Nige Jarman
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Bockhill (birding) & Kingsdown (mothing) East Kent VC15 Birds Moths Butterflies Music
Some nice Caspian Gull action in St Margaret's Bay with at least 4 present this morning.
about 1 month ago
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Dusky Warbler at Westbrook, Thanet today. A very atypical, showy individual.
about 1 month ago
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Hawklords new 5-piece line up at Underworld, Camden tonight. Great sound at a new venue for me.
about 1 month ago
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Despite Dusky & Pallas's Warblers on site
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, another 2 Yellow-browed Warblers my only reward for a full day in the field.
about 1 month ago
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The Pallid Swift at Whiteness, Thanet today. A very showy individual.
about 1 month ago
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The sublime
@psbhq.bsky.social
last night at The Barbican with London Contemporary Orchestra. Amazing sound.
about 1 month ago
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This Golden Twin-spot was the pick of a meagre catch last night.
about 2 months ago
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Wheatear at Kingsdown Rifle Butts (1 of 3
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today) + Yellow-browed Warbler at Bleriot's Memorial, Dover.
about 2 months ago
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Yellow-browed Warbler & Siberian Chiffchaff at Kingsdown Beach this afternoon. Both found by
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.
about 2 months ago
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My 2 favourite autumn moths: Satellite & Merveille du Jour from last night.
about 2 months ago
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Dusky-lemon Sallow & Streak, two less than annual species from this week.
about 2 months ago
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Today was all about crests, plus 3 Yellow-browed Warbler (2
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about 2 months ago
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A showy Yellow-browed Warbler in Kingsdown & later a lovely Caspian Gull in the Big Field
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about 2 months ago
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The lovely Great Grey Shrike at Worth this evening was showing very well & catching Migrant Hawkers in the sun.
2 months ago
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Mothing has been a bit slow here, so this fresh Flame Brocade was a welcome addition to the garden list.
2 months ago
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Red-breasted Merganser wasn't the species I expected to be drawn by flinging sliced white on Walmer beach this evening.
2 months ago
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Clouded Yellow this morning on Kingsdown Rifle Butts. Only my 2nd for this year.
2 months ago
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A definite October feel
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today: Gt Sp W-P, Chiffchaff, Firecrest & Goldcrest. Increase in all these, with 150+ Chiffchaff the dominant species.
2 months ago
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Blair's Mocha has been the pick of this week's trap - from Weds night.
2 months ago
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A very record shot of the Red-necked Phalarope at Worth Marshes this evening.
3 months ago
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Kingsdown Leas this morning.
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3 months ago
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Highlights
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today: 3 Pied Flycatcher, Ring Ouzel, 6 Wheatear, thousands of Swallow, Firecrest, Garden Warbler - a good day out.
3 months ago
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The Osprey
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today, drifted down channel at Hope Point.
3 months ago
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A busy day
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today, plenty of Chiffchaff, a few Willow Warbler, Wheatear & Whinchat.
3 months ago
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Pick of the trap was this stunning Cosmopterix pulchrimella. A Pellitory-of-the-wall feeder & first discovered in Britain in 2001.
3 months ago
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The long-legged Crambid Antigastra catalaunalis was pick of the trap last night.
3 months ago
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Convolvulus Hawk-moth, my first of the year. Always smart to catch.
3 months ago
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Rosy Underwing (what's left of it). A new moth for me here & still a rare species in Kent.
3 months ago
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Vestal was the pick of a quiet trap last night.
3 months ago
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A good morning
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with 1st Ring Ouzel of the autumn, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Wheatear, Whinchat and this dapper male Redstart in the Freedown.
3 months ago
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Dewick's Plusia from last night. Although far more numerous & more widely distributed in the UK, not a species I trap very often here.
3 months ago
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What's at the end of every rainbow..... a Spotted Crake. A record shot of the New Downs, Sandwich bird this evening.
4 months ago
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1 adult & 2 juvenile Dotterel near St Margaret's this morning.
4 months ago
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Always tidy when you get both: Bonelli's Eagle & Western Bonelli's Warbler from S Spain last week.
4 months ago
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Always great to see some fabulous Chameleons in S Spain
4 months ago
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It was good to finally get Rüppell's Vulture at La Zarga in S Spain last week.
4 months ago
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I generally trap 1 or 2 Latticed Heath in a year, so to get 19 in one night is exceptional! Presumably local dispersion, but could potentially be immigrants? Anyone else getting increased counts?
4 months ago
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2 Long-tailed Blue at Kingsdown Leas this morning.
4 months ago
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A great day
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today with Wheatear, Tree Pipit, Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo and this confiding Whinchat.
4 months ago
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Acrobasis tumidana from last night, showing the raised scales distinguishing it from A. repandana
4 months ago
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This stunning Striped Hawk-moth was the highlight from last night.
4 months ago
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Male Red-veined Darter on the clifftop at Kingsdown Leas this morning. In total 4 males & 1 female seen.
5 months ago
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Musotima nitidalis new for me in the trap last night. An adventive species from New Zealand & Australia first recorded in Britain in 2009.
5 months ago
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Pimpinel Pug & Wormwood last night - both 2nd records for the garden.
5 months ago
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Chalk Hill Blue this afternoon in South Foreland Valley.
5 months ago
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Silver-spotted Skipper this afternoon in South Foreland Valley.
5 months ago
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Cameraria ohridella, an abundant species on Horse Chestnut, but a smart moth to catch.
5 months ago
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Phyllonorycter corylifoliella from last night's trap. A common Hawthorn feeder, but one I rarely see as an adult.
5 months ago
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My first juvenile Yellow-legged Gull of the summer put in a brief appearance at Kingsdown.
5 months ago
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Great to see juvenile Black-headed and Mediterranean Gulls together this evening at Kingsdown.
5 months ago
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