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June continues to be excellent for local birding, with this superb adult Caspian Tern on the patch this evening. After a short nap and a bit of fishing, it departed north and away across the fen. The third here since 2017.

Hey! I've just counted 51 butterflies using the Big Butterfly Count app! bigbutterflycount.org/count/20622858

Absolutely unhinged

The latest Birdwatch is out! Featuring Zoe Deakin on Leach's Storm Petrel, North Coast seawatching by @whitburnbirds, American wader ID by Josh Jones, Niki Williamson on Doñana's drought, AI in birding by Arjun Dutta, Ed Stubbs on Wryneck & more: bit.ly/3YFiRmP

Historic news from Cambridgeshire –  Glossy Ibis has bred in Britain for first time! Steve Hutchinson details the major discovery and confirmation of a new British breeder in Cambridgeshire in summer 2022: bit.ly/468KvLO

Major news from Leicestershire, with it being confirmed that Hoopoe successfully bred in the county this summer. Full details here: bit.ly/461OdH7

Really enjoyed putting this together for BirdGuides. What a week to summarise!

There won't be many occasions when finding two Red-eyed Vireos feels like a relative failure for a weekend's birding efforts on the Irish west coast, but this was one of them 😂 superb birds, though, and good to be back out in Mayo with Oliver Metcalf!

This adult American Golden Plover was in with the first returning flocks of European Golden Plovers to my local Lincolnshire fens this morning. A lovely bird that stood out from the crowd in the crisp autumn sunshine.

It's a real pleasure to be sharing Achill Island with a Cape May Warbler this October. A thoroughly deserved find for Micheal O'Briain – receiving his message and photos last Friday morning was one of those jaw-dropping moments that only American landbirds are capable of causing!

Code Yikes! Today the planet is 1.96°C above the 1850-1900 baseline. Copernicus ECMWF runs about 0.06°C hotter than my graphic, and I am wondering if they are once again showing the planet breaking the 2.0°C barrier.

“This bird is singing its life story, where it’s been, stamps on a passport” Sean Roynane share his passion for birdsong with Tommy Tiernan 😍😍 #TommyTiernanShow

Where have all the Tree Sparrows gone? Not a single record in Cambridgeshire so far this month Cambs Bird Club - hopefully someone has seen one. Are they faring better elsewhere in the country?

Over 1,000 private jets flew to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.

Happy to see one of my Pin-tailed Sandgrouses on the cover of the latest Birdwatch 🙏 One of Europe’s most stunning looking birds. This is a female photographed in Belchite with help of Photo Logistics More sandgrouse images here agami.nl/search.pp?mult… Agami Photo Agency

An open letter to Milton Country Park in response to the recent habitat clearance in peak bird nesting season. If you'd like to show support please add your name in the comments below.

First bird I laid eyes on on Holy Island this morning…

A pair of #Dunlin have raised 2 young this summer at the Valley/Sandybanks #AchillIsland - this seriously threatened Irish nesting bird had not been recorded breeding locally since 1995 - success has been achieved thanks to the LIFE on Machair / SAOL ar an Mhachaire project & support of local community

Secret filming uncovers illegal killings of rare birds in England