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Shorelark on the Great Orme this morning (present since yesterday). #digiscoping #birdsinWales
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Shorelark on the Great Orme this morning (present since yesterday). #digiscoping #birdsinWales
Quick #beachclean on St Agnes, Scilly and picked up an ice cream tub from USA. #saveourseas #plasticpollution
August 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Quick #beachclean on St Agnes, Scilly and picked up an ice cream tub from USA. #saveourseas #plasticpollution
Locust Blowfly (f) - Stomorhina lunata
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
August 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Locust Blowfly (f) - Stomorhina lunata
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
In garden in Abergele. Not many local records. @cofnod.org.uk #diptera
July 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Finished up a great run of Wood Warbler in the Conwy Valley with 30 males and 3 broods ringed this spring under licence.
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
June 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Finished up a great run of Wood Warbler in the Conwy Valley with 30 males and 3 broods ringed this spring under licence.
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
Checked the broods again post-ringing and still doing well!
@cofnod.org.uk @btobirds.bsky.social #ringing #eryri #welshwoods
Also same spot 40+ Sphengina siberica @cofnod.org.uk #hoverflies
May 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Also same spot 40+ Sphengina siberica @cofnod.org.uk #hoverflies
An incredible hotspot in Gwydir, N Wales, with 3 Longhorn sp all within 5sqm:
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An incredible hotspot in Gwydir, N Wales, with 3 Longhorn sp all within 5sqm:
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
Pachytodes cerambyciformis x1
Alosterna tabacicolor x20
Rhagium bifasciatum x1
All within 5sqm
@cofnod.org.uk @buglife31.bsky.social @theponker.bsky.social
Quite a few Spotted Flycatcher in N Wales this year. Found this nest whilst they were building. Lots of these root plates offering habitat too this year. #ringing #NRS #birdsinwales
May 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Quite a few Spotted Flycatcher in N Wales this year. Found this nest whilst they were building. Lots of these root plates offering habitat too this year. #ringing #NRS #birdsinwales
6 more Wood Warbler ringed this afternoon. Looks like a super year for them in the Conwy Valley. #ringing #woodwarbler #birdsinwales
May 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
6 more Wood Warbler ringed this afternoon. Looks like a super year for them in the Conwy Valley. #ringing #woodwarbler #birdsinwales
Red-rumped Swallow at conwy RSPB this eve was a nice SF tick. Thankfully a couple of others got to see it. Hope it’s there tomorrow. #birding #birdsinwales
April 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Red-rumped Swallow at conwy RSPB this eve was a nice SF tick. Thankfully a couple of others got to see it. Hope it’s there tomorrow. #birding #birdsinwales
A maintenance check on one of my pied flycatcher sites today. They’d had a bit of battering this winter so some needed replacing. #atlanticrainforest #bto #nestboxes #spring
March 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A maintenance check on one of my pied flycatcher sites today. They’d had a bit of battering this winter so some needed replacing. #atlanticrainforest #bto #nestboxes #spring
Pygmy Cormorant still Natuurpark Lelystad 🇳🇱
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Pygmy Cormorant still Natuurpark Lelystad 🇳🇱
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
And storks back on the nests. The trip continues @sophieshrike.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
Sandhill Crane in Saxony this morning with @hcbirding.bsky.social @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
March 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sandhill Crane in Saxony this morning with @hcbirding.bsky.social @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
#majorWPlisters 🇩🇪🇳🇱👌
Spectacled Eider and very “Bril Eider” on Texel
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Spectacled Eider and very “Bril Eider” on Texel
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
The biggest WP twitch ever.
A few Smew on mainland too. With @sophieshrike.bsky.social @millstonegrit.bsky.social @hcbirding.bsky.social
A walk around #Fanalforest this morning in #madeira
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A walk around #Fanalforest this morning in #madeira
Great to find this Caspian Gull at Old Colwyn amongst 1000s gulls with @zspaull.bsky.social this afternoon. A huge congregation after last weeks storm.
December 15, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Great to find this Caspian Gull at Old Colwyn amongst 1000s gulls with @zspaull.bsky.social this afternoon. A huge congregation after last weeks storm.
A drake Teal, 4 new Woodcock, site-faithful retraps of Woodcock from 2021 and Common Snipe from Jan 23 in the Conwy Valley yesterday. #thermalbirding #ringing #birdsinwales @btobirds.bsky.social @cofnod.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
A drake Teal, 4 new Woodcock, site-faithful retraps of Woodcock from 2021 and Common Snipe from Jan 23 in the Conwy Valley yesterday. #thermalbirding #ringing #birdsinwales @btobirds.bsky.social @cofnod.bsky.social
When it’s windy on the coast Turnstones find a furrow on the harbour wall a benefit to rest in over high tide #waders #birdsinwales #turnstones #digiscoping
November 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM
When it’s windy on the coast Turnstones find a furrow on the harbour wall a benefit to rest in over high tide #waders #birdsinwales #turnstones #digiscoping