Very smart Red-breasted Goose (amongst thousands of Barnacle Geese) at Loch Gruinart on Islay, Inner Hebrides, this week @Natures_Voice @RSPBScotland @RSPBbirders @HebridesBirds @TheHebrides

Gardens feeders back in place yesterday, and it hasn’t taken long for this Nuthatch and Tree Sparrow to find them @NTBirdClub @Natures_Voice @RSPBbirders @RSPBEngland @BTO_GBW

Nice to spot this lovely Whinchat at Cley @NorfolkWT today

Excellent views of this male Turtle Dove at Ingoe, #Northumberland this weekend @BirdGuides @freebirdnewsuk @RareBirdAlertUK @Natures_Voice @RSPBbirders @NTBirdClub

A quartet of Spoonbills in #Northumberland this week @NTBirdClub @_BTO @RSPBbirders @RSPBEngland @Natures_Voice @britishbirds @BirdwatchNEast @BirdwatchExtra

Mr and Mrs Ring Ouzel near Glenshee, #Scotland📷📷 @BirdGuides @BirdwatchExtra @freebirdnewsuk @RSPBbirders @RSPBScotland @cairngormsnews @theglenshee

Father and son: adult and juvenile Ring Ouzel in the Cairngorms National Park a few days ago #Scotland📷 @BirdGuides @BirdwatchExtra @freebirdnewsuk @RSPBbirders @RSPBScotland @cairngormsnews

Choughs pair for life. Enjoyed this pair interacting on the Isle of #Islay in #Scotland yesterday @RSPBScotland @BTO @freebirdnewsuk @RareBirdAlertUK @RSPBbirders @NatureScot @Natures_Voice

Spring must have arrived! Avocets are back in action at the #Northumberland coast @Natures_Voice @RSPBbirders @_BTO @BBCSpringwatch @BirdGuides

Falling like stones at the end of their sky dance as they go down to roost in the reed beds: just one of the groups which made up tonight's massive #starling #murmuration at Great Park, #Newcastle @_BTO @BirdGuides @Natures_Voice @BBCSpringwatch @NorthEastTweets

More great views of the Bittern at Gosforth Nature Reserve today @NHSN @NTBirdClub @BBCSpringwatch @_BTO @RSPBbirders @freebirdnewsuk

Huge Starling #murmuration last night at Great Park, #Newcastle. First time I've watched one from directly underneath, it was awe-inspiring seeing the sky grow black above us @NTBirdClub @NorthEastTweets @RSPBbirders @BBCSpringwatch @_BTO

Bearded Reedlings yesterday at the Tay Reedbanks in Perthshire, #Scotland @BirdGuides @BirdwatchExtra @freebirdnewsuk @RSPBbirders @RSPBScotland

Hawfinches (x10 or more) at Scone Palace, Perth, #Scotland today @HawfinchesUK @RSPBScotland @RSPBbirders @freebirdnewsuk @RareBirdAlertUK @Natures_Voice @BBCSpringwatch

White-billed Diver showing well on the Tay at Dundee today @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides @BirdwatchExtra @freebirdnewsuk @RSPBbirders @RSPBScotland

Bittern at Gosforth Nature Reserve today @NHSN @NTBirdClub @BBCSpringwatch @_BTO @RSPBbirders

Barn Owl at Hauxley nature reserve, #Northumberland @NorthWildlife @NTBirdClub @Countryfilelive @BBCSpringwatch

Woodcock in #Northumberland last week, a bit more visible than usual @NTBirdClub @_BTO @RSPBbirders @RSPBEngland @Natures_Voice @britishbirds

Two of my January 1st garden visitors, #Northumberland @NTBirdClub @RSPBbirders @RSPBEngland @BTO_GBW @_BTO