A rather lovely marked Sprawler was the highlight of 5/5 in Marbury VC58 last night. Also Common Marbled Carpet, December Moth, Red-Green Carpet, Dark Sword-grass #teammoth

Dry walk this morning. Quietish for birds except for Winter Thrushes. No Ravens again😨. Highlights Kestrel, Great White Egret, Pink-footed Geese, Lesser Black-backed & Black-headed Gulls, Siskins, Nuthatch, Tufted Ducks, Great Crested Grebes, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mute Swans #ukbirding

We are lucky in Marbury to have lots of Thrushes: Fieldfares, Redwings, Mistle and Song Thrushes from this morning's walk. #ukbirding

What a stunner these Garden Cross Spider are I am fascinated by them!

Morning from Marbury. It’s a beautiful one. Out early to beat the rain and look for the Barn Owl

Beautiful morning walk. Highlights: singing Yellowhammers, Fieldfare,s Redwings, Song & Mistle Thrushes, Pink-footed Geese(some down in the fields), Kestrels, Buzzards, Reed Buntings, Linnets Meadow Pipits, Siskins, sky full of Starlings, Great Spotted Woodpecker. No Ravens today #ukbirding

A lurker! One of the best possible lurkers too! #teammoth

5/8 in Marbury last night. Pleased to have any, as none when I got back from pub at midnight! 3 Feathered Thorns, 2 Mottled Umbers (a pretty one too!), December Moth, Juniper Carpet & Chestnut. Might be more selective about when to trap, but not putting traps away: winter is long enough 😁 #teammoth

Another incredibly mild morning's walk. Highlights: Ravens, Kestrels, Buzzards, Fieldfares, Redwings, Mistle Thrushes, Siskins, Meadow Pipits, Great White Egret, Tufted Ducks, Great Crested Grebes, Mute Swans, Pink-footed Geese, Cormorants, Goosander, Great Spotted Woodpecker #ukbirding

Breakfast time! My favourite time of the day! #Ravens

9/10 in Marbury VC58 last night. Was surprised to get much as nothing there before bed. Nothing new but some interesting moths inc my first Uncertain since summer, a selection of Chestnuts including, I think, a Dark, Sprawler, Scarce Umber, Figure of Eight, December Moth, Silver Y #teammoth

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Felt like summer on this morning's walk, even saw a Dragonfly! Birding highlights: Raven doing his curtsying again, Kestrels, Siskins, Meadow Pipits, Stonechats, Fieldfares, Mistle Thrushes, Kingfishers, Pink-footed Geese, Great White Egret, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker #ukbirding

Sometimes in my quest for new, rare patch birds, it is easy to forgot how wonderfully beautiful our resident, relatively common, bird are. Just look at this Grey Wagtail! #ukbirding

Highlight of the 7/10 in Marbury VC58 last night was this beautiful fresh Grey Shoulder-knot. Other notables White Point, Figure of Eight 3 Feathered Thorns & a Rusty Dot Pearl (Udea Ferrugalis). The highlight however was this Garden Cross Spider bycatch I am just amazed by its markings! #teammoth

Today's highlight was one of the Ravens calling, early, impatiently over my garden as I was doing my moth traps! Also Kingfisher, Fieldfares, Redwings, Siskins, Pink-footed Geese, Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipits, Greenfinches, Tufted Ducks, Little Egret (I think!) flying over. #ukbirding

6/10 macros in Marbury last night but surprisingly given the driving rain micros outnumbered them with 8 LBAM , Long-horned Flat-body(Carcina Quercana), Narrow-winged Grey (Eudonia Augusta) and a Rush Veneer (Nomophilia Noctualla) Macros inc 3 Figure of 8’s, 2 December Moths,Black Rustic #teammoth

Walk started promisingly with a beautiful sunrise but rest of the walk was drizzly. As is often the case in that weather, no Ravens today. Highlights: Stonechats, flocks of 100+ Fieldfares, Redwings, Mistle Thrush, Kestrels, Great White Egret & a few Starlings from yesterday afternoon! #ukbirding

Marbury VC58. 4 moths. 1 Figure of Eight and 3 Feathered Thorns. Always happy to just have a moth to look at in the morning they are all beautiful 😊 #teammoth

Surprise to have a dry walk this morning given the forecast. Birding highlights: both Ravens, Buzzards, Yellowhammer, Reed Buntings, Siskins, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Black-headed Gulls, Mute Swan family, suddenly large flocks of Chaffinches, Mistle Thrushes, Goldcrests #ukbirding

We are lucky in Marbury to have large numbers of Fieldfares. Normally it is fleeting views as they forage the berries in the hedgerows. This one today, however, was very obliging today, allowing me to watch it for ages. It always surprises me how colourful they are close up #ukbirding

5/4 last night in Marbury VC58 but it did include a NFY with a Scarce Umber and my 2nd Sprawler of the year which was a slightly less battered individual. Also a Chestnut and 2 November Moth aggs #teammoth

Stills of the Starlings today. I love watching the thousands and thousands of them streaming in from all directions. I wonder if they have conversations about what they have been up to for the day! #ukbirding

Beautiful morning walk. Highlight was the singing Yellowhammer (don't recall one singing in late autumn before). Also Ravens, Kestrel, Buzzards, Fieldfares, Lapwings, Siskins, Great White Egret, Tufted Ducks, Little Grebes, Pink-footed Geese & the garden Sparrows always entertain. #ukbirding

Well it was inevitable this was going to happen sometime given my blind optimism trapping 😂 #teammoth

“ a little bit of bread and no cheeeeese” Lucky to have the beautiful Yellowhammers back on patch singing #ukbirding

Sky full of Starlings again. It is hard to get a video that shows how many there are. I hope I get many more days to try! 😆 No matter how many times I see Starlings murmurate it will always take my breath away.

Busy birding walk this morning: Yellowhammers, Stonechats, Reed Bunting, Siskins, Fieldfares, Redwings, Mistle Thrushes, Meadow Pipits, Cetti's, Ravens, Buzzards, Kestrels, Goosanders, Great White Egret, Tufted Ducks, Pink-footed Geese, Little Grebes, Cormorants, Lapwings #ukbirding

10/16 in Marbury VC58 last night. Highlight a Sprawler NFY. Shame it was a very battered. Other notables: a lovely fresh Figure of Eight, 2 Merveille du Jours, 4 Feathered Thorns, 3 Black Rustics, Red-line and Yellow-line Quakers, Pale Mottled Willow, Large Yellow Underwing #teammoth

Amazing scenes, the Starlings are back in Marbury. Maybe 10,000 going down to roost in the little mere. This is the first time in a few years that they have done it. It is just so spectacular, it makes your skin tingle! #ukbirding #Starlings

Beautiful morning walk. Highlight was Chips & Gravy both coming for the first time in 10 days. Chips came with something already in his mouth not sure what it is? Also Yellowhammers, Stonechats, Kestrels, Sparrowhawk, Fieldfares, Mipits, Mistle Thrush, Siskins, Tufted Ducks etc! #ukbirding

Happy Halloween!🎃

5/10 in Marbury VC58 last night and half of them were Feathered Thorns. Also Chestnut, 2 December Moths & 2 Red-Green Carpets. Having fewer moths means you can have a really good look at them. For instance the December moth, which I thought was a plain moth, is actually beautifully marked #teammoth

Not being successful at changing my body clock for winter. It’s still pitch black outside so no walking yet, instead doing some of my moth spreadsheet, at 5 in the morning!! Never again will I leave it until October to input the year’s moths 😳 Begining to get there now though. #teammoth

Beautiful morning walk & lots of birds too. The highlight was seeing a Yellowhammer, after not seeing them for over a month. Also, Kingfisher, Stonechat, Meadow Pipits, Siskins, Fieldfares. Mistle Thrushes, Kestrels, Lapwings, Great White Egret, Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker #ukbirding

Expected very little this morn in the cold temps but was excited to get my half century of Merveille du Jours for the year and what a beauty it was! 8/8 in Marbury if this is an Autumn Green Carpet. I thought it was as can’t see any red! Not certain though, obs says 97% it is. Would be NFG #teammoth

Good morning from Marbury. It’s a beautiful Autumn sunrise this morning. Hopefully such a beautiful day will bring all the birds out!

Sunny walk. Highlight was obviously the bowing Raven! Also Kestrels, Kingfisher, Fieldfares eating berries, Great Spotted Woodpecker, a beautiful Chaffinch, Great White Egret, Tufted Ducks, Mistle Thrushes, Siskins, Meadow Pipit & a lovely flock of Long-tailed Tits in the Garden #ukbirding

Quiet in the Marbury traps 6/12 but nice moths so happy!3 Figure of Eights the highlight. Nothing NFY but judging by last year’s records I might get 3 more, and a couple that are on ‘what’s flying tonight” here would be NFG, so being an optimist I’ll keep trapping until the frosts start! 😆 #teammoth

My Ravens never cease to amaze me! A new behaviour today from Chips Started with the normal clacking of his beak together and then he started this bowing. I know I say it a lot but I am so lucky to get to witness their behaviour at such close quarters 😁 #Ravens #ukbirding

Birding Highlights from today's walk: Ravens, posing Jackdaw, Great White Egret, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzards, Siskins, Reed Bunting, Little and GC Grebes, Tufted Ducks, Skeins of Pink-footed Geese, Cetti's, Meadow Pipit, GSWoodpecker, Redwings, Fieldfare , Mistle Thrush #ukbirding

Lucky in Marbury to still have some lovely moths visiting the traps, 19/11 last night, inc: 4 Feathered Thorn ( a nicely marked one too), Silver Y, 2 Figure of Eights, Merveille du Jour, ( they still keep coming!) Red-line Quaker, Yellow-line Quaker, 2 Black Rustics, Blair’s Shoulder-knot #teammoth

Cold, showery walk, roll on spring! Highlight was watching the Ravens tumbling together. This last 6 days only 1 has come down but don't think they can be thinking nest building yet? Also Shovelers, Fieldfares, Redwings, Kestrels, Buzzards, Cetti's, Siskins, Great White Egret #ukbirding

9/12 last night in Marbury: Merveille du Jour, Feathered Thorn, Nov moth aggs, 2 Green-brindled Crescents, Pink-barred Sallow, December Moth, Angle Shades, Lesser Yellow Underwing and another Buff Ermine. Not sure if it is a re-trap of the one from last week @ruthnewby.bsky.social #teammoth

Think this pic of Chips should be the only one from today's walk! It is hard to get a photo that captures his magnificence but I hope this goes some way! Also Barn Owl, Kingfisher, 5 Buzzards in the field, Fieldfares, Redwings, Mistle & Song Thrushes, Siskins, Great White Egret. #ukbirding

6:5 macros in Marbury VC58 last night but can’t complain when you are still getting a Merveille du Jour ( my 47th of the year!) Also Mottled Umber, 2 November Moth aggs, Red-line and Yellow-line Quakers. Also this micro braved the weather a Garden Rose Tortrix (Acleris variegana) #teammoth

Showery walk but lots of lovely birds! Highlights: Kingfishers, Siskins, Skylarks, Linnets, 200+Lapwings, Fieldfares, Redwings, Pink-footed Geese, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Ravens, Buzzards, Great White Egret, Great Crested and Little Grebes, Tufted Ducks, LBBGulls, Reed Bunting, #ukbirding

Lucky to still have some beautiful moths in Marbury VC58, despite the not great weather. 9/14 last night inc. December Moth, Merveille du Jour, Pink-barred Sallows, Figure of Eights, Mottled Umber, Red-green Carpet, Green-brindled Crescent & this Winter Moth?(pale compared to the last one) #teammoth

Thought this beautiful Kestrel deserved a post of it's own! We are so lucky here to see numerous Kestrels every day. This one though was very obliging for photos. Look at the colour of it's feet! #ukbirding

Isn't birding brilliant! Went for a short afternoon walk with Bits and saw in just half an hour a Marsh Harrier, 100+ Lapwings, Linnets, Herons, Buzzards, Kestrel! Haven't seen many Marsh Harriers this year so really happy to see one. #ukbirding