David Shearan
@iomtosalop.bsky.social
Website developer for www.corfubutterflyconservation.org
Nature lover, butterfly transect-er, amateurish photographer.
Keen on birds but mad about butterflies in Shropshire and Corfu
See my transect at https://bsky.app/profile/cliffetransect.bsky.social
Nature lover, butterfly transect-er, amateurish photographer.
Keen on birds but mad about butterflies in Shropshire and Corfu
See my transect at https://bsky.app/profile/cliffetransect.bsky.social
@angbirdnews.bsky.social we finished our holiday on Anglesey today with a final visit to Cors Ddyga. The highlights were a female Hen Harrier, a Great White Egret, a Bullfinch and 10 Black-tailed Godwit (our 85th species of the holiday) plus calling Water Rail and Cetti's Warbler.
October 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
@angbirdnews.bsky.social we finished our holiday on Anglesey today with a final visit to Cors Ddyga. The highlights were a female Hen Harrier, a Great White Egret, a Bullfinch and 10 Black-tailed Godwit (our 85th species of the holiday) plus calling Water Rail and Cetti's Warbler.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social 1 Water Rail calling, 2 Cetti’s Warbler calling and a single Pochard at Llyn Cefni
October 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@angbirdnews.bsky.social 1 Water Rail calling, 2 Cetti’s Warbler calling and a single Pochard at Llyn Cefni
@angbirdnews.bsky.social some photos of species seen today.
October 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
@angbirdnews.bsky.social some photos of species seen today.
Cemlyn today 10/10 2 Chough (photo to follow), 15 Turnstone, 1 Purple Sandpiper
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cemlyn today 10/10 2 Chough (photo to follow), 15 Turnstone, 1 Purple Sandpiper
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Cemlyn today 10/10 2 Chough (photo to follow), 15 Turnstone, 1 Purple Sandpiper
Beddmanarch Bay today @angbirdnews.bsky.social 30 Ringed Plover, Osprey with damaged primaries
Inland Sea 15 Mute Swan, 4 Chough flyovers and 1 Mediterranean Gull all today 10/10
Inland Sea 15 Mute Swan, 4 Chough flyovers and 1 Mediterranean Gull all today 10/10
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Beddmanarch Bay today @angbirdnews.bsky.social 30 Ringed Plover, Osprey with damaged primaries
Inland Sea 15 Mute Swan, 4 Chough flyovers and 1 Mediterranean Gull all today 10/10
Inland Sea 15 Mute Swan, 4 Chough flyovers and 1 Mediterranean Gull all today 10/10
@angbirdnews.bsky.social Other bird sightings on days 1 and 2 of our trip.
Kingfisher at Maltraeth bridge 8/10 and another single on 9/10 at Traeth Coch by bridge near car park below Pentraeth.
2 Cetti’s Warbler and 2 Water Rail (all heard) at Cors Ddyga 8/10, 5 Jay at Pentraeth
Kingfisher at Maltraeth bridge 8/10 and another single on 9/10 at Traeth Coch by bridge near car park below Pentraeth.
2 Cetti’s Warbler and 2 Water Rail (all heard) at Cors Ddyga 8/10, 5 Jay at Pentraeth
October 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
@angbirdnews.bsky.social Other bird sightings on days 1 and 2 of our trip.
Kingfisher at Maltraeth bridge 8/10 and another single on 9/10 at Traeth Coch by bridge near car park below Pentraeth.
2 Cetti’s Warbler and 2 Water Rail (all heard) at Cors Ddyga 8/10, 5 Jay at Pentraeth
Kingfisher at Maltraeth bridge 8/10 and another single on 9/10 at Traeth Coch by bridge near car park below Pentraeth.
2 Cetti’s Warbler and 2 Water Rail (all heard) at Cors Ddyga 8/10, 5 Jay at Pentraeth
@angbirdnews.bsky.social Two days into our Anglesey break and 66 species so far. Solitary Greenshanks at Maltraeth 8/10 and Treath Coch 9/10. 3 Egyptian Geese Cors Ddyga 8/10, Wigeon c. 75 at Maltraeth 8/10, 2 Pintail Maltraeth 8/10, 2 Gadwall Cors Ddyga 8/10
October 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@angbirdnews.bsky.social Two days into our Anglesey break and 66 species so far. Solitary Greenshanks at Maltraeth 8/10 and Treath Coch 9/10. 3 Egyptian Geese Cors Ddyga 8/10, Wigeon c. 75 at Maltraeth 8/10, 2 Pintail Maltraeth 8/10, 2 Gadwall Cors Ddyga 8/10
Highlights of our second day on Anglesey
3 Reed and 2 Sedge Warbler at RSPB Valley, pairs Pochard,2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Chough and single boom of a Bittern.
16 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Penrhyn
Cors Ddyga (7-8pm) two different Bittern, booming constantly.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
3 Reed and 2 Sedge Warbler at RSPB Valley, pairs Pochard,2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Chough and single boom of a Bittern.
16 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Penrhyn
Cors Ddyga (7-8pm) two different Bittern, booming constantly.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Highlights of our second day on Anglesey
3 Reed and 2 Sedge Warbler at RSPB Valley, pairs Pochard,2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Chough and single boom of a Bittern.
16 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Penrhyn
Cors Ddyga (7-8pm) two different Bittern, booming constantly.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
3 Reed and 2 Sedge Warbler at RSPB Valley, pairs Pochard,2 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Chough and single boom of a Bittern.
16 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Penrhyn
Cors Ddyga (7-8pm) two different Bittern, booming constantly.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
Highlights of our first day on Anglesey were:
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (heard), c. 150 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe all at Cors Ddyga
Red Kite, Osprey over Maltraeth Cob
2 pairs of Eider, 3 Black Guillemot, 10 Sandwich Tern at Benllech
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (heard), c. 150 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe all at Cors Ddyga
Red Kite, Osprey over Maltraeth Cob
2 pairs of Eider, 3 Black Guillemot, 10 Sandwich Tern at Benllech
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Highlights of our first day on Anglesey were:
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (heard), c. 150 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe all at Cors Ddyga
Red Kite, Osprey over Maltraeth Cob
2 pairs of Eider, 3 Black Guillemot, 10 Sandwich Tern at Benllech
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (heard), c. 150 Golden Plover, 1 Snipe all at Cors Ddyga
Red Kite, Osprey over Maltraeth Cob
2 pairs of Eider, 3 Black Guillemot, 10 Sandwich Tern at Benllech
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
We start our 6 day holiday in Anglesey tomorrow. It looks as though there is plenty to see.
We aim to be out every day birdwatching and looking for butterflies.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
We aim to be out every day birdwatching and looking for butterflies.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We start our 6 day holiday in Anglesey tomorrow. It looks as though there is plenty to see.
We aim to be out every day birdwatching and looking for butterflies.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
We aim to be out every day birdwatching and looking for butterflies.
@angbirdnews.bsky.social
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Completed the first survey week on our local butterfly transect today.
We saw 16 individuals in four species. To put this into context we had only ever reported a single butterfly for week 1 across all previous four years.
What a great start to the year
We saw 16 individuals in four species. To put this into context we had only ever reported a single butterfly for week 1 across all previous four years.
What a great start to the year
April 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Completed the first survey week on our local butterfly transect today.
We saw 16 individuals in four species. To put this into context we had only ever reported a single butterfly for week 1 across all previous four years.
What a great start to the year
We saw 16 individuals in four species. To put this into context we had only ever reported a single butterfly for week 1 across all previous four years.
What a great start to the year
My best ever attempt at a BIF (bird in flight). An overflying buzzard near to Sinker's Field at Whixall Moss today.
#shropshirebirds
#shropshirebirds
March 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My best ever attempt at a BIF (bird in flight). An overflying buzzard near to Sinker's Field at Whixall Moss today.
#shropshirebirds
#shropshirebirds
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Just under a week to go till the start of our butterfly transect for 2025
It’s encouraging that there have been so many sightings of our early butterflies. Could this year be a good one?
It’s encouraging that there have been so many sightings of our early butterflies. Could this year be a good one?
March 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Just under a week to go till the start of our butterfly transect for 2025
It’s encouraging that there have been so many sightings of our early butterflies. Could this year be a good one?
It’s encouraging that there have been so many sightings of our early butterflies. Could this year be a good one?
Another week of BTO #gardenbirdwatch and 16 species again. It's only a small garden in North Shropshire but we frequently attract this number of species and these maximum counts.
Brambling and Nuthatch were welcome visitors this week.
Brambling and Nuthatch were welcome visitors this week.
February 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Another week of BTO #gardenbirdwatch and 16 species again. It's only a small garden in North Shropshire but we frequently attract this number of species and these maximum counts.
Brambling and Nuthatch were welcome visitors this week.
Brambling and Nuthatch were welcome visitors this week.
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Need vets on board, they push these treatments.
February 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Need vets on board, they push these treatments.
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Almost there, just needs another thirty of so! Well done everyone - people power!
The @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social are calling on retailers to label all peat containing products to help consumers avoid buying it. You can sign their open letter here to support them www.wildlifetrusts.org/peat-inspect... I’ve signed!
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January 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Almost there, just needs another thirty of so! Well done everyone - people power!
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Having managed Wild Woodbury #rewilding site for a few years, it was great to organise @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social to film there with thermal cameras for this years Winterwatch 🌱
January 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Having managed Wild Woodbury #rewilding site for a few years, it was great to organise @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social to film there with thermal cameras for this years Winterwatch 🌱
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Great to spot this in #Shrewsbury Library. 🥰
Highly recommended for all current (and potential future) #Shropshire Councillors
@modacitylife.com
Highly recommended for all current (and potential future) #Shropshire Councillors
@modacitylife.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great to spot this in #Shrewsbury Library. 🥰
Highly recommended for all current (and potential future) #Shropshire Councillors
@modacitylife.com
Highly recommended for all current (and potential future) #Shropshire Councillors
@modacitylife.com
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5 years after herbicide use ended, Hoylake foreshore is thriving:
240+ plant species ✅
42k tonnes of sand captured annually, saving £45k ✅
Home to 2% of UK’s embryonic dunes ✅
Peat soils forming ✅
30ha of rare habitat = biodiversity, protection, carbon capture 🌱❤️
240+ plant species ✅
42k tonnes of sand captured annually, saving £45k ✅
Home to 2% of UK’s embryonic dunes ✅
Peat soils forming ✅
30ha of rare habitat = biodiversity, protection, carbon capture 🌱❤️
January 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
5 years after herbicide use ended, Hoylake foreshore is thriving:
240+ plant species ✅
42k tonnes of sand captured annually, saving £45k ✅
Home to 2% of UK’s embryonic dunes ✅
Peat soils forming ✅
30ha of rare habitat = biodiversity, protection, carbon capture 🌱❤️
240+ plant species ✅
42k tonnes of sand captured annually, saving £45k ✅
Home to 2% of UK’s embryonic dunes ✅
Peat soils forming ✅
30ha of rare habitat = biodiversity, protection, carbon capture 🌱❤️
I wonder if Shropshire Council are watching this with interest? Could the #nwrr go the same way?
#shropshire
#shropshire
Great news! Norfolk County Council has withdrawn the Norwich Western Link planning application! 🎉 David Pett says, “A victory for our environment & a greener Norfolk. We urge the council to focus on sustainable solutions.” 🌿 #StopWensumLink #ProtectNature #SustainableFuture
January 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I wonder if Shropshire Council are watching this with interest? Could the #nwrr go the same way?
#shropshire
#shropshire
Another week of BTO #gardenwatch in our small garden in North Shropshire. This was one of the best ever weeks in terms of the number of species.
I added a new feeder this morning and so far Coal Tits and Robins have been taking advantage.
#shropshirebirds
I added a new feeder this morning and so far Coal Tits and Robins have been taking advantage.
#shropshirebirds
January 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Another week of BTO #gardenwatch in our small garden in North Shropshire. This was one of the best ever weeks in terms of the number of species.
I added a new feeder this morning and so far Coal Tits and Robins have been taking advantage.
#shropshirebirds
I added a new feeder this morning and so far Coal Tits and Robins have been taking advantage.
#shropshirebirds
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Just deleted the Twitter app, earlier than I planned but I can’t be on there given the owner’s attack on Britain. I’m waving goodbye to 30,000 followers which is terrifying for my work as a writer and my nature activism but it’s the right thing to do.
January 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Just deleted the Twitter app, earlier than I planned but I can’t be on there given the owner’s attack on Britain. I’m waving goodbye to 30,000 followers which is terrifying for my work as a writer and my nature activism but it’s the right thing to do.
Fabulous photo and alt text
Nuthatch in the wind and sleet, looking to see what the weather will bring next
Cumbria, UK
#UKwildlife #birds
Cumbria, UK
#UKwildlife #birds
January 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Fabulous photo and alt text
#gardenwatch in our small North Shropshire garden yesterday. 14 species including 10 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Siskin, 10 Goldfinch, Blue Tits, Great Tit and a single Chaffinch.
A bit of snow on the ground today so we might see more birds and perhaps another species or more.
#shropshirebirds
A bit of snow on the ground today so we might see more birds and perhaps another species or more.
#shropshirebirds
January 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#gardenwatch in our small North Shropshire garden yesterday. 14 species including 10 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Siskin, 10 Goldfinch, Blue Tits, Great Tit and a single Chaffinch.
A bit of snow on the ground today so we might see more birds and perhaps another species or more.
#shropshirebirds
A bit of snow on the ground today so we might see more birds and perhaps another species or more.
#shropshirebirds