MartinWW
@swaledalebirds.bsky.social
Birds, moths, flowers and everything else to do with the natural world.
Records on iNaturalist as ‘martinww’
Land manager living in a “world of wounds”. VC65
Partner in renaturing project heggscastlecluster.org
Waldgenga. Nephophile. Absurdist.
Records on iNaturalist as ‘martinww’
Land manager living in a “world of wounds”. VC65
Partner in renaturing project heggscastlecluster.org
Waldgenga. Nephophile. Absurdist.
Is this Yellow field-cap perchance? 🍄
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Is this Yellow field-cap perchance? 🍄
Decided to retire the moth traps for this year (probably).
First trap 9/3, last 9/11
37 nights (we were away a lot of mid-summer), 15 NF🔲 (SE09) and 1NF🔲 (SE19), a fair more NFM and only Wogan was when I left all my outside lights on😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Need to find some leaf-mines now… (quickly😂)
#teammoth
First trap 9/3, last 9/11
37 nights (we were away a lot of mid-summer), 15 NF🔲 (SE09) and 1NF🔲 (SE19), a fair more NFM and only Wogan was when I left all my outside lights on😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Need to find some leaf-mines now… (quickly😂)
#teammoth
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Decided to retire the moth traps for this year (probably).
First trap 9/3, last 9/11
37 nights (we were away a lot of mid-summer), 15 NF🔲 (SE09) and 1NF🔲 (SE19), a fair more NFM and only Wogan was when I left all my outside lights on😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Need to find some leaf-mines now… (quickly😂)
#teammoth
First trap 9/3, last 9/11
37 nights (we were away a lot of mid-summer), 15 NF🔲 (SE09) and 1NF🔲 (SE19), a fair more NFM and only Wogan was when I left all my outside lights on😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Need to find some leaf-mines now… (quickly😂)
#teammoth
Anyone any idea what’s growing on this Wolf’s milk?
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Anyone any idea what’s growing on this Wolf’s milk?
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
(From correspondence on the ‘other side’)
#mushrooms #fungi 🍄 🍄🟫
1 1/2” of rain in 3 hrs have left Swaledale a tad damp this morning!
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
1 1/2” of rain in 3 hrs have left Swaledale a tad damp this morning!
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
And yes the Mini and the “highways maintenance” truck have f**ked it😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
A bit of wild swimming this evening. Sadly I had to take pix whilst wifey n cohorts enjoyed some chillin’ swimmin’ 😂😂😂🥶🥶🥶
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A bit of wild swimming this evening. Sadly I had to take pix whilst wifey n cohorts enjoyed some chillin’ swimmin’ 😂😂😂🥶🥶🥶
Sat in a wet Wales for the weekend due to wifey attending the British Canoe Symposium.
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sat in a wet Wales for the weekend due to wifey attending the British Canoe Symposium.
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
The most interesting bit so far was ⬇️
Turns out to be 54/21 with 14 Y-L Q’s.
Away sadly for a few days. Could be the last trap of the season but ending on a high with two newbies for me (and the 🔲).
Started similarly with Oak beauty (NFM & 🔲)
Mebs quit whilst I’m ahead? 😂😂😂
#teammoth
Away sadly for a few days. Could be the last trap of the season but ending on a high with two newbies for me (and the 🔲).
Started similarly with Oak beauty (NFM & 🔲)
Mebs quit whilst I’m ahead? 😂😂😂
#teammoth
Over 50 moths this morning including 13 Yellow-line Quakers (my record). A late Snout was a surprise as were two more new for the 🔲, Mottled Umber and Acleris rhombana.
#teammoth
#teammoth
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Turns out to be 54/21 with 14 Y-L Q’s.
Away sadly for a few days. Could be the last trap of the season but ending on a high with two newbies for me (and the 🔲).
Started similarly with Oak beauty (NFM & 🔲)
Mebs quit whilst I’m ahead? 😂😂😂
#teammoth
Away sadly for a few days. Could be the last trap of the season but ending on a high with two newbies for me (and the 🔲).
Started similarly with Oak beauty (NFM & 🔲)
Mebs quit whilst I’m ahead? 😂😂😂
#teammoth
Can’t understand why I’m suddenly getting so many moths, 50+ last night for instance.
My last two traps in May (I was away a lot of the summer) produced only 20+ each night (decent weather too).
Btw I’m 200m up a hillside surrounded by pasture in the N Pennines.
#teammoth
(Not complaining) 😂
My last two traps in May (I was away a lot of the summer) produced only 20+ each night (decent weather too).
Btw I’m 200m up a hillside surrounded by pasture in the N Pennines.
#teammoth
(Not complaining) 😂
a little girl wearing a pink jacket is sitting at a table
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October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Can’t understand why I’m suddenly getting so many moths, 50+ last night for instance.
My last two traps in May (I was away a lot of the summer) produced only 20+ each night (decent weather too).
Btw I’m 200m up a hillside surrounded by pasture in the N Pennines.
#teammoth
(Not complaining) 😂
My last two traps in May (I was away a lot of the summer) produced only 20+ each night (decent weather too).
Btw I’m 200m up a hillside surrounded by pasture in the N Pennines.
#teammoth
(Not complaining) 😂
Over 50 moths this morning including 13 Yellow-line Quakers (my record). A late Snout was a surprise as were two more new for the 🔲, Mottled Umber and Acleris rhombana.
#teammoth
#teammoth
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Over 50 moths this morning including 13 Yellow-line Quakers (my record). A late Snout was a surprise as were two more new for the 🔲, Mottled Umber and Acleris rhombana.
#teammoth
#teammoth
A quieter night due to the heavy rain early on. 15/7
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A quieter night due to the heavy rain early on. 15/7
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
Highlight being Pale-mottled willow. Second for me and the 🔲
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Sunday was a fungi sort of day!
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Sunday was a fungi sort of day!
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
October 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Sunday was a fungi sort of day!
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
If the purple one is indeed a Lilac Fibrecap, it doesn’t appear to have been recorded in Swaledale previously 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ (NBN Atlas)
October 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A few hours at a grey and cold @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social yesterday.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few hours at a grey and cold @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social yesterday.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
A few goldies, a few pinks, one reddy, one shely, and a cettis (golden plover, pink-footed geese, redwing and shelduck😂).
Highlight of the day tho was a large flock (4/500) of fieldfare on the moors on the drive over.
Reposted by MartinWW
112 acres of biodiverse land in the Devon dairy-belt needs saving. Only £10k short now. Can you chip in or share this skeet? Thanks!
Save Beer Mill For Nature
YouTube video by Rewilding Coombeshead
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October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
112 acres of biodiverse land in the Devon dairy-belt needs saving. Only £10k short now. Can you chip in or share this skeet? Thanks!
38/14 last night.
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
38/14 last night.
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
Pearly underwing NF🔲 (and not VC65😂), Acleris hyemana NF🔲, Pink-barred sallow, 2 Large wainscot, Spruce carpet, Brick, 3 Red-sword grass, 2 Mervs, 7 R-G carpet and 9 Y-L Quakers.
#teammoth
Not a first. Silly Martin misread a quote which I didn’t realise was from 1989 😂😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Hope this is a Pearly underwing.
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
October 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Not a first. Silly Martin misread a quote which I didn’t realise was from 1989 😂😂😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Hope this is a Pearly underwing.
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Hope this is a Pearly underwing.
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Hope this is a Pearly underwing.
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
If so a VC first I think (unless any have been caught earlier this year?)
Cold afternoon dog walk. Another nice winter title flock, today with Siskin.
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Cold afternoon dog walk. Another nice winter title flock, today with Siskin.
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
Gone a bit oaky today with Osk-stump bonnet and a leaf mine. Stigmella, Ectodelia or unable to tell????
Seems it is indeed a Red-line Quaker. Yippee!
New for SE09 and me. 😀
New for SE09 and me. 😀
40+ moths in the traps last night.
Mervs, Bricks and Sattelites were nice, but this fella has me confused? (R-L Quaker?)
🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
#teammoth
Mervs, Bricks and Sattelites were nice, but this fella has me confused? (R-L Quaker?)
🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
#teammoth
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Seems it is indeed a Red-line Quaker. Yippee!
New for SE09 and me. 😀
New for SE09 and me. 😀