Birdingprof
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Actual Birder, sometime Twitcher, nascent Moth-er.
2025 Garden Bird yearlist 1️⃣0️⃣9️⃣
VC 26 - West Suffolk.
TL77C - Where Breckland meets Fenland.
2025 Garden Bird yearlist 1️⃣0️⃣9️⃣
VC 26 - West Suffolk.
TL77C - Where Breckland meets Fenland.
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Divers still at Covenham Reservoir this morning
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November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Divers still at Covenham Reservoir this morning
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Nice views of the Drake ‘Green-winged’ Teal. No matter that it’s soon to be lumped, it’s still come all the way from across the Atlantic.
Somewhat marred by the fact that I have been trying to find one of these for myself locally for the last 8 years.
My 18th individual but 1st in the Brecks.
Somewhat marred by the fact that I have been trying to find one of these for myself locally for the last 8 years.
My 18th individual but 1st in the Brecks.
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Nice views of the Drake ‘Green-winged’ Teal. No matter that it’s soon to be lumped, it’s still come all the way from across the Atlantic.
Somewhat marred by the fact that I have been trying to find one of these for myself locally for the last 8 years.
My 18th individual but 1st in the Brecks.
Somewhat marred by the fact that I have been trying to find one of these for myself locally for the last 8 years.
My 18th individual but 1st in the Brecks.
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Just two moths actually in the trap this morning, a Rusty-dot Pearl and this beauty. Banded Sable was not on my shortlist of candidates for number 24 on the new garden list! As far as I can make out, less than 20 Devon records.
Axminster VC3
#TeamMoth
Axminster VC3
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November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Just two moths actually in the trap this morning, a Rusty-dot Pearl and this beauty. Banded Sable was not on my shortlist of candidates for number 24 on the new garden list! As far as I can make out, less than 20 Devon records.
Axminster VC3
#TeamMoth
Axminster VC3
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#ukbirding
It is very apparent to patch birders in the east that the numbers, distribution and migration patterns of several winter visitors are rapidly changing as the climate warms. They don’t get talked about much though. 🤷♂️ 1/2
Smew, Lap Bunt, Snow Bunt, Roughleg
It is very apparent to patch birders in the east that the numbers, distribution and migration patterns of several winter visitors are rapidly changing as the climate warms. They don’t get talked about much though. 🤷♂️ 1/2
Smew, Lap Bunt, Snow Bunt, Roughleg
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#ukbirding
It is very apparent to patch birders in the east that the numbers, distribution and migration patterns of several winter visitors are rapidly changing as the climate warms. They don’t get talked about much though. 🤷♂️ 1/2
Smew, Lap Bunt, Snow Bunt, Roughleg
It is very apparent to patch birders in the east that the numbers, distribution and migration patterns of several winter visitors are rapidly changing as the climate warms. They don’t get talked about much though. 🤷♂️ 1/2
Smew, Lap Bunt, Snow Bunt, Roughleg
Rarely seen in the garden, tho there is a den in the scrub, is Fox. 🦊 So this one today was a pleasant surprise. I watched it, unsuccessfully, stalking Squirrels 🐿️
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rarely seen in the garden, tho there is a den in the scrub, is Fox. 🦊 So this one today was a pleasant surprise. I watched it, unsuccessfully, stalking Squirrels 🐿️
‘A glutton for punishment’ I hear you say. 🍃 🍂 🍁
I only went out to check for the Yellow-browed Warbler, (no sign last 3 days) but this leaf just thrust itself onto me.
I think I’m correct in saying Elm Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter tristrigella) it’s NFM/NFG and new for Tetrad. 🔲
#teammoth
I only went out to check for the Yellow-browed Warbler, (no sign last 3 days) but this leaf just thrust itself onto me.
I think I’m correct in saying Elm Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter tristrigella) it’s NFM/NFG and new for Tetrad. 🔲
#teammoth
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
‘A glutton for punishment’ I hear you say. 🍃 🍂 🍁
I only went out to check for the Yellow-browed Warbler, (no sign last 3 days) but this leaf just thrust itself onto me.
I think I’m correct in saying Elm Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter tristrigella) it’s NFM/NFG and new for Tetrad. 🔲
#teammoth
I only went out to check for the Yellow-browed Warbler, (no sign last 3 days) but this leaf just thrust itself onto me.
I think I’m correct in saying Elm Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter tristrigella) it’s NFM/NFG and new for Tetrad. 🔲
#teammoth
Finally (big sighs of relief all round) Obsidentify is 100% on this one, and it checks out with Leaf-mine keys; ovum on upper surface and slit in blotch on lower surface of the leaf.
So, it should be Broken-barred Oak Dot. (Ectoedemia subbimaculella)
#teammoth
So, it should be Broken-barred Oak Dot. (Ectoedemia subbimaculella)
#teammoth
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Finally (big sighs of relief all round) Obsidentify is 100% on this one, and it checks out with Leaf-mine keys; ovum on upper surface and slit in blotch on lower surface of the leaf.
So, it should be Broken-barred Oak Dot. (Ectoedemia subbimaculella)
#teammoth
So, it should be Broken-barred Oak Dot. (Ectoedemia subbimaculella)
#teammoth
I was going to stick my neck out and say I was confident on this Leaf-mine, but now I’m a bit nervous.
Have I got Oak Tuft (Bucculatrix ulmella) here?
#teammoth
Have I got Oak Tuft (Bucculatrix ulmella) here?
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November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I was going to stick my neck out and say I was confident on this Leaf-mine, but now I’m a bit nervous.
Have I got Oak Tuft (Bucculatrix ulmella) here?
#teammoth
Have I got Oak Tuft (Bucculatrix ulmella) here?
#teammoth
This Leaf-mine, also on Pendunculate Oak, appears to be closest to Phyllonorycter quercifoliella from what I can make out. Any advice welcome.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This Leaf-mine, also on Pendunculate Oak, appears to be closest to Phyllonorycter quercifoliella from what I can make out. Any advice welcome.
#teammoth
#teammoth
I think I’ve narrowed this Leaf-mine, on Pendunculate Oak, down to either Stigmella roborella, samiatella or svenssoni. The egg appears to have been laid on the underside.
Any thoughts from #teammoth ?
Any thoughts from #teammoth ?
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think I’ve narrowed this Leaf-mine, on Pendunculate Oak, down to either Stigmella roborella, samiatella or svenssoni. The egg appears to have been laid on the underside.
Any thoughts from #teammoth ?
Any thoughts from #teammoth ?
A bit of a fool’s errand this morning. Tried to find some Stone Curlew. 🎯 =0
Got to Isleham Wash just as a female Marsh Harrier put everything up, at least it meant I saw 35+ Snipe.
13 Shoveler and a Wigeon the best of the rest.
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Got to Isleham Wash just as a female Marsh Harrier put everything up, at least it meant I saw 35+ Snipe.
13 Shoveler and a Wigeon the best of the rest.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A bit of a fool’s errand this morning. Tried to find some Stone Curlew. 🎯 =0
Got to Isleham Wash just as a female Marsh Harrier put everything up, at least it meant I saw 35+ Snipe.
13 Shoveler and a Wigeon the best of the rest.
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Got to Isleham Wash just as a female Marsh Harrier put everything up, at least it meant I saw 35+ Snipe.
13 Shoveler and a Wigeon the best of the rest.
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Not knowingly posted a picture of Mottled Umber before. Nice to get the opportunity this a.m. I’m hoping that this is not the last Moth of the year.
#teammoth
Birdwise, November is turning out well, above avg. spp. count, and not halfway through.
First Teal & Common Gull of the autumn y’day.
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Birdwise, November is turning out well, above avg. spp. count, and not halfway through.
First Teal & Common Gull of the autumn y’day.
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Not knowingly posted a picture of Mottled Umber before. Nice to get the opportunity this a.m. I’m hoping that this is not the last Moth of the year.
#teammoth
Birdwise, November is turning out well, above avg. spp. count, and not halfway through.
First Teal & Common Gull of the autumn y’day.
#teammoth
Birdwise, November is turning out well, above avg. spp. count, and not halfway through.
First Teal & Common Gull of the autumn y’day.
Seems my pain wasn’t quite as severe as I thought, and it’s only been 28 years since I dipped the Boyton bird.
How long before we get a Long-tailed Shrike to complete the set?
How long before we get a Long-tailed Shrike to complete the set?
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Seems my pain wasn’t quite as severe as I thought, and it’s only been 28 years since I dipped the Boyton bird.
How long before we get a Long-tailed Shrike to complete the set?
How long before we get a Long-tailed Shrike to complete the set?
37 years of pain (well, mild irritation) gone. After dipping one in ‘87, I’ve finally seen Daurian Shrike in Suffolk.
Weather closed in and got darker and windier as I arrived. But hey ho, you have to take what you’re given.
#365 for Suffolk. Amazingly the last three Suffolk ✅ were all Shrikes. 🤷🏻♂️
Weather closed in and got darker and windier as I arrived. But hey ho, you have to take what you’re given.
#365 for Suffolk. Amazingly the last three Suffolk ✅ were all Shrikes. 🤷🏻♂️
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
37 years of pain (well, mild irritation) gone. After dipping one in ‘87, I’ve finally seen Daurian Shrike in Suffolk.
Weather closed in and got darker and windier as I arrived. But hey ho, you have to take what you’re given.
#365 for Suffolk. Amazingly the last three Suffolk ✅ were all Shrikes. 🤷🏻♂️
Weather closed in and got darker and windier as I arrived. But hey ho, you have to take what you’re given.
#365 for Suffolk. Amazingly the last three Suffolk ✅ were all Shrikes. 🤷🏻♂️
07:55: Hadn’t even switched on Merlin™️ when a #109 Snow Bunting, prob. 2x tree height, flew over. Called at least 3-4 times ‘peeoo-trr-rrr-rrt.’
Wasn’t on my radar! #suffolkbirds
#144 for the total garden list and #231 for my Breckland list, though I have had one in my 10K⭕️ before at Fordham
Wasn’t on my radar! #suffolkbirds
#144 for the total garden list and #231 for my Breckland list, though I have had one in my 10K⭕️ before at Fordham
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
07:55: Hadn’t even switched on Merlin™️ when a #109 Snow Bunting, prob. 2x tree height, flew over. Called at least 3-4 times ‘peeoo-trr-rrr-rrt.’
Wasn’t on my radar! #suffolkbirds
#144 for the total garden list and #231 for my Breckland list, though I have had one in my 10K⭕️ before at Fordham
Wasn’t on my radar! #suffolkbirds
#144 for the total garden list and #231 for my Breckland list, though I have had one in my 10K⭕️ before at Fordham
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I really didn’t go out looking for leaf-mines, though somehow I had a collection bag in my pocket.
Just as well, as I came across this NFM/NFG Common Alder Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter rajella) leaf-mine. It’s new for the tetrad too. 🔲
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Just as well, as I came across this NFM/NFG Common Alder Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter rajella) leaf-mine. It’s new for the tetrad too. 🔲
#teammoth
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I really didn’t go out looking for leaf-mines, though somehow I had a collection bag in my pocket.
Just as well, as I came across this NFM/NFG Common Alder Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter rajella) leaf-mine. It’s new for the tetrad too. 🔲
#teammoth
Just as well, as I came across this NFM/NFG Common Alder Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter rajella) leaf-mine. It’s new for the tetrad too. 🔲
#teammoth
Today’s ‘Red-legged Partridge’ has been bugging me all night. I should have realised earlier that it was actually a Woodcock! The whole tail was orangey with a dark sub-terminal band. I wondered why a Partridge was hidden in Nettles & didn’t make a sound on being flushed at close range. 😬 😚
Assisted a couple of toggers to find my Yellow-browed Warbler this p.m. They rewarded me by managing to get a reasonable picture.
At the same time I flushed a #109 Red-legged Partridge from the garden! Only 2 records of 3 birds before, and those super distantly. I’m well made up.👍🏼
#suffolkbirds
At the same time I flushed a #109 Red-legged Partridge from the garden! Only 2 records of 3 birds before, and those super distantly. I’m well made up.👍🏼
#suffolkbirds
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Today’s ‘Red-legged Partridge’ has been bugging me all night. I should have realised earlier that it was actually a Woodcock! The whole tail was orangey with a dark sub-terminal band. I wondered why a Partridge was hidden in Nettles & didn’t make a sound on being flushed at close range. 😬 😚
No Moths to speak of tonight, but this Ichneumon Wasp, Ophion obscuratus agg. was new for me, as far as I recall.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
No Moths to speak of tonight, but this Ichneumon Wasp, Ophion obscuratus agg. was new for me, as far as I recall.
species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMS...
species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMS...
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The Atlantic Region: Summer 2025 Regional Report has been published, Tufted Puffin being a noteworthy rarity!
Read the full report here: www.aba.org/atlantic-reg...
Read the full report here: www.aba.org/atlantic-reg...
Atlantic Region: Summer 2025 - American Birding Association
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Atlantic Region: Summer 2025 Regional Report has been published, Tufted Puffin being a noteworthy rarity!
Read the full report here: www.aba.org/atlantic-reg...
Read the full report here: www.aba.org/atlantic-reg...
Assisted a couple of toggers to find my Yellow-browed Warbler this p.m. They rewarded me by managing to get a reasonable picture.
At the same time I flushed a #109 Red-legged Partridge from the garden! Only 2 records of 3 birds before, and those super distantly. I’m well made up.👍🏼
#suffolkbirds
At the same time I flushed a #109 Red-legged Partridge from the garden! Only 2 records of 3 birds before, and those super distantly. I’m well made up.👍🏼
#suffolkbirds
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Assisted a couple of toggers to find my Yellow-browed Warbler this p.m. They rewarded me by managing to get a reasonable picture.
At the same time I flushed a #109 Red-legged Partridge from the garden! Only 2 records of 3 birds before, and those super distantly. I’m well made up.👍🏼
#suffolkbirds
At the same time I flushed a #109 Red-legged Partridge from the garden! Only 2 records of 3 birds before, and those super distantly. I’m well made up.👍🏼
#suffolkbirds
A male Tawny Owl, or 2, calling around 22:00 last night was the first for 3 months. This is the worst year for them since we’ve lived here.
A singing Treecreeper was a nice surprise this morning, but precious little else. I’ve not had the Yellow-browed Warbler for 2 days, but I’ve not spent long.
A singing Treecreeper was a nice surprise this morning, but precious little else. I’ve not had the Yellow-browed Warbler for 2 days, but I’ve not spent long.
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A male Tawny Owl, or 2, calling around 22:00 last night was the first for 3 months. This is the worst year for them since we’ve lived here.
A singing Treecreeper was a nice surprise this morning, but precious little else. I’ve not had the Yellow-browed Warbler for 2 days, but I’ve not spent long.
A singing Treecreeper was a nice surprise this morning, but precious little else. I’ve not had the Yellow-browed Warbler for 2 days, but I’ve not spent long.
Saw this on a door this evening, and assumed it was going to be a Common Plume, but I nabbed a couple of shots, just in case. Then totally forgot about it till just now.
Turns out it’s a NFM Beautiful Plume, and it’s also new for the tetrad. 🔲
Turns out it’s a NFM Beautiful Plume, and it’s also new for the tetrad. 🔲
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Saw this on a door this evening, and assumed it was going to be a Common Plume, but I nabbed a couple of shots, just in case. Then totally forgot about it till just now.
Turns out it’s a NFM Beautiful Plume, and it’s also new for the tetrad. 🔲
Turns out it’s a NFM Beautiful Plume, and it’s also new for the tetrad. 🔲
I spotted this tiny little fellow just as the trap was being put away. I am amazed that I knew what it was straight away, I must have seen photographs of it recently. NFM Maple Stilt (Caloptilia semifascia) a 2nd generation adult.
#teammoth
#teammoth
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I spotted this tiny little fellow just as the trap was being put away. I am amazed that I knew what it was straight away, I must have seen photographs of it recently. NFM Maple Stilt (Caloptilia semifascia) a 2nd generation adult.
#teammoth
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