Stewart

A bit late with the 2025 #NotebookAnnual this time. Anyway, here are a few from my #Sketchbook from across the year. My only new bird, was the fantastic Pechora Pipit at South Shields.What will 2026 bring... #birdart #Northumberland ##FieldNotes #Sketchbooks

Red-breasted Flycatcher at Warkworth today - nearing 20 years since I last saw a male - very bonny indeed! #NEBirding

Dungeness: A Leech’s Petrel came past the fishing boats relatively close this morning. It afforded excellent telescope views though camera views were not so good.

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Black Metaltail in the Central Highlands of Peru.

A grey phalarope was found in the back car park at Samphire Hoe this afternoon. It was rescued from some unwanted magpie attention and was safely released, it flew off strongly. #kentbirding

Memories… from my notebook, 1991. #Nutcracker #UKBirds

Nutcracker at my feet

Nutcracker. Parking is horrendous and no sense is being exercise by most. A few people going where they shouldn’t. You can park a sensible distance away and walk as bird showing extremely well. A bike was very useful! #ukbirding

Is there a news blackout or something....

The magical 23rd strikes again! This Dusky Thrush pitched up on dyke about 4ft from me and gave me a bit of a shock! What a stonking bird! Not a bad birthday present either! #OrkneyBirding

Pretty amazing to see an Eagle Owl within a mile of home on Thursday evening. No sign of jessies when it flew. Likely the one seen at New Holland recently. Saw it with a prey item, blurry pic but maybe a Jackdaw?

I'd love to see a Rubythroat in Northumberland... can't find any pics of the Spurn bird so here's one in my hand, China 2008...

Pic by @whitburnbirds.bsky.social of the Whitburn Paddyfield Warbler. A bit more cooperative this a.m. - albeit for a short time only - than yesterday. A bloody brilliant bird though, and only the second I've ever seen. It's been quite good 'on patch' this week 😃.

Rufous-tailed Robin still at South Landing near the whale bridge @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Right, where are all these Nutcrackers were supposed to be getting? It's like the near annual Pine Grosbeak invasion... #UKBirding

Rufous-tailed Robin still present at South Landing. Please park in the car park or in the village and walk in @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Rufous-tailed Robin at South Landing near the whale bridge Please park in the car park at South not along verges as you will be fined. @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Might be worth a follow up if you're on Shetland... #UKBirding

Must say a big thank you to @jamiepartridge.bsky.social and all the birders on St Agnes and especially to Paul Clarke on St Marys and to Dave Jackson and the gang at the Peninnis allotments Wryneck twitch for letting me piggy-back on to their viewing arrangements with Paul. #TeamMoth are the best!

Short eared Owl in off the sea on Sunday. Landed on the rocks briefly before moving off west. #BirdArt #BirdSketches

BLACK-FACED BUNTING at the north end of the Sheep Fields. Please park sensibly and follow all on-site instructions. #Spurnbirds @rarebirder.bsky.social

Super male Desert Wheatear along Cley's Eye Field fence this lunchtime. @linnetincley.bsky.social #cleybirds #norfolkbirding #rarebirdsuk

Setting out for a dog walk just after 4pm, i didn’t expect that going through autopilot motion to kick something out rank grass would give anything, let alone this! CHESTNUT BUNTING. Massive thanks to team effort- DC, MGP, RF helping pin down and nail ID, against the clock before sundown! 1/2

This planet is fucked. The sooner the better too...

Busy time for Hobbies. This male has taken a leaf from the Merlin playbook and sits quietly in the stubble to hunt the the Linnet flock from ground level. #BirdArt

Good to see active migration on Barra today with Barnacle Geese and Whooper Swans on the move, hundreds of Icelandic Redwings arriving, at least 5 Yellow-browed Warblers around the island and the Blackpoll Warbler present for a second day at Glen giving us great views. #BirdingScotland #RareBirdsUK

Seen 3 Lesser Grey Shrikes at the Long Nanny, 2008, 2013 and 2016, the last one was a colour ringed bird from a captive breeding/release project in Spain. Is it the best site for Lesser Grey Shrike in Northumberland ? Only ever had 2 patch Great Grey Shrikes (+1 was at the Nanny too !). #NEbirding

Not really Kev, drawn in the field, colour added back home from memory... #FieldNotes #Notebooks #Sketchingbirds

Buff breasted Sand at Longhoughton Steel this afternoon. Pity I've just missed Wildlife Photographer of the Year. #UKBirding #Northumberland

Safe to say, just like the Spanish Inquisition, I wasn't expecting this..... Nonchalant dander around the patch wi missus & dogs at weekend, out pops the 1st Angus & only 3rd (I think) Scottish mainland Isabelline Wheatear. Had worse dog walks likes. Fuckin 'ave it you slags.......😉😂

Just found these pics of a singing male Lesser Grey Shrike at the Long Nanny some years back. What a bird.. #UKBirding

A few from last night in #Northumberland #teammoth

Eider up a river with Mallards against a background of autumn leaves... thats #Northumberland ....

The Lapland Bunting at Longhoughton Steel showed well this morning. No sooner had we left after putting a full morning in, a Buff breasted Sandpiper turns up! #Northumberland #UKBirding

GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH, Shetland. 📷 photo by Patrick Earith.

Aurora from our village tonight. Of course it didn't look like this, the phone settings does that, but red and pillars could be seen. More like the 2nd pic. #Aurora #Northumberland

Over 10 years since this White's Thrush caused a bit of a stir in #Northumberland. I was the last man to the party just before dusk and the tide ended the show. What a relief after a white knuckle drive up the A1... #UKBirding #RarebirdsUK

Red eyed vireo caught and ringed at Gorie Bressay. There was me thanking it was dead compared to yday. @kevin-clements.bsky.social WHEN I WAS A KID I BEGGED DAD TO TAKE ME SCILLY TO SEE THESE....WHICH HE DID

GREY-HEADED SWAMPHEN, P p caspius this afternoon along South Denes Road, Great Yarmouth. 📷 photos by Jane Ferguson.

An exhilarating seawatch this morning on North Ronaldsay with a Fea’s/Desertas type petrel passing the hide! Also 127 Sooty Shearwaters mostly passing at close range and a Slavonian Grebe #OrkneyBirding

#UKbirding #RareBirdsUk

Well done Mike👍

Greenfinch done In watercolour for a report sometime ago. #UKbirding #birding #art #birdart #sciart #watercolour

49 /19 overnight inc Merveille du Jour NFY... #teammoth #Northumberland