Matt Slaymaker

@HasanAlFarhan2 @bucksalert That was my initial impression, especially the neck/head, but it is tricky from a single distant photo.

@WanderingBirder @bucksalert I suspect I was wrong and this was a cormorant Matt. I think you had the same thought

Inland gannet got the heart rate up yesterday morning! Terrible record shot of it in tow! Also at FFNR, Spotted Flycatcher. @bucksalert

@worlebirder @hobbylovinglife @bristolbirding Why both males? I would've called these male and female

@Naturalist_Sam @AravindRamesh19 @GilesDiggle Possibly yellow over white visible in the photo

@AravindRamesh19 @GilesDiggle Hi @GilesDiggle. This will be one of GRG's birds. As well as the blue ring on the right leg, it will have had 3 colours on the left leg. Did you manage to spot any of these?

Three adult Bewicks swan still between Burrowbridge and Moorland, viewed from the north end of Long Drove @somersetbirds

@01000011S @_BTO @bto_somerset1 Nice - structurally it looks like a Herring thingy. I have volunteered for Cheddar so I need to go and see what I have let myself in for

@danwatsonbirder @JacksWildLife__ I got more of a Grey-faced Buzzard vibe but I don't know the status in Thailand. Too long winged for a typical accipiter imo

Asian hawk people, can you help me out? I can’t figure out what this is, seen in Central Thailand today.

@JeremyLindsell @robsrw @GuywithASD @Team_eBird Fair enough, I didn't know there was a restriction on who could report ID errors although, in my experience, if incorrect species IDs are reported they are addressed.

@WanderingBirder @robsrw @GuywithASD @Team_eBird That button's designed for reporting offensive images. No action is taken if it's used for reporting misid. Only people who submit 100 complete lists per year can review media.

@JeremyLindsell @robsrw @GuywithASD @Team_eBird The report button is just under the answer options.

@robsrw @GuywithASD Unfortunately there isn't an option to correct or report a mis ID. They're really missing a trick as the images are quite frequently mislabelled so the exercise quickly produces frustration. Had same experience in @Team_eBird

Pair of hybrid Mallard x Pintail from @RSPBHamWall VP 2 recently. @somersetbirds @BirdHybrids

@levelsbirder Hi Jeff. If you follow me back I can send you a message about the HH. They have been around on and off all month.

On West Sedgemoor this morning: 21 Common Cranes, 4 GW Egrets, 11 Little Egrets, c.1,000 Golden Plover, at least 800 Lapwing & a Marsh Harrier. All seen from the gateway pull-in on Red Hill, but no sign of a Hen Harrier.

@wombat_herder It is 🙂

@WanderingBirder Is that the Observers book of ferns ?

Finished the latest house project...

@birderdave Still some gaps to fill!

@WanderingBirder Bloody hell Matt. You sure you have enough books there.

Richards Pipit still Hunspill sea wall this morning, on saltmarsh with skylarks. Also 3 spoonbill on the Fenning

A minimum count of 660 Cattle Egret roosting at Westhay Moor this evening.

@pmandrews1973 @RSPBRyeMeads @ryemeadsrg @_BTO No comment on this particular situation as I wasn't there, but it is not unusual to catch birds at a roost (e.g. swallows, buntings) and release the following morning (at first light) as it is preferable to releasing in the dark. It is permissible under bto guidance.

@RSPBRyeMeads @ryemeadsrg I want to "like" this but feel a little uneasy about nets being out at this time of day during the winter - what is the official position @_BTO ?

@RareBirdAlertUK Cattle egret

Guess the species Map shows all sightings for 2023 Answer will be posted tomorrow morning

No photo due to distance and incompetence, but here's a rainbow...

Returning colour-ringed Kentish Plover at Burnham-on-sea this morning with ringed plovers. Distantly on Stert island, viewed from south end of esplanade. Also 1+ Red-throated diver, a distant GN/BT Diver, and common Scoter. @somersetbirds