Tim Collins

@BeidaiheBirder @Alexander_Lees There’s an even better pic on Vincent's ‘Vincent Legrand Photography’ FB page

@Alexander_Lees I’m glad you think the same, pretty epic record and looks good too.

Still on the Irish list (review ongoing?) but what a record....

@Mightychub @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910 Would be nice 😊

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910 Double figures coming closer Tim😀

They keep on coming - my 7th local patch Yellow-browed Warbler of the autumn, ringed at a restricted access site in Rutland this morning; alongside a better than expected catch of 26 Chiffchaffs and 5 Blackcaps @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910

@SeanMcMinn1 @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910 Cheers Sean, yes the total numbers must be record breaking

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910 amazing can’t imagine the real numbers in the UK at the moment

@surreywallcreep @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910 Nothing wrong with being hungry if this is what happens ! I’m still in shock - it never even entered my mind that I could see more than 1 or 2 at an inland sight in a year….

@BeidaiheBirder @LandRbirds @c4hub @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910 Thanks Mark. It’s been completely bonkers, the most extraordinary 2 weeks of local birding I can remember 😀

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @c4hub @PaulDufour80 @Lufbrabird87910 Joyous! I can’t find one here despite intensive searching, and to rub it in just a little further, Mark Skevington had one in his garden whilst checking his moth trap, a bird that might well have passed through the patch. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Last night’s SE wind delivered another two Yellow-browed Warblers at my ringing site in Rutland. Also the first decent movement of Redwings today, with 810 seen moving W or SW. I’ve now ringed an astonishing 6 YBWs in last 12 days @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @PaulDufour80

@PaulDufour80 @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub Thanks Paul. Yes, certainly good compensation, though I’d of liked to see the Warbling Vireo 🙃 While the numbers of Yellow-brows on the UK east coast have been similar before the numbers inland & on the west coast are probably the best ever, & more easterly winds due next week🤞

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub Very nice Tim ! It's almost like it was a good idea to leave Corvo. It will be super interesting to see the final European numbers of YBWs of this season

The Yellow-browed Warbler rush continues - this morning I ringed another 2 at a site in Rutland, these are the 3rd & 4th I’ve ringed this autumn, a few years ago an unimaginable total for an inland site @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80

@timthefruit @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 🤞🤞🤞

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 Yep! Hope springs eternal. Love to Mags.

@c4hub @rg_stanford @LandRbirds I saw the first ones here on 4th, my second day back, there’s now a loose flock of 5; it’s too early to know if these are migrants or wintering birds

Stanford Reservoir - quieter few days but at least 4 Stonechat since Monday, the first of the autumn. 7 RCPs still & Great Egret. @rg_stanford @LandRbirds #northantsbirds

@timthefruit @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 Have you tried using sound lures Tim? Your west coast location could be ideal

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 Even been a couple on #Mull but st ill waiting to catch one.🤞

@thebeardybirder @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 Yes, using a sound lure but YBW song rather than call

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 Are you playing call Tim? I have a crest/phyllosc mix that has YBW in it, hoping to get out again soon. 5 in Notts so far this year but surely there's loads more to find

@BeidaiheBirder @LandRbirds @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 Yes, really extraordinary; the total numbers in the UK and Ireland must currently run well in to thousands. One of the birds today called briefly while in the hand but otherwise they’ve all been silent - and no calls heard in or around the ringing site before or after ringing

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @PaulDufour80 Incredible Tim. Still looking whilst considering just how many of these waifs were missing as they pass largely silent through the interior. Mind boggles!

@c4hub @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder …… and still time for more before the autumn is spent 😀🤞😀

@migrantbirder @LandRbirds @BeidaiheBirder Amazing, Tim. Racking them up now.

Yellow-browed Warbler again! My second in 3 days, caught amongst a modest catch of Chiffchaffs at a site in Rutland. Part of an astonishing arrival with birds being found across the UK over the last 2+ weeks @PaulDufour80 @BeidaiheBirder @Lufbrabird87910 @c4hub @LandRbirds

First day of ringing after our Azores trip & dead chuffed to be treated to a Yellow-browed Warbler mid-morning, alongside good numbers of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps. There must be an awful lot of them out there waiting to be found @LandRbirds @c4hub @BeidaiheBirder @Rutlandbirds

Another thoroughly enjoyable birding trip to the Azores draws to a close. While the weather didn’t favour any large scale arrivals of American vagrants (unlike last year) there were still good birds to seen (Alder Flycatcher) & found (Great Blue Heron, American Golden Plover)

A really enjoyable day’s birding on Terceira (Azores) yesterday with a great selection of waders on show: 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Pec Sands, White-rumped Sand, Short-b Dowitcher, Semi-p Sand & Plover, also Am Gt White Egret & thanks to info from @Waderworld1 a smart Solitary Sand

I ringed my first Greenland Wheatear of the autumn this morning (wing = 104.5mm) here in Rutland @LandRbirds This is easily my earliest ever, I’d be interested to know when they first appear in autumn on the west coast @SkokholmIsland @bardseyobs or further north @FI_Obs