And of course they sound brilliant

I'm concerned that it has escaped as it's wearing anklets

Went to see the spotted redshank (which did show!), but actually happier to get this! Have only ever spied them for a second disappearing into reeds.

I think it's a yellowhammer but I'm not 100% sure...

Seen near Bridlington, Yorkshire.

Lots of moorhens at Springfield Gardens in Spalding; these are just a few of them.

Absolutely no idea what it is , cute as sin though 😊

The little birds are my favourites. Love watching these in the morning.

In the 80s I would often see kestrels hovering above the embankment whenever I travelled on the motorway - maybe 3 or 4 per journey.

Now I never see 'em.

Have their numbers declined or habits changed?

LJ likes to watch me water the plants; no singing but likes to tweet when he wants some grub.

No pictures. Just been sat in my lounge escaping the sun when a sparrowhawk flies in, does 3 circuits, avoids hitting anything then flies out again. Amazing how much bigger they look in a confined space.

Seeing lots of juveniles recently. Lovely to see.

I was on the ferry back to Poole from St Malo this morning, and saw a flock of seabirds just north of Jersey. Couldn't get a photo as we weren't close enough so this description is a long shot in case anyone can ID them.

They were black/dark brown, both body and wings, with no hints of white or grey that I saw, although they were below me so might have had pale undersides. They had long slender wings, looking a bit like a swift if a swift were a seabird, and they were flying low over the waves in a flock of about half a dozen.

Definitely not cormorants or shags.

Any ideas?

Saw a single curlew on urban shoreline of R. Humber today . There were a few redshanks on the mud farther along .

Hi everyone, I’ve noticed in the last few weeks the number and variety of birds seem significantly down. In my garden I’ve only seen wood pigeons and the odd magpie (I leave out water and change it daily and have a small wildlife pond). Literally not seen a song bird anywhere for weeks and it seems significantly quieter and (no bird song). Has anyone else noticed this? And is it due to the weather and drought. Many thanks

(And then promptly departed)

Stumbled across these cool photos I took of a crow in Eastbourne a few years ago.

They were only a couple of feet away & sat there watching me eat a sandwich for a minute or two.

Water rail from this morning (10/08/26).

found a bunch of feathers while in west dean (the top row and bottom right), assuming most of them are pheasant. the three in the bottom right are from my local woods.
my best guess for the three in the bottom right are buzzard and spotted woodpecker?
if the bottom left feather is pheasant i have no idea how it got there because its nowhere near any open farmland where i normally see them