Rob Laughton
@bobbiebirder82.bsky.social
Dad, Birder 🐧, Twitcher 📟, Photographer 📸Moth Botherer 🦋. Area Sales manager for Opticron UK 🟢 Bristol City Supporter 🔴⚽️. Views are my own. BOU 519. Founder of ABNG.
New Opticron Tripac - Tripod Harness & Accessory Pack now in all good optics retailers. Available in Black, Brown and Green. SRP £65
www.opticron.co.uk/new-products/
www.opticron.co.uk/new-products/
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New Opticron Tripac - Tripod Harness & Accessory Pack now in all good optics retailers. Available in Black, Brown and Green. SRP £65
www.opticron.co.uk/new-products/
www.opticron.co.uk/new-products/
Lammergeier !!!
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Lammergeier !!!
Not a bad list of birds up on the Gemmipass this morning!!!
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Not a bad list of birds up on the Gemmipass this morning!!!
Wallcreeper!!! Saint-Oyen, Italian Alps
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wallcreeper!!! Saint-Oyen, Italian Alps
Redwing from Hanham this afternoon
February 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Redwing from Hanham this afternoon
OTD 9 years ago….
January 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
OTD 9 years ago….
3 new life birds in 2024. Yellow Warbler, Scarlet Tanager & Pale legged Leaf Warbler. Not as many as in 2023 but that was a bumper year nowadays. Quality over quantity.
December 31, 2024 at 11:19 PM
3 new life birds in 2024. Yellow Warbler, Scarlet Tanager & Pale legged Leaf Warbler. Not as many as in 2023 but that was a bumper year nowadays. Quality over quantity.
So my local 10km list ends on a record 119 species, beating the previous by 23! Let’s see what we can do next year but it will be a hard total to beat! #UKBirding
December 31, 2024 at 6:22 PM
So my local 10km list ends on a record 119 species, beating the previous by 23! Let’s see what we can do next year but it will be a hard total to beat! #UKBirding
My retinas are still recovering - Yellow Warbler - New Hythe, Kent 27th Dec. 9th Record for the UK and only the second mainland record. #UKBirding
December 28, 2024 at 2:44 PM
My retinas are still recovering - Yellow Warbler - New Hythe, Kent 27th Dec. 9th Record for the UK and only the second mainland record. #UKBirding
My third lifer of the year. The stunning American Yellow Warbler at New Hythe in Kent. #UKBirding
December 27, 2024 at 2:50 PM
My third lifer of the year. The stunning American Yellow Warbler at New Hythe in Kent. #UKBirding
I went back with a camera. Siberian Chiffchaff - Compton Dando. #UKBirding
December 24, 2024 at 10:19 PM
I went back with a camera. Siberian Chiffchaff - Compton Dando. #UKBirding
Today’s Siberian Chiffchaff from Compton Dando Sewage Works. Also 3+ Colybitta. #UKBirding
December 23, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Today’s Siberian Chiffchaff from Compton Dando Sewage Works. Also 3+ Colybitta. #UKBirding
The local 10km list now up to 119 species with the addition of Hawfinch and a surprising find of a Sibe Chiffchaff this afternoon. #UKBirding
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
The local 10km list now up to 119 species with the addition of Hawfinch and a surprising find of a Sibe Chiffchaff this afternoon. #UKBirding
Well it was brief but good views of the Scarlet Tanager this morning in West Yorkshire. Unfortunately no photographs, apart from the crowd.
November 12, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Well it was brief but good views of the Scarlet Tanager this morning in West Yorkshire. Unfortunately no photographs, apart from the crowd.
An unexpected pair of Pintail on Broadmead Flash Keynsham increased the local 10km list to 112 species.
October 20, 2024 at 8:37 PM
An unexpected pair of Pintail on Broadmead Flash Keynsham increased the local 10km list to 112 species.
OTD in 2001. It was a quick dash over to St Martins for a Rose breasted Grosbeak. We had a brief but good view before it dived back into cover and was only seen once again the next day. (Photo Steve Blain)
October 19, 2024 at 10:35 AM
OTD in 2001. It was a quick dash over to St Martins for a Rose breasted Grosbeak. We had a brief but good view before it dived back into cover and was only seen once again the next day. (Photo Steve Blain)
OTD in 2022 - Blackburnian Warbler on Bryher IOS!!! Mental, bloody mental!!!!
October 18, 2024 at 7:22 PM
OTD in 2022 - Blackburnian Warbler on Bryher IOS!!! Mental, bloody mental!!!!
Crimson Speckled
October 14, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Crimson Speckled
Graceful Prinia - Turkey
October 14, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Graceful Prinia - Turkey
Great white Egret on Bristol Science Park Lake this afternoon takes my 10km local list up to 111 species.
October 7, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Great white Egret on Bristol Science Park Lake this afternoon takes my 10km local list up to 111 species.
Some record shots of the Pale legged Leaf Warbler from this morning at Bempton Cliffs #UKBirding
September 30, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Some record shots of the Pale legged Leaf Warbler from this morning at Bempton Cliffs #UKBirding
Alpine Chough - Swiss Alps
September 23, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Alpine Chough - Swiss Alps
1st year Lammergeier, Swiss Alps.
September 23, 2024 at 7:50 PM
1st year Lammergeier, Swiss Alps.
OTD in 2011.....St Mary's, was, in rarity terms on FIRE!!! 🔥🐧🔥
Northern Waterthrush 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1 (on the same pool as the Waterthrush)
Blk & W Warbler 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Bee Eater 1
Buff breasted Sandpiper 4
And we missed Blue winged Teal, Woodchat and a Red eyed Vireo by 5mins!
Northern Waterthrush 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1 (on the same pool as the Waterthrush)
Blk & W Warbler 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Bee Eater 1
Buff breasted Sandpiper 4
And we missed Blue winged Teal, Woodchat and a Red eyed Vireo by 5mins!
September 21, 2024 at 9:44 AM
OTD in 2011.....St Mary's, was, in rarity terms on FIRE!!! 🔥🐧🔥
Northern Waterthrush 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1 (on the same pool as the Waterthrush)
Blk & W Warbler 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Bee Eater 1
Buff breasted Sandpiper 4
And we missed Blue winged Teal, Woodchat and a Red eyed Vireo by 5mins!
Northern Waterthrush 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1 (on the same pool as the Waterthrush)
Blk & W Warbler 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Bee Eater 1
Buff breasted Sandpiper 4
And we missed Blue winged Teal, Woodchat and a Red eyed Vireo by 5mins!