Patchwork Challenge

Happy New Year and good luck to everyone who is out #birding, making a start to their #PWC2026 totals this morning! If you have not yet signed up then use this link to do so! docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… Keep us updated on your finds by using the #Patchbirding and #PWC2026 tags!

18 White-fronted Geese still by Kelsey Lakes in Burstwick, East Yorks today while 21 Pink-footed Geese flew southwest in the afternoon (1 feeding with Greylags) and my first Bee-fly of the spring popped up in Keyingham. #yorksbirds #patchbirding @PatchBirding

The round-up February of #PWC2026 is now out! Head over to the blog to see the latest updates in the mini-leagues as well as all the best birds that have been seen across the competition! To take a look, click this link: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/03/februa…

Quiet day @PatchBirding at Cliffe. 2 new species for #PWC2026. Little Owl & Little Ringed Plover (my first of the year). Also flock of Turnstone, Golden Plover, Stock Dove flock increased to 317, Green Sand, Bearded Tits & Corn Bunting. @Natures_Voice @_BTO @KentishPlover

Seems like there are plenty of Common Scoters turning up on inland water bodies today! Maybe there will be one on your patch? Good luck to all patch birders over the weekend, chance of an early Hirundine, Wheatear or Little Ringed Plover too! #PWC2026

Fantastic morning so far at Branston Island. Green-winged Teal again, 3 Glossy Ibis, tonnes ducks, Corn Buntings singing and Green Sand and Water Pipit new for #PWC2026. #patchbirding @Lincsbirding

Still not signed up but want to be included in this years competition? Then follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… If you have any questions on how to sign up, how the scoresheet works or how to submit scores, then don't hesitate to get in touch via the email!

Remember, get only your Feb scores and highlights in by 8pm tomorrow eve so they can be used for the Feb review! After this, you can start to add in your March results. If you have any pictures for possible usage that aren't connected to a #patchbirding hashtag, post them below

First Chiffchaff of the spring today in the Balephuil #Tiree garden, feeding on the lawn with 2 Goldcrests @PatchBirding @BirdGuides

Remember to get your February scores submitted onto the spreadsheet by the evening of the 7th March, ready for the February round-up on the blog. If you haven't signed up yet and want to be included, follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Evening #patchbirding Kestrel,2 buzzard , 2 woodcock and of course the great -tailed grackle pre roost 20 second Video of a Fox on night patrol with a backing vocal from the grackle 😍

For more info on signing up for this years competition, then check out the blog here: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com For the sign-up sheet, follow this link: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

The Patchwork Challenge 2025 article is now out in the latest issue of @BirdwatchExtra Magazine! We hope all subscribers enjoy the write-up, it was a brilliant collaborative effort and we thank those patch birders that helped! Enjoy!

Good luck to everyone out #patchbirding this weekend! Remember that it isn't too late to sign up for this year's competition, so if you have a patch you enjoy watching, why not sign up?! For more info on how to do so, follow this link: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/12/2026-s…

@Fergley Ouch! That is a painful one! You never know though, it could easily shift those 500 or so meters towards your patch!

Awesome surprise this morning to see a Red-Flanked Blue Tail turn up virtually on the doorstop. Lifer #201. Only shame is that it was about 500m outside my #pwc2026 patch boundary 🫤 I’ll nab one of those 3 pointers one day!

The #PWC2026 January review is now out! Take a look at where you have come in the mini-leagues and gawp at what others have seen on their patches! To do this, click the link to go to our blog: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/02/janu... Hope you enjoy reading it!

After some very wet & muddy #Patchbirding visits recently it was nice to see some hazy sunshine for today’s after work walk, & wow, it was memorable !!! The Herring Gulls on Godinton Park started alarm calling & suddenly a WHITE STORK appeared overhead, thermalling with a Buzzard

Fab hr at Branston Island this eve. 3 Glossy Ibis, Blackwit nfy, before I found 7 tiny Geese. .. Superficially like Cackling Geese, at least 5 are hybrids, with 1 Barnacle and one purer looking mimina type parents? Great birds, presumably from the E. #patchbirding @Lincsbirding

Have you checked out the Patchwork Challenge shop lately? Take a look at it now, as soon we might switch some bits about making some current items unavailable: patchwork-challenge.teemill.com All money raised goes to funding prizes for #PWC2026 mini-leagues and best find comps!

Brilliant morning on patch around Branston Island / Bardney Pits. Highlight was 5 Cranes heading south around 5 miles away, see artistic phonescope below. Also 15+ Whitefronts, tonnes of Pinkfeet N, Pochard, Goldeneye... #patchbirding @Lincsbirding

@AndrewBate78 Thoroughly enjoyable, thank you! Plenty of birds.

@PatchBirding Nice trip ?

Right, we are now back from our winter birding trip to Spain so we will be back to being more active on all our social media and the blog from now on. Hopefully all #PWC2026 birders have had a good start to February and picked up on some decent birding!