Cymro. Birder. Great Orme, Conwy RSPB and Spurn ☺️👍https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mlyijfgxwc2cA great day with @owenparsons.bsky.social , starting with a Wood Warbler survey in the Conwy Valley. Good views had of this iconic species along with Pied Flycatchers, Redstarts, Cuckoos and Tawny Owl. Then taking part in the Pensychnant Biodoversity Quiz day. Great fun and learning! #birdingwales16 May 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyijfgxwc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mljghhpyuk2cMontgomeryshire birdrace with Paul and Madelina as part of Ebird Global Big Day. 107 species seen in this landlocked Welsh county. Highlights included sky dancing Hen Harrier, 3 Marsh Harriers, Hobby, Osprey, Tree Sparrow, Willow Tit, Wood Warbler, Whimbrel + drumming Snipe #ukbirding #birdingwales10 May 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljghhpyuk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mlcxfusgws2rHighlights this week at Middleton Lakes RSPB; summer plumaged Cattle Egret dropping in, feral Red-breasted Goose, 2 Arctic Terns, a group of 3 Cuckoo, lots of Garden Warblers and several Lapwing chicks (including these 3 swimming!). @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding08 May 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcxfusgws2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3ml2avdkooc26A hike up the three peaks of Drum, Foel Fras + Carnedd Gwenllian to look for Dotterel today. Failed to reach Foel Grach as the mist descended 😩 No Dotterel unfortunately but male Hen Harrier, several Red Grouse, Ring Ouzels, Cuckoo, Whinchat, 30+ Wheatear made it worthwhile #ukbirding #birdingwales04 May 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2avdkooc26https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mkzaol6np22lI know Redpolls are all lumped but this Great Orme Redpoll this morning was interesting. Very different from the many streaky little brown Lessers passing through at the moment. Even its calls were lower pitched. Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, 30+ Wheatear and 100+ Swallow too #ukbirding #birdingwales04 May 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzaol6np22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mksnaguxec2vStayed local today. First light on Orme; 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Tree Pipit, 9 Common Whitethroat + 40+ Wheatear. High tide at Conwy RSPB, 2 Wood Sandpipers were the stars, 2 Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit + 4 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Common Sandpipers, Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Wigeon #ukbirding #birdingwales01 May 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksnaguxec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mkncbyf5m224Middleton RSPB this week. Spring in full swing. Bitterns flying around, Lesser S. Woodpecker drumming, 2 adult Med Gulls prospecting the BHG colony, 4 Wood, Green + Common Sandpipers, 4 Hobby hunting, 100+ Swift, 12 LRPs- superb! #ukbirding @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social29 Apr 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkncbyf5m224https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mkilmcntbs2xBack at Middleton Lakes RSPB #staffsbirds this afternoon. 4 Wood Sandpipers, Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 10+ LRP, Bittern and Hobby. No sign of Wryneck for me. Earlier the Alvecote Hooded Merganser finally gave itself up to me #ukbirding #WestMidsBirdClub27 Apr 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkilmcntbs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mkhn4c5nds2kAs the Orme was shrouded in mist I had a walk around #ConwyRSPB reserve this morning. A Yellow Wagtail, a male Whinchat (video), 3 Wheatear, 3 Whimbrel, Lesser Whitethroat, a fly over Tree Pipit, 4 Sandwich Tern, 6 Dunlin and 2 Ringed Plover, all along the estuary track ☺️👍 #birdingwales #ukbirding27 Apr 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhn4c5nds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mkg6pqkezc2hMigration is in full flow at the moment and the first hour on the Great Orme was superb today! Pied Flycatcher, 2 Redstart, 50+ ‘Greenland’ Wheatear, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 7 Willow Warbler, 25 Redpoll and 12 Siskin. #ukbirding #birdingwales26 Apr 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg6pqkezc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mkg6hhfam22hThis amazing partially leucistic Greenland Wheatear gave me a bit of fright on the Great Orme this morning. One of 50+ Wheatears that stopped off on the headland today. What a bird! #BirdingWales #UKbiding26 Apr 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg6hhfam22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mjzqmypths2wBack in the Midlands for the spring so Middleton Lakes RSPB becomes the temporary patch again. Good to be back there. Lots of year ticks; 3 Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler and this cracking male Whinchat. Avocets + Little Ringed Plovers displaying and Bitterns booming too #ukbiring #WMBC21 Apr 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzqmypths2whttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mjug7z2gzc2oWhat a morning up the Great Orme! Vismig Green Woodpecker, Redpolls, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wheatears, Whitethroat, Siskins, Hirundines + Pipits on the move. Offshore the 2000+ Common Scoter flock contained a drake Surf Scoter and drake Velvet Scoter! A classic morning ☺️👍 #ukbirding #birdingwales19 Apr 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjug7z2gzc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mj3bpagqf22uMigrants arriving last few days in North Wales. 4 Ospreys together! Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warblers, Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warblers ++, all 3 hirundines + ‘Greenland’ Wheatears. Great to share the Great Orme patch with top man Geoff Hawkins today #birdingwales #ukbirding09 Apr 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3bpagqf22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mie7uthxhc2b2 Sandwich Tern, Great Northern Diver, 5 Red throated Diver + 30 Common Scoter off Ynyslas beach, Ceredigion this morning. Nearby, 4 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 6 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 4 Sand Martin, 7 Great crested Grebe at the Dyfi around mouth of the River Leri. #birdingwales #ukbirding31 Mar 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mie7uthxhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mhvld7syi22gA cracking couple of hours in a brisk NW wind at New Brighton with Wirral legend Allan Conlin @wirralbirder.bsky.social - 5 Little Gulls (3 adult, a 2nd winter and a 1st winter, 80+ Kittiwake, Razorbill, Bar-tailed Godwit, Purple Sandpiper and this ringed Cormorant in mouth of R.Mersey #ukbirding25 Mar 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvld7syi22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mhq4bwqbf22gTwo adult Bonaparte’s Gulls at Llanrhystyd, Ceredigion this morning. Amazingly I found one and the same field in 2004 and @arfonwilliams.bsky.social found one there last year! 17 Med Gulls, 5 Sand Martin + 3 Wheatears too. One bird still present when I left at 12pm. #ukbirding #birdingwales ☺️👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿23 Mar 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq4bwqbf22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mhkqkwgvgc26An enjoyable walk around Conwy RSPB. At least 6 singing Cetti’s Warbler including the stunning leucistic bird. A pair of Long tailed Tits building a nest, adult Med Gull, Great White Egret, 8 singing Chiffchaff and a Black-tailed Godwit. #UKbirding #birdingwales21 Mar 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkqkwgvgc26https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mgtqux3tic2lA superb few days in the arid desert south of the Morocco’s High atlas. 116 species up for the trip so far (in 4.5 days!). Thick-billed Lark, Temminck’s Lark, Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Lanner Falcon, Cream-coloured Coursers and loads of migrants. A superb Desert Horned Viper too. Off to the Desert today🇲🇦12 Mar 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgtqux3tic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mgmii2jrtc2iFirst few days in Morocco just a bit special. We haven’t even left Marrakesh area yet and we’re on 70 species. Thanks to Jack Pettit for the photos. Moussier’s Redstarts, Rock Sparrows, Plain Martin and ‘Moroccan’ Wagtail in pics. Up to the High Atlas today, can’t wait ☺️👍 🇲🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿09 Mar 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmii2jrtc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mgdjoy5lsk2bWhat a morning to be in the Welsh uplands. Great to show Mark and Sophie some March highlights of North Wales for Birdwatching Trips. Lekking Grouse, displaying Goshawks, bobbing Dippers and buzzing Willow Tits. Great scenery, amazing birds! @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social #birdingwales #ukbirding05 Mar 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdjoy5lsk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mfwwpgclxs2uEnjoyable day travelling back from Norfolk. 13 Cranes and hundreds of wild Swans at Walney with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social , Corn Buntings, drake Ring-necked Duck, Red-necked Grebe and a Hume’s Warbler (its chosen habitat below) at various stops on the way home #ukbirding28 Feb 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwwpgclxs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mfvmjnite22hLast full day on the North Norfolk coast with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social - Black necked and Slavonian Grebes at Brancaster, along with flock of Long tailed Ducks, A Red throated and Great Northern Diver. Several Grey Partridge at Docking, Scaup, Water Rail and Firecrest at Titchwell #ukbirding28 Feb 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfvmjnite22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mfrr7pgpis27Another superb day in Norfolk with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social and co. 27 Snow Buntings showing superbly at Holme, Fulmars playing in the wind at Hunstanton and a grey ghost male Hen Harrier giving sublime views at Stiffkey Saltmarsh. Thousands of waders, ducks and geese too ☺️👍 #ukbirding26 Feb 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrr7pgpis27https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mfpkmmnd2225Another great day in north Norfolk with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social The Eastern Black Redstart showed superbly at Sheringham, 3 Glossy ibis and 3 Cattle Egret at Stiffkey, Goshwaks, Dartford Warblers and Woodlarks up on the heaths and Spoonbills, thousands of Geese, waders and ducks! #Ukbirding25 Feb 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpkmmnd2225https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mfmzsc5f6s22Good day at Holkham, Norfolk with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social and co. A mega flock of 685 Russian White-fronted Geese, 13 Bean Geese, 200 Barnacle Geese, 12 Spoonbill, 15 Woodcock, Bittern + thousands of ducks and waders. This c-r WFG has been seen in Latvia, Poland, Germany and Holland! #ukbirding24 Feb 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmzsc5f6s22https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mfk7bbtgds2jA good start to a week in Norfolk guiding with @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social Good group and great birds on our first afternoon around Titchwell RSPB @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social 80 species in half a day inc. Long-tailed Ducks, Scaup, Water Rail, Barn + Tawny Owl 👍 #ukbirding #birdingnorfolk23 Feb 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk7bbtgds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mf7qqiuh3k2yFinally caught up with some Russian White-fronted Geese. 63 of these beauties next to the road south of Holt in the Dee Valley, Wrexham. Great Egret, 100+ Wigeon, 3 Goosander, 4 Shoveler, 2 Curlew and 300+ Lapwing on flooded fields too. #birdingwales #UKbirdinv19 Feb 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7qqiuh3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mexsfydfys22A few hours pre-rain at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire this morning. Adult Yellow-legged Gull (with 50+ LBBG and 25 HGs), 12+ Great White Egrets, 15 Little Egret, 9 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 130 Lapwing, 44 Wigeon and 2 Goosander being the highlights. #Birdingwales #UKbirding16 Feb 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexsfydfys22https://bsky.app/profile/marcbuzzard.bsky.social/post/3mevze4tvuc26A walk at Gronant, Flintshire - Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, 2arsh Harrier and 4000+ Common Gulls. A Norwegian ringed and UK ringed Common Gull amongst the throngs. Gulls were arriving all the time so an evening visit in calm conditions is on the cards! #ukbirding #birdingwales #cr-biring #euring15 Feb 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:c47fp7p7jpu72swjctdkq7zb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevze4tvuc26