Pete Kinsella

White Stork flew NE over Blundellsands, Merseyside at 0917 @birdguides @springbirding #stork

This Hummingbird Hawkmoth was a very pleasant surprise here at Crosby, Merseyside, this afternoon. My first March record @tanyptera @BirdGuides #moths

3+ Wheatears at Hightown dunes, Merseyside, this morning @BirdGuides #springbirding #wheatears

Todd's Canada Goose at the easy end of Banks Marsh, Lancs, this afternoon. Also 2 Greenland Whitefronts, 164 Russian Whitefronts and 6 Barnacle Geese amongst 2500 Pinkfeet @BirdGuides #goosing #springbirding

36 Russian Whitefronts and 122 Barnacle Geese with the Pinkfeet at Crossens Outer Marsh, M'side at 1200 @BirdGuides #goosing

Todd's Canada Goose at Banks Marsh, Lancs at 1400. Also 62 Russian Whitefronts between Banks and Hesketh Out Marsh @BirdGuides #springbirding #goosing

Female Scaup at Crosby Marine Park, Merseyside, again today. Also a bonus of two male Pochard there @birdguides #springbirding #aythya

Two Greenland Whitefronts and 56 Russian Whitefronts on Saltmarsh between Banks and Hesketh Out Marsh, Lancs at 1500 @BirdGuides #goosing #whitefronts

Female Scaup at Crosby Marine Park at 1125 @birdguides #springbirding #scaup

Two first-winter Caspian Gulls were at WSR recycling, Widnes, Cheshire today. Also an adult and 1stw Yellow-legged Gulls @CAWOSBirding @BirdGuides #gulls #cachinnans

Tundra Bean Goose and 17 Russian Whitefronts ( inc 3 juvs) with c800 Pinkfeet north of Dibb Lane, Little Crosby, M'side late morning. The flock was mobile, moving bit by bit towards Hightown @birdguides #goosing #winterbirding

A decent couple of hours at Redgate Recycling, Gorton, Manchester, today. Four Caspian Gulls, including two green-ringed 1stw's ( N9 and WU) and an unringed 1stw, plus a green-ringed 2ndw (A8) @birdguides #gulling #cachinnans #winterbirding

The 1stw male Smew showed well in the gloomy conditions at Southport Marine Lake, late afternoon today @BirdGuides #smew #winterbirding

Four Caspian Gulls ( 3x 1stw + 2ndw) at Redgate recycling, Gorton, Manchester between 1100-1300 @BirdGuides #gulling #cachinnans #winterbirding

This rather demure 1stw Caspian Gull was good value at a bitterly cold Redcar Tarn, West Yorks, this afternoon @BirdGuides #gulling #cachinnans

Two Snow Buntings were typically confiding on the beach to the west of Shore Road, Ainsdale, Merseyside, this morning @birdguides #autumnbirding #snowbuntings

@DarbyBug s drake Green-winged Teal still showing distantly on Crossens Inner Marsh, Merseyside, at 1300 @BirdGuides #autumnbirding

1stw Caspian Gull on River Mersey at Widnes early afternoon @BirdGuides @CAWOSBirding #gulling #cachinnans

Spectacular iridescent clouds over the Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, this evening @StormHour #clouds @metoffice

Great views of Glossy Ibis at Hesketh Out Marsh, Lancs, this afternoon. Also Water Pipit in the flooded fields, ringtail Hen Harrier and Spotted Redshank at the west end @BirdGuides #autumnbirding #glossyibis