Where to see....

Kingfishers  @ Rspb ryemeads nature reserve 

Nice idea Oneputt, rspb, Mull of Galloway, Peregrine viewing from the comfort of the cafe. Spare binocs. available.

Seabirds at Duncansby Head near John O Groats including puffins.

The Farne Islands, big sea bird colonies.

Godrevy Point, nr St Ives, Cornwall. Larks, Wheatears, Stonechats, cliff and ground nesting birds and wildflowers.

Kingfishers on the river Parrett, Somerset, walk and fish the Parrett trail from Southfork Caravan site.

Swallow tail butterflys - RSPB Strumpshaw Fen & NWT Hickling Broad

Bitterns - RSPB Minsmere, Lakenhead, NWT Hickling Broad and quite a few other sites in Norfolk/Suffolk

Cetti, Grasshopper, Sedge, Reed Warblers - all over Norfolk and Suffolk

Cuckoos - usually 4 each year at RSPB Lakenheath

Hobbies - RSPB Lakenheath.  

Kittiwakes, Puffins, Razorbills etc Sumburgh Head, Shettland

Ospreys - Glaslyn near Porthmadog in North Wales, Loch Garten,  Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve, or Rutland Water

Red Kites - my house, each morning.  Also various feeding centres throughout the country including Gigrin Farm, near Rhayader, Llanddeusant in the Brecon Beacons, and probably one at the side of the A1 where we must have seen sixty or more red kites last Sunday.

A black swan - River Wharfe at Otley, also otters in the evening, and in October/November salmon leaping up the weir.

(Sorry some non-bird species there, but I think people may be interested).

Ospreys - Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve near Machynlleth

Ospreys - Clywedog LakeLlanidloes SY18 6NG, 

Barn and Twany Owls, Red Polls etc, Community Nature Reserve Sculthorpe, Norfolk

Note - Sculthorpe is a lovely small reserve which is fully boarded out so is both wheelchair and pushchair friendly

We will be in Wales watching Ospreys in mid/late May

Cross-bills and Haw-finches - Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk  

Short Eared Owls  Aust Warth and Uphill near Weston-Super-Mare

Peregrines  Dyrham Downs Bristol and City Centre Fingals Reach

Ham Wall and Shapwick Marshes     many species including Harriers Bitterns(many about but difficult to see) Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret still around the surrounding fields, Cuckoos heard but hard to see.

Purple Sandpipers like to use the rocks around the edge of West Kirby Marina in winter, particularly at high tide. If in the area and looking for migrants or sea watching then think about walking out to Hilbre Island, just off the coast at West Kirby. Beware of high tide and seek out the information posted locally, but well worth the trip if you don't mind being stranded on the island until the tide goes out.

Nesting sea birds, including Puffins at South Stacks on Anglesey, together with Peregrines and Choughs (which can also be seen sometimes on the hills above Conway town.)

Dee estuary good for Short Eared Owls, Hen and Marsh Harriers in winter, especially at high tide, from the car park at Parkgate, near Neston. Twite can be seen occasionally in the scrub. More often see this species at the small nature reserve at Connah's Quay power station, run by Deeside Nature Society. Membership about £10 pa. Need a key to access so need to join by post or online first.

Anyone visiting The Orkneys should take a ferry to Hoy. Nesting Skuas (hard hat essential) plus Black Guillemots along with usual cliff nesters.