Toby Holmes

@miles_cluff Gorgeous photo! Were there many around?

Saw many a bird during our week on Lesvos, but the humble little Red-throated Pipit was one of our favourites. Good to get familiar with their call on the off-chance of bumping into one in the UK.

@glynsellors @kimleyland

Ring-Ring-Ring-Ring Ouzel, Derbyshire Peak District, April 2025.

@AlanDaviesbirds Nice, thanks, looks doable!

@tegholmes Seen from the east end of the prom at Old Colwyn east of Colwyn Bay. Fair walk from Colwyn Bay station but could be done.

Day 3 of 3 custom North Wales Tour superb views of 2 drake Surf Scoters - we could see their pale eyes! Hen Harrier, lots of Marsh Harriers, Peregrine, Merlin, masses Pink-footed Geese, 5 Barnacle Geese. And a very friendly Robin. #birding #birdwatching #birdtour #ukbirding

@miles_cluff Amazing! That Sooty is stunning! You hoping for Light-mantled out there as well?

Utterly mindblowing morning so far on Flock to Marion, I fear my tiny mind can’t handle all of this 🤯🤯 mega seabirds streaming past us at the moment, and it’s not even 10:00am yet!!!

@DanielBranch94 @orientbirdclub Interesting, thanks for replying! Glad you saw them even if it was brief

@tegholmes @orientbirdclub We saw the duck in Dihing Patkai National Park, but they were tricky to track down and we did not see them for long.

With less than 60 individuals as a global population estimate, the White-bellied Heron owns the depressing title of the worlds rarest heron! It took us 3 days to track down an individual in Namdapha National Park in NE India, where it was distantly feeding in the river rapids!

@DanielBranch94 @orientbirdclub Nice one. Always wanted to see an Ibisbill. Yeah, sounds like Elachura is tricky at the best of times. Will you be going for White-winged Duck at all?

@tegholmes @orientbirdclub Ibisbill we had 14 below Eaglenest and 3 at Namdapha Elachura we didn’t have a sniff, although we knew that going in the autumn it would be a difficult bird

@tomhines10 I was there too! Absolutely amazing wasn’t it

Well that was incredible - Paul McCartney in Manchester on Sunday. Even after 36 songs and 2 hours 45 mins, didn't want it to end. Legend! #PaulMcCartneyGotBack #macca

@IainHLeach @birdbrainuk Got to be one of my most wanted birds, such a unique colour! Brilliant photos!

Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea, southern Ohio April/May 2024. A stunning bird and one of my main targets on that trip.

@SamBayley2 What a great selection. That Golden Pipit is stunning!

Passerine Afrotrops highlights were 3 Cut Throat Finch, a Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike, 3 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike, a single Golden Pipit and a huge White-necked Raven, that we put some concerted effort in to catch! 4/4

Heading home after an amazing 2 1/2 weeks in Kenya 🇰🇪. 2 weeks #nguliaringing with @arochakenya in conjunction with @KWSKenya. An incredible 14,294 birds of 118 species! 13,324 were the target palearctic migrants dominated by Marsh Warblers, Whitethroat and Thrush Nightingale 1/4

@mickey_ratfink Nice! I think Orange-chinned is more common than Orange-fronted generally. Glad you’ve seen both!

@tegholmes Actually, yes I have!. Just checked the other picture from the start of the holiday!!

A few of the birds seen over the last 2 days. Please see alt text for names. Especially pleased with the mot mot but no pics of a white hawk as it was too quick! Costa Rica 🇨🇷 #costaricabirds

@mickey_ratfink Definitely a Frigatebird, pretty sure they’re all Magnificent there

Too far away fir my binoculars, and at the zoom limits of my camera. Question for the birders of Twitter..what is it?? Don't think it's right for a tropicbird. It was quite big Guanacaste, Costa Rica

@wildlifegeekpix @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @RSPBEngland Thanks, that’s really helpful! I will be walking from the train station but that looks like a good spot, I think I can get through to Weel Road from Beverley

@tegholmes @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @RSPBEngland Hi Toby I would actually use the following viewpoint. Park your car, walk three metres and voila, you’re at the viewpoint. And you also then don’t disturb the wildfowl that congregate near the entrance

#swinemoor much quieter this morning, the Pink Feet flock size seems to have halved with the flocks size being around 5-7000. The Snow Geese are still present, but I’m sure they’ll be gone for good soon. #patchbirding @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @RSPBEngland #eastyorksbirding

Not had much time to go birding recently but managed to get out to an inland Snow Bunting last week which was somewhat overshadowed by a local Scarlet Tanager! 2 hour wait with a huge crowd before it showed briefly but fairly well, only a poor record shot though @BirdGuides

@rossa599 @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK Very unlikely split I think Jack, I think the differences between subspecies are mostly quite weak if I remember right

Is Rough-legged Hawk a potential split in the future or not? Might save me a long trip to Cornwall if it isn’t 😅😅 #birding @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK

@Stewchat Am I right in thinking this means 500 are heading towards the UK right now?

@cork_birder @birdbrainuk @orientbirdclub Looks like Eastern Crowned I think?

Birding in Bangkok be like….. #BirdingBangkok #Birdersforpalestine @orientbirdclub