Rob Gilbert
@robgilb91.bsky.social
Birds/moths/insects/nature/Explorer.
Some wildlife in the capital of Scotland Edinburgh proving nature and cities can co exist. #Edinburghwildlife #Edinburghnature #uknature
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Some wildlife in the capital of Scotland Edinburgh proving nature and cities can co exist. #Edinburghwildlife #Edinburghnature #uknature
Bath was the next stop heading out of the capital a place I had never been before not much wildlife other than a local kingfisher but some great architecture. #Bath
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Bath was the next stop heading out of the capital a place I had never been before not much wildlife other than a local kingfisher but some great architecture. #Bath
While touring the uk this October some highlights starting in london. Always amazing to see how much wildlife there is in the capital. #londonwildlife #londonnature
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
While touring the uk this October some highlights starting in london. Always amazing to see how much wildlife there is in the capital. #londonwildlife #londonnature
Park hall cp
Merlin hunting flock of 30 linnet between parkhall and Hulme. 8 crossbill flying over the conifers appeared to land only my 2nd record here. Also 20 redpoll, 2 siskin ,3 chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest. Also a fine selection of fungi on display still too. #staffsbirding #staffsbirds #fungi
Merlin hunting flock of 30 linnet between parkhall and Hulme. 8 crossbill flying over the conifers appeared to land only my 2nd record here. Also 20 redpoll, 2 siskin ,3 chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest. Also a fine selection of fungi on display still too. #staffsbirding #staffsbirds #fungi
October 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Park hall cp
Merlin hunting flock of 30 linnet between parkhall and Hulme. 8 crossbill flying over the conifers appeared to land only my 2nd record here. Also 20 redpoll, 2 siskin ,3 chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest. Also a fine selection of fungi on display still too. #staffsbirding #staffsbirds #fungi
Merlin hunting flock of 30 linnet between parkhall and Hulme. 8 crossbill flying over the conifers appeared to land only my 2nd record here. Also 20 redpoll, 2 siskin ,3 chiffchaff, 10+ Goldcrest. Also a fine selection of fungi on display still too. #staffsbirding #staffsbirds #fungi
Morning up Berryhill fields
Wheatear , 4 stonechat, 5 skylark, 25+ mpipit, redpoll (lesser) 4 chiff also fox and still quite a few small coppers.
Lordship lane
24 lapwing ,snipe
#staffsbirds #staffsbirding
Wheatear , 4 stonechat, 5 skylark, 25+ mpipit, redpoll (lesser) 4 chiff also fox and still quite a few small coppers.
Lordship lane
24 lapwing ,snipe
#staffsbirds #staffsbirding
September 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Morning up Berryhill fields
Wheatear , 4 stonechat, 5 skylark, 25+ mpipit, redpoll (lesser) 4 chiff also fox and still quite a few small coppers.
Lordship lane
24 lapwing ,snipe
#staffsbirds #staffsbirding
Wheatear , 4 stonechat, 5 skylark, 25+ mpipit, redpoll (lesser) 4 chiff also fox and still quite a few small coppers.
Lordship lane
24 lapwing ,snipe
#staffsbirds #staffsbirding
Trentham gardens this afternoon produced a site tick with osprey heading south at 16:33 Also 22 gadwall, 20 Cormorant, 8 little egret, 2 ring-neck parakeets. Found a lunar underwing on the entrance hut. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #teammoth
September 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trentham gardens this afternoon produced a site tick with osprey heading south at 16:33 Also 22 gadwall, 20 Cormorant, 8 little egret, 2 ring-neck parakeets. Found a lunar underwing on the entrance hut. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #teammoth
Dusted off the moth trap 35 sp highlights small ranunculus,4 old lady ,17 vine's rustic,flounced rustic,box tree moth. #teammoth #mothsmatter
August 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Dusted off the moth trap 35 sp highlights small ranunculus,4 old lady ,17 vine's rustic,flounced rustic,box tree moth. #teammoth #mothsmatter
Trentham gardens
Frustrating views of a possible lesser emperor while watching the small red-eyed damselflies showing the blue saddle before losing sight over the water. Also common sandpiper, 7 little egret, mandarin present. #dragonflies #odonata #staffsbirds
Frustrating views of a possible lesser emperor while watching the small red-eyed damselflies showing the blue saddle before losing sight over the water. Also common sandpiper, 7 little egret, mandarin present. #dragonflies #odonata #staffsbirds
August 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Trentham gardens
Frustrating views of a possible lesser emperor while watching the small red-eyed damselflies showing the blue saddle before losing sight over the water. Also common sandpiper, 7 little egret, mandarin present. #dragonflies #odonata #staffsbirds
Frustrating views of a possible lesser emperor while watching the small red-eyed damselflies showing the blue saddle before losing sight over the water. Also common sandpiper, 7 little egret, mandarin present. #dragonflies #odonata #staffsbirds
An evening at trentham gardens more insect bothering and discovered a colony of small red-eyed damselfly a north staffs tick for me. #odonata #diptera #ukwildlife
August 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
An evening at trentham gardens more insect bothering and discovered a colony of small red-eyed damselfly a north staffs tick for me. #odonata #diptera #ukwildlife
Some work moths and other various things from this mornings walk. #mothsmatter #ukwildlife #diptheria
July 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Some work moths and other various things from this mornings walk. #mothsmatter #ukwildlife #diptheria
Some more fly bothering over the weekend. #hoverflies #diphtheria
July 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some more fly bothering over the weekend. #hoverflies #diphtheria
Weekend fly bothering again. #hoverflies #diphtheria
July 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Weekend fly bothering again. #hoverflies #diphtheria
Some moths found out and about recently in staffordshire. #teammoth #mothsmatter
July 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some moths found out and about recently in staffordshire. #teammoth #mothsmatter
Some from this weekend. Mostly insect hunting but did find my 2nd common lizard for the burntwood at loggerheads and a new species of hoverfly for me which has only a few records in staffordshire. #wildlife #hoverflies #lizards #insects #ukinsects
July 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Some from this weekend. Mostly insect hunting but did find my 2nd common lizard for the burntwood at loggerheads and a new species of hoverfly for me which has only a few records in staffordshire. #wildlife #hoverflies #lizards #insects #ukinsects
Yesterday's hummingbird hawkmoth first one of the year for me in penkhull on the way work. #teammoth #mothsmatter
July 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yesterday's hummingbird hawkmoth first one of the year for me in penkhull on the way work. #teammoth #mothsmatter
I've always liked hoverflies but im starting to obsess with the ones coming to the garden with 2 migratory ones in the last 2 weeks both relatively common but not many records locally to me in Stoke-on-trent. #hoverflies #ukhoverflies
June 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I've always liked hoverflies but im starting to obsess with the ones coming to the garden with 2 migratory ones in the last 2 weeks both relatively common but not many records locally to me in Stoke-on-trent. #hoverflies #ukhoverflies
June 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Parkhall cp
8 red kite following a tractor mowing giving brilliant views also willow tit and 2 siskin of note. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding
8 red kite following a tractor mowing giving brilliant views also willow tit and 2 siskin of note. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding
June 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Parkhall cp
8 red kite following a tractor mowing giving brilliant views also willow tit and 2 siskin of note. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding
8 red kite following a tractor mowing giving brilliant views also willow tit and 2 siskin of note. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding
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Catocala nymphaea, taken at light in Weymouth, Dorset on 25.6. NEW TO BRITAIN. D. Foot.
@stevenash71.bsky.social Hi Steve, caught Catocala nymphaea last night. It’s taken me, Paul and Phil this long to be confident of the id. Photos are poor camera shots, one of it in the trap.
As you can imagine, I’m one happy chap.
As you can imagine, I’m one happy chap.
June 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Catocala nymphaea, taken at light in Weymouth, Dorset on 25.6. NEW TO BRITAIN. D. Foot.
Thanks to @davehutton1969.bsky.social for allowing myself and @philj61.bsky.social into his clearwing magnet of a garden. Two new clearwings for me today. Excellent way to spend summer solstice #mothsmatter #teammoth
June 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thanks to @davehutton1969.bsky.social for allowing myself and @philj61.bsky.social into his clearwing magnet of a garden. Two new clearwings for me today. Excellent way to spend summer solstice #mothsmatter #teammoth
Some pics from the last couple of days various staffordshire sites. Locations and species names in the ALT #30dayswild
June 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Some pics from the last couple of days various staffordshire sites. Locations and species names in the ALT #30dayswild
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Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals
Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals
Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn
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Ten top jewels at risk from the bill
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New approach could help nature survive
More than 5,000 of England’s most sensitive, rare and protected natural habitats are at high risk of being destroyed by development under Labour’s new planning bill, according to legal analysis of the legislation.
The Guardian has examined the threat the bill poses to 5,251 areas known as nature’s “jewels in the crown”, as some of the country’s most respected wildlife charities call for a key part of the bill to be scrapped. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Woodchat shrike video doxey marsh /stafford rugby club. #staffsbirds #ukbirds
May 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Woodchat shrike video doxey marsh /stafford rugby club. #staffsbirds #ukbirds
An excellent day in staffs with woodchat shrike at doxey marshes this afternoon after a morning watching Temminck's stint ,bitterns, hobby, cuckoo's at RSPB middleton lakes. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding
May 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
An excellent day in staffs with woodchat shrike at doxey marshes this afternoon after a morning watching Temminck's stint ,bitterns, hobby, cuckoo's at RSPB middleton lakes. #staffsbirds #staffsbirding #ukbirding