Birder, wildlife, travelling and things Liverpool FChttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mx2ssjbqak2xLovely grey phalarope at Shotwick boating lake today found. Great to catch up with so many local birders @birdsinwales.bsky.social04 Oct 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2ssjbqak2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mucinbnya225Dotterel are ace. As usual this bird was very obliging in the Great Orme30 Aug 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucinbnya225https://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mp5gqxzlpk2aYet again raptors disappearing on Ruabon mountain/Worlds End. Definitely worse since grouse shooting returned. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5gqxzlpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mnn7y354ok2hUk’s first western reef heron at Foryd Bay. Not what I expected to be doing today. @birdsinwales.bsky.social06 Jun 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnn7y354ok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mmnw3fzcms2vDalmatian pelicans at Burgas lake, Bulgaria25 May 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmnw3fzcms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mmnvzuntns2vNice to see both pelicans at Burgas, Bulgaria. White pelican25 May 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmnvzuntns2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mmmkvffjtk22Long overdue lifer today with Pygmy cormorant in Bulgaria.24 May 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmkvffjtk22https://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3ml3vfyxwnc2mCretzschmar’s buntings and ortolans were numerous in the hills of Southern Turkey.05 May 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3vfyxwnc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3ml3s5xujr22mAt last I’ve finally seen a wallcreeper in a gorge high up in the Taurus mountains of Turkey.05 May 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3s5xujr22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3ml3rt6ydkk2mMore goodies around Side. Graceful prinia was a lifer for me. Distant pic of a terek sand which was an unexpected find.05 May 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3rt6ydkk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3ml3rjsasgk2mSome great local birds around Side in Southern Turkey. 5 days trip mainly focussed on the uplands was eventful and disrupted due to weather conditions05 May 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3rjsasgk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mkb64obi2k2tPlastic fantastic at Llay Pool near Wrexham24 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb64obi2k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mjx7mt74wc2hAfter seeing the Wirral wryneck yesterday this Welsh hoopoe turning up was a nice surprise at Gronant @birdsinwales.bsky.social20 Apr 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx7mt74wc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mjcc4pjx3k2jPerhaps Wales only population of Corn Buntings clinging on along the Wrexham / Shropshire border @birdsinwales.bsky.social12 Apr 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcc4pjx3k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3miywlhzpcs2vLovely to watch the drake lesser scaup at Ellesmere, found by @saloplarus.bsky.social tonight in the sunshine #shropshirebirding08 Apr 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3miywlhzpcs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3miy7qoqyr22vLovely pre work visit to the North Wales hills. Loads of grouse bubbling away. Passage ring ousel and plenty of willow warblers and wheatears back on territory08 Apr 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy7qoqyr22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mglab6ndrk2uNice and sunny in the hills yesterday looking for goshawks and findings adders08 Mar 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglab6ndrk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mgl4qzvbws2kLocal birding today with Slavonian grebe just over the border in Cheshire at Sweeney wetlands and barnies near @rspbburtonmere.bsky.social08 Mar 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgl4qzvbws2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mfonlcv45k2dNice to be out in late winter sunshine in North Wales #ukbirding25 Feb 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfonlcv45k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mfokmcfgac26Great to watch local dippers displaying this morning near Wrexham25 Feb 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfokmcfgac26https://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mfhtbcv53c2jThe Rhyl lesser yellowlegs showed very well today @birdsinwales.bsky.social22 Feb 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhtbcv53c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mcpggwm6es2aGreat views of purple sandpiper at Rhos Point today while twitching the locally rare black throated diver.18 Jan 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcpggwm6es2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mcmewjoez22bNice to watch the white stork at Llanfyllin at dawn @birdsinwales.bsky.social17 Jan 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmewjoez22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mbokn7x4zs2lGoose fest in Norfolk yesterday after getting Black winged kite and eastern black redstart.05 Jan 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbokn7x4zs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3mbbyk3p3322uNice Brent goose at Gresford Flash today. First here for 20+ years31 Dec 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbbyk3p3322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3magtptcmpc22Great to catch up with the bufflehead at Dinas Dinlle today. Cracking little bird20 Dec 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3magtptcmpc22https://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3m2hhwuiirc2oBest view I’ve ever head of a bonxie today at Leasowe. Loads of leach’s petrels, single stormie, grey phalarope, little gull and Brent’s.05 Oct 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2hhwuiirc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3lro2ddjdas2tNice day on Anglesey today.15 Jun 2025 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lro2ddjdas2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3lnt5jaf3gs2xChampions!!!!!!!!27 Apr 2025 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnt5jaf3gs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kevjsmith3.bsky.social/post/3ln5oa2ld3c25More good birds from Cyprus. Good comparison of great and common snipe.19 Apr 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:o7oxnr2wfwno2i24khynkvsa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln5oa2ld3c25