Mark Archer

@MartinRFlack Nice record Martin, I trust you are keeping well.

Black-crowned Night Heron at Grimley CLP yesterday morning. A long long wait for one in Worcestershire, it eventually showed very well at the southern end, still present this evening #WorcsBirds

HUDSONIAN GODWIT - The recent @CAWOSBirding Cheshire/ North Wales bird, watercolour on @DalerRowney Langton Prestige block, finders account currently on the @BirdGuides website. @waderquest

Pom action from last night's Scilly Pelagic. Photo Joe Pender

@MartinRFlack @BritishMoths Hi Martin Hope you are well and your new career is prospering. Great find! Mark

Small Scabious Longhorn (Nemophora minimella), found 5 at a site in Worcestershire which was very unexpected, along with the beautiful Meadow Tortrix (Grapholita compositella) @BritishMoths #teammoth #MothsMatter

Heading into the Bay of Biscay Three Common Swift, four Collard Dove & Hawfinch North, 760+ Manx Shearwater, Gannet present and distant large Petrel Sp., four Long-finned Pilot Whale, 84+ Common Dolphins, Minke Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin and distant blow!

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail & Pearl Crescent added some distraction to the birds in Illinois with American Redstart Swainson’s Thrush, Northern Harrier, Sandhill Crane, Black & White Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Orchard & Baltimore Oriole, Eastern Kingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher.

@Rodders60022 It a hard life Rod, hope you are ok.

@Fileyclimber take it you are back at work 😂😂😂😂

Illinois Forest’s alive with summer migrants, Tennessee Warbler, Red-eyed & Warbling Vireo singing throughout. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Tree Swallow, Magnolia, Connecticut, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided & Yellow Warbler made for a colourful experience

Bittern’s galore at Swillington Ings @wakeynats Four ‘booming’, one flew over Astley to Reed at West end and pair in courtship flight over WRB, pair of Avocet briefly Astley early morning, LRP, two singing Reed & two Sedge Warbler, single Common Tern Astley, female Marsh Harrier.

Spring at Swillington Ings this morning ⁦@wakeynats⁩ First Swallow & House Martin of the year, large number of Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Blackcap singing, Sum. plum. Mediterranean Gull on North Ings, three Bittern booming, Bearded Tit & Black-necked Grebe.

Enjoyable day in the Hills yesterday, first Ring Ouzel of the year with two females and two males including this well marked bird, calling male Merlin and female Peregrine.

Whooper Swans still moving West at Swillington Ings this morning with 66 West at 8.08am, @wakeynats female Marsh Harrier, four Bittern ‘Booming’, nine B.-n. Grebe, four Redshank Ings, two Dunlin West, eight Chiffchaff, Little and Great Egret, 46 Curlew Res, Red Kite and Buzzard.

Perfect weather for ducks at Stanley Ferry Flash @wakeynats Webs Core Count Three Little Grebe, five Snipe, single Grey Heron, four Water Rail, 10 Tufted Duck, 10 Coot, three Cormorant, two G C Grebe, single Ad. Common Gull, four Mute Swan, two male Gadwall, two Cetti’s singing.

Winter visitors leaving Swillington Ings ⁦@wakeynats⁩ 83 Whooper Swan Main Lake plus birds moving NW 27 at 7.46, 44 at 8.06 & 18 at 8.14am. Minimum three Bittern booming in Reed beds plus bird flying over WRB. Four B.-n. Grebe on WRB, pair & single Sum.Plum and winter plum.

The Cairngorms must be the most beautiful place on earth, after early light snow the sun came out, Golden Eagle, two Raven, plenty of Red Grouse, a pair of Ptarmigan with female in full winter plumage and four Mountain Hares again all in winter plumage.

The sun was shining in the Durham Moors yesterday, good numbers of Black Grouse, four Snipe, 14 Curlew, approx. 80 Oystercatchers, Lapwing, two Dipper and 110 Pink footed Geese North West.

Good to be back at Stanley Ferry Flash in stunning Yorkshire winter sunshine watching a female Stonechat feeding in rough grass, belated WeBs count - four Common Snipe, 86 Pink-feet North West, five Cetti’s & Coal Tit singing, seven Teal, six Water Rail squealing, Little Grebe.

Moved back East to Noonday Creek, Georgia with another new bird - Winter Plumaged Orange-crowned Warbler, other notables Blue-headed Oriole, 27 Sandhills Crane North, Red-tailed, Red-Shouldered & Cooper’s Hawk, Yellow-rumped, Pine & Palm Warbler, Brown Thrasher & Eastern Phoebe.

A privilege to visit the Pacific Coast, lots of new bird’s American Horned Lark, male Vermillion Flycatcher, Black Skimmer, Glaucous-winged & California Gull, Lesser Yellowlegs, Brewer’s Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Cassin’s Kingbird, Say’s Phoebe, Burrowing Owl & many more.