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Dave Boddington
@birdingbodds.bsky.social
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Brighton based birder with a keen interest in all aspects of natural history and conservation. Surveys my priority. Mostly Sussex and local.
Love cultural connections between the environment/nature and the arts.
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Another excellent bird report from Sussex. Thanks to everyone involved in producing such a high quality publication.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Two beautiful Marginated tortoises (Testudo marginata) on the Peloponnese, Greece today.
Very different markings on their shells.
#reptiles
#PeloponneseGreece
#Greekwildlife
October 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Not the finest photo of a Clouded Yellow, but given the wind this morning I thought this was okay.
Fair movement of Swallows (min 160) with a few House and Sand Martins, plus about 6+ Sandwich Terns.
At Newhaven Tide Mills.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule) near Youlgrave, Peak District.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A rather poor record shot of this super dainty Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura pumilio) at a pond in Sussex. Not found by myself, but the record has been confirmed.
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August 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Four compartment Swift box installed today at Seahaven academy in Newhaven. Box from Impeckable.
Thanks to everyone who helped make it possible.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Chalkhill Blue (Polyommatus coridon) and Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) on the South Downs over the weekend.
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#SDNP
August 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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It's been a good year for Jersey Tiger moths (Euplagia quadripunctaria) from my experience. A less usual but no less beautiful view from the underside, and showing that I don't clean my study window often enough 😄
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August 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Stages in the fitting of 1 of 3 Swift bricks in Brighton today. This was a retro fit and the box sits in the cavity of the wall.
Not complicated with the right equipment.
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The old brick with mortar removed The Swift brick in position The Swift brick with new mortar
August 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Female Migrant Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna mixta) sunning itself in Bristol this morning.
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#BristolWildlife
#Dragonflies
August 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Nice combo of Common Carder Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) and Hornet Plumehorn (Volucella zonaria) on some type of Thistle?
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#BugLife
#bumblebees
July 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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This rather beautiful and slightly understated Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) has been gracing my kitchen recently, in Brighton, Sussex.
#NationalMothWeek
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July 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Lovely walk at the Cuckmere today, where 2 breeding plumage Dunlin on the scrape showed really well and close to the assembled group, who were suitably impressed by their beauty.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) on Marsh Thistle (cirsium palustre) I think 🤔
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July 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Six-spot Burnets (Zygaena filipendulae) and two Dusky Sallow (Eremobia ochroleuca) on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) at Stanmer Park, Brighton today. Upwards of 50 Burnets.
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July 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Whilst fitting Swift boxes on the top of a block of flats today, I found 2 Herring Gull nests, although sadly one (chick in pic) had lost a parent to maybe botulism or HPAIV 🤔
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July 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Very happy to have this delightful White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) visit my Brighton garden this afternoon. Clearly got the instructions wrong as it was on Beech not Elm 😄
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July 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This Six Spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) brightened up my WeBS count yesterday.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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I was lucky enough to get a quick record shot of this Golden-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) today in a West Sussex woodland.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) today in Wakehurst Place, West Sussex.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Lots of Marbled White butterflies on the wing at the moment, these ones at Ebernoe SWT reserve in West Sussex yesterday.
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June 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Copper and Gold.
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) from earlier in May, Sussex.
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May 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Despite the dull weather yesterday, this Downy Emerald (Cordulia aenea) stood out like a jewel in a cool and damp woodland in West Sussex.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Green-veined White (Pieris napi) in Sussex when the sun was shining and the wind not blowing 😃
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May 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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It's been a long time since I found a Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis) here in Sussex. A beautiful, if understated tree.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM