Avocet in flight. #BirdOfTheDay #ClassicMono #birds

I didn't post these before but I think I will after all. The Hickling Black-winged Kite.

Sanderling roosting on the tideline. #waderwednesday #waders #birds

160 yrs old according to the inscribed stone, Castle Rising. #thicktrunktuesday

In the late 1980s the EU forced the "Dirty Man of Europe" the UK to clean up pollution, Cameron interfered with regulators without changing primary legislation, and engineered Brexit. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/what-does-br...

One of those “Doh! Why didn’t we think of it earlier?” moments

So near yet so far away, Fallow Deer, Knole Park. #kentnature #deer

Saw a Kestrel go to roost from the cottage last week, thinking I'll walk the dog down there in the morning.. bingo! #feathers

A yawning Puffin for #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

Anyone out there know who to report this to?, a dead adult Common Dolphin at Goxhill Haven this morning.

Some of the 400+ Hirundines seen from the holiday cottage garden last week. #ukbirding #NorfolkBirding

WaderTales at 🔟 I like papers that make me look at waders differently. Neat experiment to understand how shorebirds use microhabitats on beaches, to keep warm/cool. wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/04/01/i... Tidewrack is really important! #ornithology

Last night of Holiday was a bit rustic with Black, Rosy, Autumnal and a few Lunar Underwings. #teammoth #holidaymothing #norfolkmoths

The much maligned Large Yellow Underwing for #mothfacefriday #teammoth

Let me get this straight, the cuteness is masked by the two red devil horns that only the people who live with her can see..😄

Roydon Common, 8 Meadow Pipits, 3 Red Kite, pair of Stonechats with 4 young, 6 Egyptian Geese and 5 Crossbills flying through heading South. #norfolkbirding

#TeamMoth Now this morning I noticed that all my Oak Eggar caterpillars have shed their skin & moved on to the next instar. Now, I probably should know this but, how many instars are there before pupation? Many thanks.

Ooh, found a Frosted Orange under the table.. #holidaymothing #teammoth

Daughter needed her holiday Castle fix so Castle Rising it was..another one bagged.. #Castles

Cromer, fish and chips, 2 Gannets, 12 Terns and a Skua, difficult to put to species.

Wryneck can be frustratingly skulking at times. Other times, less so... #BirdingOrkney Another new bird this morning #PWC2025

On holiday,opened the curtains this morning and ths lovely sight appeared, over 400 Swallows, House and Sand Martins... #ukbirding #norfolkbirds

Think this is a worn Delicate, West Norfolk, holiday Mothing. #teammoth @mothiduk.bsky.social

The Wryneck at Landguard Bird Observatory was quite confiding within the compound this afternoon #SuffolkBirding #UKBirding @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

One of the @ldvnnr.bsky.social reintroduced Corncrakes has pinged our MOTUS Tower! On 24th August at 21:32 it was picked up migrating over Spurn for 6 minutes! Amazingly, the same bird was detected just 90 minutes later at Weybourne, Norfolk! More info here www.facebook.com/share/p/1Arw...

Rooting around I found these at the bottom of a draw, 57 yrs old, YIKES!

One of the Convolvulus Hawk Moths is out tonight in the torrential rain feeding away, hardier than I thought they would be!. Here is another video from a drier night showing the hot areas of the moth more accurately, you can see the cold antennae easily! #teammoth

Not something you see every day. Photo from FB.

Red Admiral on Blackberries. #WildWebsWednesday

A Knot apparently named after King Cnut. #WaderWednesday #birds

Fulmar: c. 90% reduction in 20 years (Faroes). (Birdlife Int'l: "In Europe since declines began in mid-1980s (c. one generation) pop'n estimated to have declined by >40%.. the population size in Europe is estimated to be decreasing by 50-79% in the period 1985-2077 {c. 3 generations}.." )

Spent hours being spellbound by Convolvulus Hawk Moths last night as they nectared on Nicotiana plants in my highland garden!. Up to 3 feeding at a time, their entire abdomens glowing red hot in the thermal from flight muscle use!! #teammoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

It may have been an #IronMaiden evening.

Great piece today by Simon Barnes, one of last to see a Slender-billed Curlew observer.co.uk/news/science... following research confirming extinction @rspb.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @ucllifesciences.bsky.social

And what lessons can we learn from the demise of the Slender-billed Curlew? wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l... Blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al. #ornithology

Arctic Tern. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

Star of the show last night a L-album Wainscot keeping up with the one every year for the last 5. #teammoth

Summer Sunrise. #BlueSkyArtShow #summer

Pale Tussock. #MothFaceFriday #teammoth

Firebug at work today. #insects #bugs #ukwildlife

Southern Migrant Hawker clinging on a branch. #kentnature #Odonata #ukwildlife

Small Heath #WildWebsWednesday

Very well done "mini" documentary on Neil Peart www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEpH...

Sanderling for #WaderWednesday

I wrote this short note on birding with hearing aids and thought I’d post the link here in case of interest/relevance to some birders out there #birding #birdingScotland #birdingUK chatterstanes.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/b...

A Partridge on a rock, but it's not a rock Partridge. #Birds

Harbour Turnstones - by Scottish wildlife artist, Ian Rendall More of this artist's gorgeous watercolours, here: ianrendall.co.uk #art #wildlife #birds #nature

"Sparrow Fledglings" Thread painting - hand embroidery artwork #StunDay #birds #WildlifeArt #embroidery