Visited Brampton East Pit this AM in hopes of seeing the Great Northern Diver. It spent lots of time under water, often reemerging distantly, but eventually I got great views from the path up the West side. Stunning bird; a year tick, my 2nd ever, and 1st inland! @CambsBirdClub

3 lifers today at a brilliant day at @NWTCleyCentre - Long Billed Dowitcher from Bishops Hide and Velvet Scoters + Red Throated Diver on the sea. Also 8 Dunlin, 2 Snipe & lots of Bearded Tits pinging @NorfolkWT

Black Necked Grebe still present at Edgbaston Reservoir yesterday afternoon @WestMidBirdClub

Slimbridge late am/early pm. Hides leading to Estuary Tower quiet; Marsh Harrier & Sprawk over reeds at Summer Walk. 6 Cattle Egret, Green Sand & Snipe at South Lake. Ruff, Spotshank & BlTG from Zeiss. Young grass snake on the path near Kingfisher hide! @slimbridge_wild

Quick afternoon drop in to Hauxley Nature Reserve to break up a long drive. Brilliant to see at least 3 Tree Sparrows from the Skua Hide. Also Redshank, Oyc, Little Grebe on the pools, House Martin still skimming over the water & a Roe Deer near the visitor centre @NTBirdClub

At @RSPBLochGarten today; quite a few Crested Tits calling; harder to see, even harder still to photograph. An exercise in patience eventually afforded me this view; a lifer and my 200th UK bird! Also Treecreeper, GSW, 2 Raven over & 4 female Goldeneye on the Loch. @Natures_Voice

Musselburgh/Levenhall Links this morning. Lagoons practically empty but for a couple of Redshank & Oyc. Good selection of waders on the beach inc. more of the aforementioned plus Curlew, Turnstone & Barwit. Plenty of Eider out to sea and Stonechats in the shrub @birdinglothian

Exploring the West side end of Ouse Fen this morning; from Needingworth to Berry Fen and back. Berry Fen by far the best spot: 4 Greenshank, 3 Snipe, 3 Cattle Egret & and Wood Sandpiper; my first ever! Also L. Whitethroat, GWE over & Cetti’s heard @Natures_Voice @CambsBirdClub

Lovely day at Frampton Marsh & Freiston Shore; highlights at Frampton were Curlew Sand, c.30 Spoonbill, Greenshank. Freiston was quieter but lots of Yellow Wagtail in the cattle field and the escapee Black Swans on the lagoon. @RSPBFrampton @Lincsbirding

Snettisham wader spectacular today was, well…spectacular! Other notables were Yellow Wag, Spotshank, c30 Spoonbill & and Leucistic Oyc. Titchwell in the pm - Curlew Sand lifer + Bearded Tit, 3 more Spoonbill, Ruff and the escapee Stilt still. @RSPBTitchwell #snettisham #norfolk

A hot afternoon at @WWTWelney - highlights from the Main Observatory were 2 Spoonbill, 2 Marsh Harrier, Common Sand, Green Sand, lots of Ruff/Black Tailed Godwit & intimate views of the many Yellow Wagtails flitting to and from the near island! Pretty quiet from the other hides…

Day trip up to Gibraltar Point, highlights were 3 Green sand, 4 Common sand, 3 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 19 Spoonbill & hundreds of Avocet & Black Tailed Godwit at Tennyson Sands + great numbers of Sandwich Tern at the beach @gibpoint @Lincsbirding

Frampton Marsh today, 19 Spoonbill on Reedbed was a highlight and a very late staying Whooper Swan on the scrape was unexpected! Other best bits were Yellow Wag & Corn Bunting (heard) at North end, Bearded Tit from Reedbed Trail + good selection of waders inc. Ruff & Green Sand

Today at Lakenheath Fen; 2 Hobbies and 2 Bitterns in flight plus several female Marsh Harriers. 2 GWE on wash-lands. Bearded Tits pinging and good albeit distant views of a Kingfisher at New Fen @RSPBLakenheath @Natures_Voice

Great showing from the long staying Wood Warbler at Harry’s Wood, Northamptonshire this afternoon. Gave some great views and what a belter of a song! #northantsbirds

Decent mornings birding round #PaxtonPits; highlights being a visible Lesser Whitethroat among the normal array of common whites, blackcap, garden Warb etc. and heard willow warb. 4 Avocet South end of Island Pit and some great Sand Martin action at the new quarry workings

At RSPB Ouse Fen this afternoon, sadly didn’t see the Great Reed Warbler, I think it hunkered down due to the wind, but still heard it loud and proud. Nearby Grasshopper Warbler was ample compensation. Also saw Hobby & Marsh Harrier + heard Cuckoo & Bearded Tit @CambsBirdClub

Singing Nightingale at Diddington, Cambridgeshire this morning; recorded from the track along the back of the Pumphouse Pits at around 6:30am. Had a clear view of the bird for about 15 minutes before it dipped down into the bush and out of sight @CambsBirdClub @BBCSpringwatch

At Harrold-Odell Country Park, Bedfordshire yesterday for a couple of hours afternoon walk. Nothing too fancy but plenty of Common Tern, Great Crested Grebe and an Oystercatcher on the Lake, Reed Warbler seen from the path & heard Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler & a single Cuckoo

Quick trip to Hainault Country Park whilst away in London, Highlights were a stunning fox very near the car park & several Skylarks singing conspicuously from the shrubs. Also saw parakeets in flight and heard lots of warblers inc. Whitethroat. You’re never far from wildlife!