Aladağlar Mountain Türkiye 🇹🇷 22nd May, an early start and superb weather for mountain birding produced 6+ Caspian Snowcocks, Raddes Accentors and White-winged Snowfinches, with a crazy list of other species seen with @GrimstonBirder#birds#BirdsSeenIn2026
images from 26th/27th May from SE Türkiye 🇹🇷 up where the air is thin at Nemrut Dagi, Cinerous Bunting, White-throated Robin and the inquisitive Kurdish Wheatears #birds#BirdsSeenIn2026 with @GrimstonBirder
2cy Little Gull and Cetti’s Warbler from KP at #hornseamere this morning, Reed Warbler also. Gadwalls past Cowden and a Yellow Wagtail over.. #birds#eastyorkshire
2cy Caspian Gull late morning off Longbeaches carpark at Hornsea today, Tundra Bean Goose in clifftop fields at Aldbrough with 30 White-fronts and a single Pink foot early afternoon #birds#eastyorkshire
wouldn’t mind a look at the Norfolk Black-winged Kite but got much Stella and cheese in the fridge at the moment to get through, had a look through old pics and found these of a juv from Morocco March 2019 #birds#cheese
a Bittern west over #hornseamere early morning, 26+ Ruff, 23 Snipe, 2 Com Sand, 2 Caspian Gull, juv YL Gull, 11 Little Gull, GW Egret + Little Egret and a super Greenshank all at the East end/KP upto early afternoon #birds#eastyorkshire
a fine morning at #hornseamere with the 7 Glossy Ibis feeding on the Mere until they left south at 07:50, nice selection and numbers of waders with Ruff seemingly everywhere, Caspian Gull, Wheatear and 2+ Whinchat
joining the likes of Great Northern Diver and Long-tailed Skua as recent past bonkers June #hornseamere records, Manx Shearwater off KP this morning! #birds#eastyorkshire
upto 4+ probable Red-veined Darters off the point over #hornseamere this morning, this one dropped on the point this afternoon. Great Reed Warbler (now present 40 days) viewable well with scope still this morning #birds#eastyorkshire
Great Reed Warbler at #hornseamere still giving it big un’s from SE reedbed this morning, images taken from rowing boat on a Mere pelagic, £5pp from the boathouse #birds#eastyorkshire