@RobSwift5

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

 Stafford, England
Joined July 2012
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Rob Swift retweeted
Above_96th@Above96th6h
Some days you have to find the birds and some days the birds find you--like this handsome Red-bellied Woodpecker that was obsessed with this tree knot just overhead. Did I say, 'handsome'? 🥰🥰🥰 #Woodpecker #CentralPark #birdcpp
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Tesco “Rosedene Farms” branding conjures up the impression a cosy British orchard. The apples are from France. This is farmwashing: packaging designed to make imported food look local and dupe shoppers into thinking they’re buying British.
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Caren Jahre@CarenJahreOct 25
Black-throated Gray Warbler, a vagrant from the West Coast visiting Wave Hill in the Bronx today. Needless to say, a lifer for me. @BirdBronx #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdwatching #birdphotography
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That’ll do nicely … Pike brunch for a Great Egret @WestMidBirdClub Belvide Reserve, Staffs today. Caught, going, going down & gone! 😮🫣😬😋
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A fine 4 hours at a blowy Belvide Reserve, Staffs this AM.Highlights imm Long tailed Duck, 3w Caspian & 1w Little Gull, 2 Ringed Plover, 200 Linnet flock, Swallow, 7 Great Egret, 2 showy Red Kite, Goosander, Drake Pintail, Kestrel caught/ate a Ringed Plover @Staffsbirdnews 😀👍
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An American Barn Owl looking ghostly at night by the Upper West Side water tank where it nests. 🦉 🧡
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Thankfully this Red Kite seems to have got away from the shotgun blast. Pretty hard to hide the evidence here! The shameful state of Grouse management.
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Huge victory for wildlife in Lebanon! 🚨 Our teams have dismantled over 63,000 m² of illegal bird nets this autumn, saving an estimated 60,000 migratory birds as a result. 200+ birds rescued + 165 mist-nets dismantled on our latest mission alone! Huge thanks to @LebISF 🫡 🕊️
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Thousands of bird trappers are operating in #Malta from today under fake "research" permits - despite 2 EU Court rulings against it! @CABS_REPORTS is fighting back: 8 poachers caught, illegal nets seized, and 39 trapped birds freed.
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The lovely ballet of the Sunbittern😍
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Pharaoh Eagle-Owl 🦉 One of our top target species on birding tours to Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains & Sahara Desert! 🇲🇦 Join us this Nov/Dec 2026 or in 2027! WhatsApp: +212 676 041 059 🌐 MOROCCOBIRDINGTRIPS.COM #BirdPhotography #PharaohEagleOwl #Birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2026
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus)

ALT Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus)

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8 Short-eared Owl came in-off the sea at Trow this morning between 8 and 1. There was very little in the Quarry itself, so I decided to watch the sea and a Black-throated Diver going north was the only other thing of note.
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Fab’ day @spurnbirdobs in some weird light! Best for us Kilnsea area,8 Sooty & 2 Manx Shearwater, 3 Shorelark, Snow Bunting, Woodcock, 11 Eider, 5 R T Diver, th’s Wader selection. Early AM at Sammy’s Point Great Skua over the arable fields, ringtail Hen Harrier & c200 Redwing. 👌🏻
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Great Skua over fields at Sammy’s point. @spurnbirdobs
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Red Kites (4) & Ravens (5) put on a good show on a Trent-Mersey Canal walk, Sandon-Burston this early morn. Also, c90 Pink footed Geese SW at 08:45, Goosander, 3 Kingfisher, 7 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Skylark, Grey Wagtail. @Staffsbirdnews @CanalRiverTrust
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Rob Swift retweeted
Above_96th@Above96thOct 17
I was heading home from Central Park, thinking I was done with birding for the day. Nope! This cute little Black and White Warbler was hopping along a fence on West 100th St. Never stop birding! 😎😎😎 #Warblers #CentralPark #birdcpp
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Rescued from unimaginable cruelty in Lebanon, this #kestrel had her eyes sewn shut by a falcon trapper to serve as a live decoy for >6 weeks. Thanks to our anti-poaching team and vet care, she’s healed and back in the open sky where she belongs!
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Rob Swift retweeted
Craig Round@craig_roundOct 14
After an autumn of seemingly incessant Westerlies the window of migration is opening up finally! High 1038mb building over UK Friday & west into Scandinavia into the weekend,expect a large downwind arrival into Low Countries & then freshening Easterlies & arrivals into UK #vismig
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Atlas Horned Lark 🇲🇦 A special bird of Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains! Join Morocco Birding Trips to explore the incredible birdlife of the Atlas Mountains & Sahara Desert 📩 Contact us to plan your Morocco birding adventure MOROCCOBIRDINGTRIPS.COM #BirdPhotography #Birdwatching
Atlas Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris atlas)

ALT Atlas Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris atlas)

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Wow was that really ten years ago 😳 OTD #SiberianAccentor
Steve Williams@SteveOnHilbre14 Oct 2016
Brief iPhone video of the #SiberianAccentor at Easington earlier today #pullbacksarebest
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