Dr Adrian Colston
@dartmoorac.bsky.social
Self-employed ecologist and a rural social scientist worrying about Dartmoor: wildlife, hill-farmers, archaeology, peat & wilding. Also Associate Research Fellow Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter And Scilly!
Despite all the rain and gloom a Speckled Wood continues to thrive in my garden when the sun eventually comes out
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Despite all the rain and gloom a Speckled Wood continues to thrive in my garden when the sun eventually comes out
This is great .... cattle droving in the Highlands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
The Drove [2025] A Cattle Droving Adventure
YouTube video by Lockett Agri-Environmental
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November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is great .... cattle droving in the Highlands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
Red Admiral in my gardening this afternoon
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Red Admiral in my gardening this afternoon
Ange - the landlady from the Turk's Head on St Agnes asked if I thought Dartmoor Brewery Legend was a good beer - I said .... yes - they ordered a barrel and now it's all gone. Dartmoor goods and services on the Isles of Scilly!
October 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ange - the landlady from the Turk's Head on St Agnes asked if I thought Dartmoor Brewery Legend was a good beer - I said .... yes - they ordered a barrel and now it's all gone. Dartmoor goods and services on the Isles of Scilly!
Sailing away from Scilly - been a brilliant 4 weeks
October 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sailing away from Scilly - been a brilliant 4 weeks
Male Black Redstart on Porth Killier St Agnes this afternoon #islesofscilly
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Male Black Redstart on Porth Killier St Agnes this afternoon #islesofscilly
3rd winter Caspian Gull, female Black Redstart, juvenile Cormorant, Great Black-backed Gull 1st winter Periglis St Agnes #islesofscilly
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
3rd winter Caspian Gull, female Black Redstart, juvenile Cormorant, Great Black-backed Gull 1st winter Periglis St Agnes #islesofscilly
Male (black) and female (brown) Blackcaps feeding on apples
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Male (black) and female (brown) Blackcaps feeding on apples
A cracking male Black Redstart - Porth Killier, St Agnes #islesofscilly
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A cracking male Black Redstart - Porth Killier, St Agnes #islesofscilly
Male Redstart feeding, a couple of Greenshank and a Sanderling - St Agnes #islesofscilly
October 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Male Redstart feeding, a couple of Greenshank and a Sanderling - St Agnes #islesofscilly
1st winter Common Gull and Curlew- Periglis yesterday #islesofscilly
October 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
1st winter Common Gull and Curlew- Periglis yesterday #islesofscilly
Some more St Agnes birds: Common Tern, Starling, Stonechat and Wheatear #islesofscilly
October 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Some more St Agnes birds: Common Tern, Starling, Stonechat and Wheatear #islesofscilly
Some more birds from Bryher yesterday: Wryneck, Shag, Ring Ouzel and Mediterranean Gull #islesofscilly
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Some more birds from Bryher yesterday: Wryneck, Shag, Ring Ouzel and Mediterranean Gull #islesofscilly
Went to Bryher today - big influx of thrushes: Fieldfare, Redwing, Ring Ouzel and Song Thrush - birds from the far north #islesofscilly
October 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Went to Bryher today - big influx of thrushes: Fieldfare, Redwing, Ring Ouzel and Song Thrush - birds from the far north #islesofscilly
White Wagtail, Linnet, manky Blackbird with ring and Chiffchaff St Agnes #islesofscilly
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
White Wagtail, Linnet, manky Blackbird with ring and Chiffchaff St Agnes #islesofscilly
Humming-bird Hawk-moth St Agnes #islesofscilly
October 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Humming-bird Hawk-moth St Agnes #islesofscilly
A plump and content / lazy Mourning Dove this evening #StAgnes #islesofscilly
October 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A plump and content / lazy Mourning Dove this evening #StAgnes #islesofscilly
Little Egret, Curlew and Stonechat from St Agnes today
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Little Egret, Curlew and Stonechat from St Agnes today
Earlier I incorrectly posted this bird as a Black Redstart as it was flitting around on a beach frequented by that species - it is in fact a female Common Redstart! Thanks to those who put me right ....
October 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Earlier I incorrectly posted this bird as a Black Redstart as it was flitting around on a beach frequented by that species - it is in fact a female Common Redstart! Thanks to those who put me right ....
Some birds feeding on the flies in the seaweed, Porth Killier, St Agnes: Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit and Rock Pipit
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Some birds feeding on the flies in the seaweed, Porth Killier, St Agnes: Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Meadow Pipit and Rock Pipit
Mourning Dove yesterday evening before it went off to roost #islesofscilly
October 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Mourning Dove yesterday evening before it went off to roost #islesofscilly
There are two other American vagrants on St Agnes in additional to the Mourning Dove: Spotted Sandpiper and Buff-bellied American Pipit #islesofscilly
October 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
There are two other American vagrants on St Agnes in additional to the Mourning Dove: Spotted Sandpiper and Buff-bellied American Pipit #islesofscilly
Hoopoe on Periglis beach St Agnes #islesofscilly
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Hoopoe on Periglis beach St Agnes #islesofscilly
Turtle Dove - Lower Town Farm, St Agnes #islesofscilly
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Turtle Dove - Lower Town Farm, St Agnes #islesofscilly