Paul Minshull

@MarkSmiles5 @RSPBMiddleton @Staffsbirdnews Very nice 👌

First Cuckoo of the spring at @RSPBMiddleton. Also Barnacle Goose. At least 5 Sedge Warbler scratching around Jubilee. @Staffsbirdnews

@MarkSmiles5 @RSPBMiddleton @Staffsbirdnews Nice. Merry Christmas both, have a fab time ☃️🌲

Happy Christmas! A single Whooper Swan was a nice gift to welcome us on a bitter Xmas Day morning at @RSPBMiddleton. Also Marsh Harrier, 6 Pochard, 9 Goldeneye, 2 GWE, 3 Snipe & 3 Stonechat. @Staffsbirdnews

@corfielddj That's just you being greedy!! 🤓

There. Are two Marsh harriers now

@MarkSmiles5 @RSPBMiddleton @Staffsbirdnews There's Snipe on Silt Pool too! They were everywhere you looked this morning 👍

2 Garganey, 6 Goosander, RP, 2 LRP, Blackwit, 22 Snipe, Green Sand, Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 2 GWE & 2 Hobby at @RSPBMiddleton this morning. @Staffsbirdnews

@atkinson_steve Cracking year on your patch, Steve 👌

@RobSwift5 @WestMidBirdClub Same when we were there last week! Amazing

Hard to do it justice but there was a ‘swarm of Swifts’ feeding low over the dam @WestMidBirdClub Belvide Reserve this early morn. At times they whizzed very close past by ears… one of those ‘you need to be there’ kind of moments! 😌 #Swifts

@BelvideBirding Oh my god! The 'thistle' heads acting as velcro 😥

Never seen anything like it. 2 bats. Piperstells? stuck to this Burdock plant. One sadly dead. The other was alive. I managed to peel it off and put in a bat box.

@BelvideBirding How close to Gazebo, please?

Incredibly there are now 2 eclipse drake Lesser Scaup opposite Gazebo hide. Which one is Lenny?😂

@pmandrews1973 @RareBirdAlertUK What should it be 'promoted' to then?

Never understand why a major site like Middleton Lakes is relegated under the headline of 'Tamworth'. I see Oare Marshes isn't summarised under 'Faversham'. Sort it out @RareBirdAlertUK

@83saddler @RSPBMiddleton Pool with new viewing platform as you walk through woods on your way to wetlands 👌

@RSPBMiddleton We visited last week, but don’t recognise the Silt Pool platform. Is that the reed beds ?

@David_A_Bird Nice. If it wasn't for our Community Day at the club, I would have been there too!

Badger

@birdphotos007 That is a cracking shot 👌

The beautiful Wood Warbler in Derbyshire showed really well today and was in full song all day

Popped up to Bempton Cliffs, Wednesday. Weather was not best, but it paid dividends!! The sharp NE wind gave excellent conditions to capture the locals 'hovering' in the updrafts 👌

@pmandrews1973 @RSPBMiddleton @corfielddj @Chris23565 Sorry, only seen two attachments 😳

@PMinshull @RSPBMiddleton @corfielddj @Chris23565 It's on the third attachment

A list of the 102 species recorded yesterday at @RSPBMiddleton for #westmidsalldayer - many thanks to @corfielddj @Chris23565 and Pete Forbes for their inputs.

First Cuckoo photo of 2025 @RSPBMiddleton on 29-04-25.

@WylesTony @Staffsbirdnews Nice photos youth 👌

@Moocher2 @StaffsWildlife Nice, in moult. Camera or scope?

Out looking for Hares again this evening. Had some good opportunities in poor light. @StaffsWildlife

@WylesTony @Staffsbirdnews Sorry for delay in answering, don't use X that much!! I'm fine thanks Tony, just need a new knee and I'd be even better. Oh well, nowt to get old for. Went over Darley Dale for the Hawfinches today. Weather poor, and light crap but got some decent photos. Do you use FB?

An agile Muntjac at Ladywalk Nature Reserve on a very wet morning, today. Any food, is good food 👌