Austin's Birding Blog

Killdeer: When the report of this latest killdeer first came on Wednesday the 21st of January it caused some excitement amongst us birders. ...

Smew:  At Southport Marine Lake when I caught up with the first winter drake smew, which was showing well on the North East side. This long ...

Siberian Thrush: My annual visit to Shetland in October is one of the highlights of the year, this time I was in the company of Kris Wade, P...

Lesser Crested Tern: This mega rare bird was seen and reported mid week, but with such a busy work schedule and lots of site work I had to ...

Black-faced Bunting: A quick trip to Spurn where I embarked upon the hard slog across the energy sapping sands of the breach to get to Middl...

Baird's Sandpiper: Today I finally caught up with a bird that should already be on my life list, and one I have dipped several times.  ...

Grey Phalarope:  A juvenile Baird's Sandpiper was sighted at Eyebrook Reservoir this is not only an uncommon visitor from North America,...

Crimson-winged Finch: I've finally got around to writing up the Morocco birding trip. I had a ton of images to pour over and sort throug...

Zitting Cisticola: These small, brown birds with a distinctive streaked back and a broad, white-tipped tail that it frequently flicks are al...