' Black-winged Kite seems to have left the building. Report: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Confiding Black-tailed Godwit feeding on perimeter of Cleethorpes boating lake at 5pm today.

One of the two Grey Phalaropes at Covenham Reservoir, near Louth, in Lincolnshire this morning. Such an elegant and fragile bird.

‘It gives birders a bad name.’ Twitcher under fire on social media for seeking to flush rare Pechora Pipit from undergrowth. Report at thewryneck.blogspot.com

Shorebirds over the estuary in Cleethorpes, Lincs, at 9am today.

New editor of British Birds is experienced ornithologist and chairperson of Spurn Bird Observatory. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Spotted Redshank feeding at Tetney Lock outfall sluice at noon on September 26.

RSPB reveals record annual income of £195-million. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Good to see Liam Smith's excellent article promoting Cleethorpes and RSPB Tetney Marshes in the October edition of Bird Watching magazine. RSPB Blacktoft Sands and the Humber DiscoverNEL

Crimean War was still raging when Britain's first Siberian Thrush was spotted near Guildford in Surrey. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

"The'most charismatic vagrant on the British List'? Who would disagree? Delight for birders as White-throated Needletail flies in the skies of East Yorkshire. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Spotted Redshank feeding at Tetney Lock sluice outfall near Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire over this weekend. Who wouldn't enjoy watching the urgency of its feeding activity?

RSPB now recruiting for what it describes as "a dream job" Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Superb bronze study of #Swifts in flight certain to attract plenty of interest in online auction ending on October 26. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Wanted by the RSPB - a Head of Cyber Security. Society currently recuiting for the post which carries a salary of up to £84,794. Report at: thewryneck.blogspot.com

Glossy Ibis coming in to land on saltmarsh in Cleethorpes this afternoon.