Signs of some moth movement at last, with another Pine Hawk and 4 Small Mottled Willows this morning, along with NFG Round-winged Muslin #salopmoths #teammoth #vc40 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Amongst the subtle autumn tones of the mothtrap this week were two NFGs: White Satin and Box-tree Moth (serious lack of gardens or Box round here!) #salopmoths #teammoth

So many butterflies in the marvellous arable margins this week, including plenty of Marbled Whites and some pristine next gen Painted Ladies #ukbutterflies 🦋

Always loving a headwind, a fantastic 827 Swifts flew into the F4/5 westerly on my survey site in #lincsbirding by 1500 today #vismig #ukbirding

Some great #atmosphericoptics over the Yorkshire Wolds today, starting with a nice #fogbow over this morning's inversion, and this afternoon a bright circumscribed #solarhalo and full parhelic circle! 🧐 #lookup

Seriously belated first visit of the year to the Shrewsbury gullery this evening, nice to catch up with the bundles of fluff before they fly #urbangulls #shropshirebirding #ukbirding #seabirdscount

Another fine #noctilucentclouds display from the back garden last night. One of the best things about summer, when I manage to stay up late enough 🥱 #astrophotography

Last night's stunning display of 50 mile high #noctilucentclouds stretched right across the northern horizon from the back garden here in Shropshire 🤩 #astrophotography #lookup #flamingJune

Massive #noctilucentclouds across the northern horizon currently. More entertaining than the football for a while... #stormhour

The warmest night on record here was no use for sleeping, but great for skywatching. My first #noctilucentclouds of the year first, followed by a banging #thunderstorm⚡️ in the small hours #stormhour

The view from the back garden of the big storm currently just south of Preston, a mere 70 miles away! 💥 #stormhour #cumulonimbus

More wanderers in a slightly less manic trap this morning. Leopards lined up like a field guide plate, a gorgeous Map-winged Swift, V-Moth again, Dingy Shears, Grey Arches, Clouded Brindle... #salopmoths #teammoth

After a ridiculous 24 nocmig records so far this spring/summer, I've just heard a/the Quail from the back garden at #salopobs with my own actual ears!👂 And finally confirmed there are Kestrel chicks again in the tree hole they last used in 2022 (when it was also bloody hot)🐥 #ukbirding #flamingJune

Loving these warm nights of moths, but 1,000+ in the MV this morning was chaos! Something for everyone, and county rare Dog's Tooth was new #salopmoths #teammoth

Amongst another mass of brown, our first V-Moth was a real treat this morning. Also Treble Brown Spot, another Yellow Mayfly, and a White-foot Moth in a host of micros #salopmoths #teammoth

The superb adult ♂️ nominate limosa last night showed a perfect suite of textbook characters to enable safe identification, without recourse to a CR. Most important ⬆️'s here are green & yellow. Green ⬆️ highlights the diagnostic scap patterns, large black centres... #cleybirds #norfolkbirding #L3 1/4

850 moths to one MV this morning was both overwhelming and underwhelming. Lots of nice stuff but nothing too exciting (the vast majority being Dark Arches and crambids) #salopmoths #teammoth

Happy #summersolstice! Something for everyone in the #salopobs garden today, from shadow-boxing Hares at dawn, via baby birds everywhere, to a glorious balmy sunset

High noon on the longest day of the year. Sun doesn't get any higher than that! Marked by a nice #solarhalo as the Swallows keep busy feeding young in the oak tree #salopobs #atmosphericoptics

PACIFIC SWIFT, Bardsey Island. 📷 photos by Ezra Sherwell.

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Start as we mean to go on: stunning Pine Hawkmoth this morning to kick off the warm spell. Second garden record and still a county rare #salopmoths #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Spent a happy hour with a few L3 yesterday. Such brilliant birds 😍 #limosalimosalimosa #ukbirding

Full time conjunction #Moon #Venus #astrophotography #lookup

For the migrant moth-ers, there are currently 6 or 7 Silver Ys on the Red Valerian for the first time since the late May mad spell 🤞 #salopmoths #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Pinks and browns the theme of today: exquisite Sainfoin and a few Pyramidal Orchids in the headlands, and two busy Kestrel nests located

How about a post-prandial leveret amongst a few #lawnflowers for #wildflowerhour?! One of 4 Hares on the lawn today 😍 #salopobs

Brilliant 22° #solarhalo yesterday in the Yorkshire sky, with a segment of rarer parhelic circle too #atmosphericoptics #stormhour

Really exciting watching #vismig Swifts scything into the wind over the East Yorkshire Wolds in packs of upto 30 today. 180 by 0645, and another 120+ as the showers developed #migration #ukbirding

More excellent skywatching today as thundery showers rolled over the East Yorkshire Wolds #stormhour #loveukweather

Some hefty showers crossing Lincs this afternoon, this one with a little funnel cloud in tow 🌪 #stormhour #loveukweather

Another morning with a Ni Moth in the #salopobs trap, but it wasn't a third individual, it was the one first trapped on Friday! #vc40 #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

This magic spell of migrant moths continues, with another Ni Moth trapped overnight, following the second for Shropshire here just two days ago! Also Bordered Straw, 5 SMWs, 10 Silver Ys, 20+ Diamondbacks 🤩 #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

Pale Oak Beauty the highlight of a quieter trap this morning. Seemingly first in the county this century, first away from the far SE (Wyre Forest), and first in the West Mids since 2015?! #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

2 Bordered Straws and 17+ Silver Ys on the Red Valerian currently, despite a cool breeze #teammoth #salopmoths @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

The migrant moths continued today with a couple of Hummingbird Hawks in the garden with the Painted Ladies, and a peek at @pilning.bsky.social's fabulous Striped Hawk. And the Ni played ball before release this evening #teammoth #salopmoths

Home from Spain to tales of storms and deluges of migrant insects, so put the trap straight out. Result: Shropshire's second Ni Moth, Bordered Straw, 3 SMW, 11 Silver Ys, 27+ Diamondbacks! 💥 @migrantmothuk.bsky.social #teammoth #salopmoths #migration

I've never been one for lounging by the pool, but with Pallid Swifts screaming around constantly, I could have stayed all day 😎🥵😍 Nice way to bring in the 3,000th #eBird checklist ebird.org/checklist/S3... #loveswifts

Up in time to see the last of the thunderstorms departing the East Yorkshire coast at dawn #loveukweather #lightning ⚡️

It's been a good spring for Quail, with multiple nocmig records at home already, but it was nice to find one irl as the kids would say, on the Yorkshire Wolds today 👂 #yorkshirebirding

The best @rarebirder.bsky.social Weekly Round-up in months. Makes all the difference when there are facts and context, written for birders by a birder... www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/W... #ukbirding

Picked a likely looking hillock and left a static recorder out, and couldn't have hoped for a better result... 🫨🎙💥 #blackgrouse 🖤

Nothing to see here, just 22,400 Sabine's Gulls in one flock... 🤯🇨🇦😍 ebird.org/checklist/S3...

It's that time of year again, baby birds everywhere at #salopobs including the garden pond Moorhens (after first clutch was lost). Starlings have fledged, House Sparrows sound like they're not far off... #spring

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough 🎉 Thank you for helping generations of people fall in love with the natural world — for opening our eyes to its beauty, complexity and fragility, and for reminding us why it matters so deeply. #DavidAttenborough #Nature #Wildlife

Still tripping over dozens of Painted Ladies this week, each one making me wonder how far it has come on its stage of the #migration relay

Hundreds of Painted Lady butterflies in East Yorkshire today, along with smaller numbers of Silver Y moths and Red Admirals @migrantmothuk.bsky.social

A sea of Bluebells lapping against a Beech woodland, one day late for #wildflowerhour. Not sure I've ever seen so many in one place as in the wood I came across at work today on the Yorkshire Wolds

The 6th(!) #salopobs record of Bittern flew over on Tuesday night, giving four calls over four minutes, all of which are collated here. Must have been almost overhead on the third! An excellent #nocmig week with 2 Quail as well! #ukbirding

A week of early starts and late finishes has been hard work, but well worth it in this weather. Just stunning