Rob Swift

Birder & Birding. Continuously inspired by the wonder of birds & the natural world around me! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[Rob Swift @RobSwift5]

@ASPaton @B_Strawbridge @BBCSpringwatch 👍🏻

[Rob Swift @RobSwift5]

@wholden71 @ASPaton @BBCSpringwatch …I like it 😀..an ‘asylum’ of Cuckoo’s

[mark@birdingpinoso @Photos2Print]

In contrast to the UK where Corn Buntings have declined so badly they are having a fantastic year around Pinoso. Birds are singing & nesting in places I have never seen them before. Reminds me of my youth in the UK. #birds #birdoftheday #birdsseenin2026 #birdphotography #birding

[Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social @ASPaton]

Cuckoo "team meeting" by Crinan Ferry Road, Argyll @BBCSpringwatch 2024

[Rob Swift @RobSwift5]

A highlight of the Outer Hebrides trip last week… White-tailed Eagles on the Isle of Ronay.The best encounter for weeks, according to the Eagle monitoring guide. 2 pairs & 1 imm’ seen. At one point an adult soared with a Golden Eagle pair…very unusual apparently. 😌

[Spurn Bird Observatory @spurnbirdobs]

🐦 Applications are now open for the Martin Garner Spurn Young Birder Competition 2026!

If you're aged 16 or under and passionate about birding, this is your chance to compete at #MigFest2026.

⏰ Apply by 19 July

🔗 https://t.co/3Jf9Xymn95

Please share!

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

The current protections given to bird nests in the Wildlife & Countryside Act are woefully inadequate & this story by @sandralaville is yet another reason as to why.

The law currently only protect the nests of most birds whilst those nests are in use, so nesting holes used by generations of birds like swifts can be legally destroyed outside nesting season. Even where nests are in active use, it’s hard to get evidence of their destruction & the police do not take such crimes seriously.

We need to change the law to protect the ancestral nesting hole sites of birds like swifts and sand martins when they are not in use & give serious thought to protecting the ancestral nesting habitat of birds like nightingales as well. We also need to set up & fund a proper wildlife police force that takes the destruction of active bird nests seriously.

[Birdwatching Morocco Tours🦉 @birdsmorocco]

Pharaoh eagle-owl (Bubo ascalaphus) Planning your next Autumn's birdwatching yet? Why not come and join us in Morocco in September and October, to see/photograph Pharaoh Eagle Owl and more species #birds

[Rob Swift @RobSwift5]

@RingersWm @Saxicolaobs There’s no doubt that the non native Grey Squirrel has a detrimental effect on the UK’s Birdlife …a fact that’s not really acknowledged enough by the Bird & Wildlife Charities.

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

We're so close to 200k - sign the petition now to stop the imminent killing of Gannet chicks in Scotland!

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[Global Birdfair @GlobalBirdfair]

⏰Global Birdfair just 7 weeks to go!
10, 11 & 12 July 2026
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Massive thanks to the fantastic site owners at Lyndon Top Caravan Site for allowing us to hire their incredible venue for Global Birdfair

⛺️ Book direct to stay on site
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[Global Birdfair @GlobalBirdfair]

More great exhibitors at Global Birdfair alongside our fantastic programme of Events
Lectures
Workshops
Author talks
Hub & Discovery Zone activities
Nature walks
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Parking on site
Shuttle bus from Oakham Station
Admission to under 18s - with adult
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[nicola crockford @numenini]

Fab news from China! Congrats to citizens & scientists who saved a key Spoon-billed Sandpiper wintering site, shared with 20,000 waterbirds of 46 spp., from a road development in Guangxi! Thanks Beijing for halting it & local gov. for seeking alternatives. https://t.co/pTqx2aTuvL

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

Young White-tailed Eagle 'disappears' from grouse shooting estate in North York Moors National Park.

Police think its disappearance is 'suspicious'. No shit.

https://t.co/ZIDGCyW54B

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

Brilliant new report on why the Guga hunt must end by The Scottish Seabird Centre. It's great to see more organisations joining the call for a permanent end to this outdated hunt that has no place in a modern Scotland.

https://t.co/8DzphhDJDt

[Rob Swift @RobSwift5]

A superb week Birding the Hebrides, including thursday afternoon on Berneray. 11 G N & 1 B T Diver, 2 Black Guillimot, 3 Little & 5+ Arctic Tern, Arctic Skua, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Hen Harrier, 25+ Gannet, Skylarks/Pipits galore & many Waders. An idyllic island with stunning scenary! 😌

[Rob Swift @RobSwift5]

@Trishsnaturepix @WestMidBirdClub Those are mint Trish ! 😀👍

[Rob Swift @RobSwift5]

Well, Bank Holiday Monday’s been a good day on the Uists so far …. 😀👍

[BELVIDE BIRDING𓅪 @BelvideBirding]

If it's not scarce birds, then Belvide is now getting in on the scarce Dragonfly action. At least 5 Lesser Emperor this morning, including 4 males and this pair ovipositing. Superb stuff. Also at least 2 Red-veined Darter.